Hymn Chords

480. Dear Lord and Father

Eb            Ab     Bb     Eb
Dear Lord and Father of man-kind,

    Ab   Eb  Bb7  Eb  Bb
For-give our fool-ish ways;

   Ab        Fm Fm7 Bb       Gm
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,

Gm7 Cm    G#        A#  Cm   A#
In  purer lives Thy ser-vice find,

Ab Eb     Ab         Eb  Bbdim
In deeper reverence, praise,

C7 Fm     Bbsus Bb Bb7     Eb
In deeper rev  -   erence, praise.


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways;
Rclothe us in our rightful mind,
In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.

[Verse 2]
In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
the gracious calling of the Lord,
let us, like them, without a word,
rise up and follow thee.

[Verse 3]
O sabbath rest by Galilee,
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity,
interpreted by love!

[Verse 4]
Drop thy still dews of quietness,
till all our strivings cease;
take from our souls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess
the beauty of thy peace.

[Verse 5]
Breathe through the heats of our desire
thy coolness and thy balm;
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm.