Hymn Chord Charts: A–C

Abide with Me

Funeral & Eternal Hope · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Eventide (William H. Monk, 1861)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1          2m             5
Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
1            1                   2m
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide;
5          1                 1
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
2m      5             1       1
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Verse 2
2m       5              1          1
Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
2m           5         1           1
Earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
2m         5        1          1
Change and decay in all around I see;
2m     5            1          1
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.

Verse 3
2m     5                  1
I need Thy presence every passing hour;
1        2m            5        1
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
1         2m                5        1
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
1             2m            5       1
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.

Verse 4
1      2m      5         1       1
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;
2m        5          1         1
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;
2m       5              1             1
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
2m        5         1          1
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

Verse 5
2m        5         1         1
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
2m            5          1         1     2m
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
5                1           1            2m
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
5        1           1           2m
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

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According to Thy Gracious Word

Communion · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Martyrdom (Hugh Wilson, 1800)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1                6m
According to Thy gracious word,
2m
In meek humility,
5         1        6m
This will I do, my dying Lord,
2m     5
I will remember Thee.

Verse 2
1         6m         2m
Thy body, broken for my sake,
5        1           6m
My bread from heaven shall be;
2m                  5
Thy testamental cup I take,
1        6m
And thus remember Thee.

Verse 3
2m             5
Gethsemane can I forget?
1            6m
Or there Thy conflict see,
2m               5
Thine agony, and bloody sweat,
1       6m
And not remember Thee?

Verse 4
2m      5         1      6m
When to the cross I turn mine eyes,
2m       5
And rest on Calvary,
1      6m      2m
O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,
5      1
I must remember Thee.

Verse 5
6m             2m      5
Remember Thee, and all Thy pains,
1       6m       2m
And all Thy love to me;
5          1           6m
Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains,
2m     5
Will I remember Thee.

Verse 6
1        6m                 2m
And when these failing lips grow dumb,
5            1
And mind and mem'ry flee,
6m        2m           5
When Thou shalt in Thy kingdom come,
1
Jesus, remember me!

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Ain’-a That Good News

Revival & Camp Meeting (Gospel Songs) · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Traditional
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1     4       1       5
I got a crown up in-a that kingdom,
1            4
Ain't-a that good news!
1     5       1       4
I got a crown up in-a that kingdom,
1            5
Ain't-a that good news!
1           4        1
I'm-a gonna lay down this world,
5                   1
Gonna shoulder up-a my cross.
4          1            5
Gonna take it home-a to my Jesus,
1            4
Ain't-a that good news!

Verse 2
1     5      1       4
I got a robe up in-a that kingdom,
1            5
Ain't-a that good news!
1     4      1       5
I got a robe up in-a that kingdom,
1            4
Ain't-a that good news!
1           5        1
I'm-a gonna lay down this world,
4                   1
Gonna shoulder up-a my cross.
5          1            4
Gonna take it home-a to my Jesus,
1            5
Ain't-a that good news!

Verse 3
1     4             1
I got a Savior in-a that kingdom,
5            1
Ain't-a that good news!
4     1             5
I got a Savior in-a that kingdom,
1            4
Ain't-a that good news!
1           5        1
I'm-a gonna lay down this world,
4                   1
Gonna shoulder up-a my cross.
5          1            4
Gonna take it home-a to my Jesus,
1            5
Ain't-a that good news!

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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed (At the Cross)

Cross & Atonement · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Hudson
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1         6m     2m
Alas! and did my Savior bleed
5          1
And did my Sovereign die?
6m       2m          5
Would He devote that sacred head
1                6m
For sinners such as I?

Verse 2
2m
*Refrain (added 1885):*
5      1         6m
At the cross, at the cross
2m      5         1
Where I first saw the light,
6m      2m        5        1
And the burden of my heart rolled away,
6m     2m             5          1
It was there by faith I received my sight,
6m      2m   5         1
And now I am happy all the day!

Verse 3
6m     2m         5      1
Was it for crimes that I had done
6m              2m
He groaned upon the tree?
5             1
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
6m       2m
And love beyond degree!

Verse 4
5          1          6m
Well might the sun in darkness hide
2m           5
And shut His glories in,
1            6m         2m
When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
5           1
For man the creature's sin.

