Hymn Chords

457. I Love to Tell the Story

C
I love to tell the story

   F               C
Of unseen things a-bove,

   G             C
Of Jesus and His glory,

                 G
Of Jesus and His love.

          G7       C
I love to tell the story,

   Am                E
Be-cause I know ’tis true;

   F            C
It satisfies my longings

   G7               C
As nothing else can do.

  G       G7       C
I love to tell the story,

       F              C
’Twill be my theme in glory,

                     F
To tell the old, old story

   C     G7      C
Of Jesus and His love.


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
I love to tell the story
of unseen things above,
of Jesus and his glory,
of Jesus and his love.
I love to tell the story,
because I know ’tis true;
it satisfies my longings
as nothing else can do.

[Refrain]
I love to tell the story,
’twill be my theme in glory,
to tell the old, old story
of Jesus and his love.

[Verse 2]
I love to tell the story;
more wonderful it seems
than all the golden fancies
of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story,
it did so much for me;
and that is just the reason
I tell it now to thee.

[Verse 3]
I love to tell the story;
’tis pleasant to repeat
what seems, each time I tell it,
more wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story,
for some have never heard
the message of salvation
from God’s own holy Word.

[Verse 4]
I love to tell the story,
for those who know it best
seem hungering and thirsting
to hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory,
I sing the new, new song,
’twill be the old, old story
that I have loved so long.