Hymn Chords

194. Sing We of the Modern City

Am             Dm6    E7
Sing we of the modern city,

Am          F  Dm7     E2 E
Scene alike of joy and stress;

Am             Dm6      E7
Sing we of its nameless people

Am          F    Am  E7  Am
In their ur-ban  wil-der-ness.

A        F#m  Bm      E7
Into end-less rows of houses

A           F#m D  Bm   E2 E
Life is set a  mil-lion-fold,

A              F#m Bm   E7
Life expressed in human beings

A          F#m7 A   E7  A
Daily born and grow-ing old.


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
Sing we of the modern city,
Scene alike of joy and stress;
Sing we of its nameless people
In their urban wilderness.
Into endless rows of houses
Life is set a million-fold,
Life expressed in human beings
Daily born and growing old.

[Verse 2]
In the city full of people,
World of speed and hectic days,
In the ever-changing setting
Of the latest trend and craze,
Christ is present, and among us;
In the crowd we see Him stand.
In the bustle of the city
Jesus Christ is every man.

[Verse 3]
God is not remote in heaven,
But on earth to share our shame,
Changing graph and mass and number
Into persons with a name.
Christ has shown, beyond statistics,
Human life with glory crowned,
By His timeless presence proving
People matter, people count!