Verse 5
6m         2m        5
Thus might I hide my blushing face
1              6m
While His dear cross appears;
2m                5
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
1        6m        2m
And melt mine eyes to tears.

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All Creatures of Our God and King

Thanksgiving & Praise · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Lasst uns erfreuen (German, 1623)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1             6m     4       5             1          6m       4
All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voice and with us sing:
5
Alleluia! Alleluia!
1            6m              4          5                1
Thou burning sun with golden beam, thou silver moon with softer gleam,
6m       4      5
O praise Him! O praise Him!
1
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Verse 2
6m           4             5          1         6m           4
Thou rushing wind that art so strong, ye clouds that sail in heav'n along,
5        1
O praise Him! Alleluia!
6m          4        5                  1         6m            4
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice, ye lights of evening, find a voice,
5        1      6m
O praise Him! O praise Him!
4
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Verse 3
5            1           6m              4         5        1
Thou flowing water, pure and clear, make music for thy Lord to hear,
6m
Alleluia! Alleluia!
4         5            1                6m         4           5
Thou fire so masterful and bright, that givest man both warmth and light,
1        6m     4
O praise Him! O praise Him!
5
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Verse 4
1       6m           4                  5           1
Let all things their Creator bless, and worship Him in humbleness,
6m       4
O praise Him! Alleluia!
5              1                  6m       4          5                 1
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, Three in One,
6m       4      5
O praise Him! O praise Him!
1
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

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All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

Worship & Adoration · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Coronation (Oliver Holden), Diadem (James Ellor), or Miles Lane (William Shrubsole)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1        4            1
All hail the power of Jesus' name!
5          1
Let angels prostrate fall;
4               1
Bring forth the royal diadem,
5         1        4
And crown Him Lord of all!

Verse 2
1         5       1
Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
4                1
Ye ransomed from the fall,
5        1         4      1
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
5         1        4
And crown Him Lord of all!

Verse 3
1                  5
Let every kindred, every tribe,
1       4
On this terrestrial ball,
1          5
To Him all majesty ascribe,
1         4        1
And crown Him Lord of all!

Verse 4
5      1           4
O that with yonder sacred throng
1     5        1
We at His feet may fall!
4              1
We'll join the everlasting song,
5         1        4
And crown Him Lord of all!

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All Things Bright and Beautiful

Children’s Hymns · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1                 4
All things bright and beautiful,
2m                  5
All creatures great and small,
1               4
All things wise and wonderful,
2m       5        1
The Lord God made them all.

Verse 2
4                  2m
Each little flower that opens,
5                1
Each little bird that sings,
4             2m
He made their glowing colors,
5             1
He made their tiny wings.

Verse 3
4
The purple-headed mountain,
2m        5
The river running by,
1              4
The sunset and the morning
2m                5
That brightens up the sky.

Verse 4
1        4       2m
The cold wind in the winter,
5            1
The pleasant summer sun,
4        2m        5
The ripe fruits in the garden,
1            4
He made them every one.

Verse 5
2m      5          1
He gave us eyes to see them,
4        2m      5
And lips that we might tell
1            4
How great is God Almighty,
2m      5        1
Who has made all things well.

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Almost Persuaded

Revival & Camp Meeting (Gospel Songs) · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Traditional
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1                      5
"Almost persuaded" now to believe;
6m                        4
"Almost persuaded" Christ to receive;
1         5         6m
Seems now some soul to say,
4               1
"Go, Spirit, go Thy way;
5         6m
Some more convenient day
4       1
On Thee I'll call."

Verse 2
5                         6m
"Almost persuaded," come, come today;
4                        1
"Almost persuaded," turn not away;
5             6m
Jesus invites you here,
4          1
Angels are lingering near,
5            6m          4
Prayers rise from hearts so dear;
1
O wanderer, come.

Verse 3
5                           6m
"Almost persuaded," harvest is past!
4                  1          5
"Almost persuaded" doom comes at last!
6m
"Almost" cannot avail;
4               1
"Almost" is but to fail!
5              6m
Sad, sad, that bitter wail,
4
"Almost," but lost!

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Am I a Soldier of the Cross

Missions & Service · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Arlington (Thomas A. Arne, 1762) or Balerma
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1    4            1
Am I a soldier of the cross,
5             1
A follower of the Lamb,
4         1      5      1
And shall I fear to own His cause,
4        1        5
Or blush to speak His name?

