Standard tuning
Key of C and D (key change when needed)
[Verse 1]
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What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a
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privilege to carry, everything to God in prayer! Oh, what peace we often
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forfeit, oh, what needless pain we bear all because we do not carry
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everything to God in prayer.
[Verse 2]
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Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never
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be discouraged, take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so
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faithful? Who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness,
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take it to the Lord in prayer.