Hymn Chords

429. Jerusalem the Golden

Ab Eb Ab Db  Ab  Eb   Ab
Je-ru-sa-lem the gold-en,

              C7    Fm
With milk and honey blest,

Db Ab        C   C7  Fm  Eb
Be-neath thy con-tem-pla-tion

Ab   Fm    Ab  Eb    Fm Eb
Sink heart and voice op-pressed.

Eb Db  Ab   Db C Fm  Eb
I know not, O I know not

     Ab   Bbm  Bb7 Eb
What holy joys are there;

Eb7  Ab   C    C7 Fm  Eb
What radi-ancy of glo-ry,

Ab   Fm    Ab Eb   Ab
What bliss be-yond compare.


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
Jerusalem the golden,
With milk and honey blest,
Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice oppressed.
I know not, O I know not
What holy joys are there;
What radiancy of glory,
What bliss beyond compare.

[Verse 2]
They stand, those hall of Zion,
All jubilant with song,
And bright with many an angel,
And all the martyr throng.
The Prince is ever in them,
The daylight is serene;
The pastures of the blessed
Are deck in glorious sheen.

[Verse 3]
There is the throne of David,
And there, from care released,
The shout of them that triumph,
The song of them that feast;
And they who, with their Leader,
Have conquered in the fight,
Forever and forever
Are clad in robes of white.

[Verse 4]
O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God’s elect!
O sweet and blessed country,
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
Who art, with God the Father,
And Spirit, ever blest.