Verse 2
1      4             1
Must I be carried to the skies
5               1
On flowery beds of ease,
4            1             5
While others fought to win the prize,
1                  4
And sailed through bloody seas?

Verse 3
1         5       1      4
Are there no foes for me to face?
1      5        1
Must I not stem the flood?
4       1          5        1
Is this vile world a friend to grace,
4       1     5
To help me on to God?

Verse 4
1      4           1    5
Sure I must fight, if I would reign;
1           4
Increase my courage, Lord;
1         5                1
I'll bear the toil, endure the pain,
4            1
Supported by Thy Word.

Verse 5
5          1           4
Thy saints in all this glorious war
1                     5
Shall conquer, though they die;
1        4           1
They see the triumph from afar,
5        1          4
By faith they bring it nigh.

Verse 6
1         5               1
When that illustrious day shall rise,
4           1
And all Thy armies shine
5        1                  4
In robes of victory through the skies,
1               5
The glory shall be Thine.

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Amazing Grace

Grace & Redemption · Standard chart

Tune: New Britain (American folk melody, arr. William Walker, 1835)
Meter: Common Meter (8.6.8.6)
Chart: Standard — This four-chord pattern (1 / 6m / 5) is the near-universal congregational chart for this tune.

Verse 1
1       1          4         1
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
     1       6m          5
That saved a wretch like me!
1          1         4      1
I once was lost, but now am found,
    6m         5     1
Was blind, but now I see.

Verse 2
1     1          4         1
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
    1        6m      5
And grace my fears relieved;
1            1        4       1
How precious did that grace appear
    6m     5       1
The hour I first believed.

Verse 3
1       1    4        1
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
  1      6m    5
I have already come;
1    1          4          1
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
    6m         5       1
And grace will lead me home.

Verse 4
1   1        4        1
The Lord has promised good to me,
    1       6m     5
His word my hope secures;
1       1         4      1
He will my shield and portion be,
   6m      5      1
As long as life endures.

Verse 5
1    1         4         1
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
    1      6m         5
And mortal life shall cease,
1       1            4      1
I shall possess, within the veil,
  6m      5       1
A life of joy and peace.

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And Can It Be That I Should Gain

Grace & Redemption · Proposed chart

Tune: Sagina (Thomas Campbell)
Meter: Long Meter Double (8.8.8.8.8.8) with refrain
Chart: Proposed — Verify against a hymnal or CCLI chart before performance -- proposed diatonic harmonization.

Verse 1
1          4       1        5
And can it be that I should gain
   6m       4      1        5
An interest in the Savior's blood?
1           4       1          5
Died He for me, who caused His pain?
    6m      4      1        5
For me, who Him to death pursued?

Refrain
4       1         4      1
Amazing love! How can it be
     6m       4             5       1
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Verse 2
1    4       1        5
'Tis mystery all! Th' Immortal dies!
6m        4         1         5
Who can explore His strange design?
1           4         1      5
In vain the firstborn seraph tries
6m           4         1      5
To sound the depths of love divine!
1    4     1        5
'Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,
6m        4       1        5
Let angel minds inquire no more.

Refrain
4       1         4      1
Amazing love! How can it be
     6m       4             5       1
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Verse 3
1           4        1       5
He left His Father's throne above,
6m          4        1   5
So free, so infinite His grace,
1          4       1       5
Emptied Himself of all but love,
6m           4      1        5
And bled for Adam's helpless race;
1    4     1      5
'Tis mercy all, immense and free,
6m        4       1         5
For, O my God, it found out me!

Refrain
4       1         4      1
Amazing love! How can it be
     6m       4             5       1
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Verse 4
1         4        1      5
Long my imprisoned spirit lay
6m            4       1        5
Fast bound in sin and nature's night;
1            4       1          5
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray,
6m          4       1           5
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
1              4       1         5
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
6m           4          1        5
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.

Refrain
4       1         4      1
Amazing love! How can it be
     6m       4             5       1
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Verse 5
1        4      1     5
No condemnation now I dread;
6m         4      1       5
Jesus, and all in Him, is mine;
1        4       1      5
Alive in Him, my living Head,
6m             4        1      5
And clothed in righteousness divine,
1        4           1      5
Bold I approach th' eternal throne,
6m            4              1         5
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.

Refrain
4       1         4      1
Amazing love! How can it be
     6m       4             5       1
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

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Angels We Have Heard on High

Christmas · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Gloria, traditional French
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1         4          5
Angels we have heard on high,
1                    1
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
4                 5
And the mountains in reply
1             1
Echoing their joyous strains.

Refrain
4         5
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
1         1
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

Verse 2
4              5
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
1               1
Why your joyous strains prolong?
4                 5
What the gladsome tidings be
1                  1
Which inspire your heavenly song?

Verse 3
4                 5
Come to Bethlehem and see
1         1         4
Him whose birth the angels sing;
5              1
Come, adore on bended knee
1          4         5
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Verse 4
1       1    4
See Him in a manger laid,
5        1         1
Whom the choirs of angels praise;
4                  5
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
1         1              4
While our hearts in love we raise.

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Anywhere with Jesus

The Beauty & Loveliness of Jesus · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Anywhere with Jesus (Daniel B. Towner, 1887)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1             5           6m
Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go,
4           1        5       6m
Anywhere He leads me in this world below;
4                1                5
Anywhere without Him dearest joys would fade;
6m            4          1
Anywhere with Jesus I am not afraid.

Refrain
5                   6m     4
Anywhere, anywhere! Fear I cannot know;
1             5           6m
Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go.

Verse 2
4             1          5
Anywhere with Jesus I am not alone;
6m            4        1      5        6m
Other friends may fail me, He is still my own.
4          1             5       6m
Though His hand may lead me over drearest ways,
4             1        5       6m
Anywhere with Jesus is a house of praise.

Verse 3
4             1                5
Anywhere with Jesus, over land and sea,
6m            4              1
Telling souls in darkness of salvation free;
5        6m            4     1
Ready as He summons me to go or stay,
5             6m         4         1
Anywhere with Jesus when He points the way.

Verse 4
5             6m      4      1
Anywhere with Jesus I can go to sleep,
5        6m                4           1
When the darkening shadows round about me creep,
5         6m                    4
Knowing I shall waken nevermore to roam;
1             5          6m       4
Anywhere with Jesus will be home, sweet home.

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Are You Washed in the Blood

Revival & Camp Meeting (Gospel Songs) · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Traditional
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1        4             5       1
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
1       4             5        1
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
1       4                 5         1
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
1       4             5        1
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Refrain
1       4         5
Are you washed in the blood,
1      1                       4
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
5        1                      1          4
Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
5       1             1        4
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Verse 2
5       1             1      4
Are you walking daily by the Savior's side?
5       1             1        4
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
5      1         1         4
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
5       1             1        4
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Verse 3
5        1                      1          4
When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
5       1             1        4
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
5         1             1       4
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
5      1             1        4
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Verse 4
5         1                 1           4
Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
5      1             1        4
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
5         1                1       4
There's a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
5      1             1        4
Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb!

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Arise, My Soul, Arise

Salvation & the Blood of Jesus · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Lenox (Lewis Edson) or Dawson's
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1         4                  5       1
Arise, my soul, arise; shake off thy guilty fears;
1            4               5
The bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears:
1          1         4
Before the throne my surety stands,
5          1         1
Before the throne my surety stands,
4       5             1
My name is written on His hands.

Verse 2
1       4            5      1
He ever lives above, for me to intercede;
1                 4         5               1
His all-redeeming love, His precious blood, to plead:
1         4              5
His blood atoned for all our race,
1         1              4
His blood atoned for all our race,
5             1              1
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

Verse 3
4             5         1               1
Five bleeding wounds He bears; received on Calvary;
4         5                       1              1
They pour effectual prayers; they strongly plead for me:
4             5           1
"Forgive him, O forgive," they cry,
1             4           5
"Forgive him, O forgive," they cry,
1        1             4
"Nor let that ransomed sinner die!"

Verse 4
5          1               1        4
The Father hears Him pray, His dear anointed One;
5         1             1           4
He cannot turn away the presence of His Son;
5          1          1
His Spirit answers to the blood,
4          5          1
His Spirit answers to the blood,
1         4    5       1
And tells me I am born of God.

Verse 5
1      4                  5               1
My God is reconciled; His pardoning voice I hear;
1       4      5            1      1
He owns me for His child; I can no longer fear:
4               5     1
With confidence I now draw nigh,
1               4     5
With confidence I now draw nigh,
1                  1
And "Father, Abba, Father," cry.

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Asleep in Jesus

Funeral & Eternal Hope · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Rest (William B. Bradbury) or Asleep in Jesus (various)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1                4
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep,
5          1              1
From which none ever wake to weep;
4          5
A calm and undisturbed repose,
1           1        4
Unbroken by the last of foes.

Verse 2
5         1          1
Asleep in Jesus! Oh, how sweet
4     5          1
To be for such a slumber meet!
1                    4
With holy confidence to sing
5          1            1
That death has lost his venomed sting.

Verse 3
4                5
Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest,
1               1
Whose waking is supremely blest;
4        5      1         1
No fear, no woe shall dim that hour
4                  5
That manifests the Savior's power.

Verse 4
1         1          4
Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
5           1                1
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
4         5          1
But thine is still a blessed sleep,
1          4              5
From which none ever wake to weep.

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At Calvary

Revival & Camp Meeting (Gospel Songs) · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: William R. Newell, 1895
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1       2m              5
Years I spent in vanity and pride,
1          1       2m
Caring not my Lord was crucified,
5           1      1      2m
Knowing not it was for me He died
5
On Calvary.

Refrain
1           1         2m        5
Mercy there was great and grace was free;
1            1              2m
Pardon there was multiplied to me;
5        1             1
There my burdened soul found liberty,
2m
At Calvary.

Verse 2
5        1            1      2m
By God's Word at last my sin I learned;
5      1           1       2m
Then I trembled at the law I'd spurned,
5       1           1
Till my guilty soul imploring turned
2m
To Calvary.

Verse 3
5        1        1
Now I've giv'n to Jesus ev'rything;
2m    5          1      1
Now I gladly own Him as my King;
2m     5                 1
Now my raptured soul can only sing
1
Of Calvary.

Verse 4
2m    5              1
O the love that drew salvation's plan!
1     2m                 5       1
O the grace that brought it down to man!
1     2m          5        1
O the mighty gulf that God did span
1
At Calvary!

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Away in a Manger

Christmas · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Stanzas 1–2 anonymous, first published in the United States in the 1880s; stanza 3 appeared by 1892, often attributed to John Thomas McFarland though the attribution is uncertain
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1       6m           4        5
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
1          6m              4        5
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head.
1         6m     4                 5          1
The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay,
6m         4          5         1
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

Verse 2
6m         4               5
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
1          6m          4         5
But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes.
1      6m         4           5         1
I love Thee, Lord Jesus; look down from the sky,
6m       4          5             1
And stay by my side until morning is nigh.

Verse 3
6m      4        5        1        6m
Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask Thee to stay
4        5               1        6m
Close by me forever, and love me, I pray.
4         5                 1      6m
Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,
4        5     1         6m        4
And take us to heaven to live with Thee there.

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Battle Hymn of the Republic

Revival & Camp Meeting (Gospel Songs) · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Julia Ward Howe, 1861
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1         6m            4        5             1
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
6m    4             5                 1          6m       4
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
5       1          6m                   4             5
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of this terrible swift sword;
1            6m
His truth is marching on.

Refrain
4
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
5
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
1
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
6m           4
His truth is marching on.

Verse 2
5      1           6m              4            5
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;
1         6m             4        5                1
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
6m    4                  5           1           6m
I can read the righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
4          5
His day is marching on.

Verse 3
1      6m            4                5           1
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
6m    4               5         1              6m
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;
4    5               1         6m                4
O be swift, my soul, to answer Him; be jubilant, my feet!
5          1
Our God is marching on.

Verse 4
6m     4             5             1               6m
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
4      5        1              6m               4
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;
5     1            6m        4      5           1
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
6m           4
While God is marching on.

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Beneath the Cross of Jesus

Cross & Atonement · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: St. Christopher (Frederick C. Maker)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1                 6m
Beneath the cross of Jesus
2m     5          1
I fain would take my stand,
6m         2m   5
The shadow of a mighty rock
1        6m
Within a weary land;
2m            5
A home within the wilderness,
1           6m
A rest upon the way,
2m       5              1
From the burning of the noontide heat,
6m      2m        5
And the burden of the day.

Verse 2
1               6m
Upon that cross of Jesus
2m       5        1
Mine eye at times can see
6m       2m         5
The very dying form of One
1                  6m
Who suffered there for me;
2m       5                  1
And from my stricken heart, with tears,
6m          2m
Two wonders I confess:
5              1
The wonders of redeeming love,
6m     2m
And my own worthlessness.

Verse 3
5       1        6m
I take, O cross, thy shadow
2m     5
For my abiding place;
1     6m       2m
I ask no other sunshine than
5               1
The sunshine of His face;
6m         2m            5
Content to let the world go by,
1       6m      2m
To know no gain nor loss,
5         1       6m
My sinful self my only shame,
2m           5
My glory all the cross.

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Blessed Assurance

Comfort & Trust · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Fanny J. Crosby, 1873
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1                        5
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
6m     4              1
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
5       6m                  4
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
1       5           6m        4
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain
1       5         6m      4
This is my story, this is my song,
1           5              6m
Praising my Savior all the day long;
4       1         5       6m
This is my story, this is my song,
4           1              5
Praising my Savior all the day long.

Verse 2
6m                  4
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
1          5           6m       4
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
1                       5
Angels descending bring from above
6m        4               1
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Verse 3
5                   6m     4
Perfect submission, all is at rest,
1    5         6m       4
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
1                     5
Watching and waiting, looking above,
6m          4             1       5
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

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Blessed Be the Name

Revival & Camp Meeting (Gospel Songs) · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: based on William H. Clark, 1887, adapted by Ralph E. Hudson
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1          5          6m
All praise to Him who reigns above
4
In majesty supreme,
1        5       6m      4
Who gave His Son for man to die,
1             5
That He might man redeem!

Refrain
6m         4         1          5
Blessed be the name! Blessed be the name!
6m         4           1
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
5          6m        4          1
Blessed be the name! Blessed be the name!
5          6m          4
Blessed be the name of the Lord!

Verse 2
1        5               6m
His name above all names shall stand,
4            1
Exalted more and more,
5      6m               4
At God the Father's own right hand,
1           5
Where angel hosts adore.

Verse 3
6m                       4
Redeemer, Savior, friend of man
1              5
Once ruined by the fall,
6m                4
Thou hast devised salvation's plan,
1        5         6m
For Thou hast died for all.

Verse 4
4        1        5
His name shall be the Counselor,
6m                4
The mighty Prince of Peace,
1              5
Of all earth's kingdoms conqueror,
6m                4
Whose reign shall never cease.

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Blessed Quietness

Revival & Camp Meeting (Gospel Songs) · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Manie Payne Ferguson, 1897
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1        4            5
Joys are flowing like a river,
1                   1
Since the Comforter has come;
4              5
He abides with us forever,
1         1              4
Makes the trusting heart His home.

Refrain
5                  1
Blessed quietness, holy quietness,
1                  4
Blest assurance in my soul!
5      1           1            4
On the stormy sea, Jesus speaks to me,
5       1             1
And the billows cease to roll.

Verse 2
4                    5
Everything is turned to gladness,
1               1
All around this glorious Guest;
4                 5
Banished unbelief and sadness,
1      1             4
All is perfect peace and rest.

Verse 3
5        1               1
Like the rain that falls from heaven,
4        5             1
Like the sunlight from the sky,
1           4
So the Holy Spirit given,
5          1       1
Falls upon us from on high.

Verse 4
4      5
What a wonderful salvation,
1        1          4
Where we always see His face!
5      1
What a peaceful habitation!
1            4
What a quiet resting place!

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Blessed Redeemer

Revival & Camp Meeting (Gospel Songs) · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Avis B. Christiansen, 1920
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1            6m            2m
Up Calv'ry's mountain, one dreadful morn,
5             1                6m
Walked Christ my Savior, weary and worn;
2m         5                1
Facing for sinners death on the cross,
6m      2m         5         1
That He might save them from endless loss.

Refrain
6m                2m
Blessed Redeemer! Precious Redeemer!
5         1     6m     2m
Seems now I see Him on Calvary's tree;
5           1             6m
Wounded and bleeding, for sinners pleading,
2m        5                 1
Blind and unheeding — dying for me!

Verse 2
6m              2m              5
"Father forgive them!" thus did He pray,
1          6m                   2m
E'en while His lifeblood flowed fast away;
5           1             6m      2m
Praying for sinners while in such woe —
5      1              6m
No one but Jesus ever loved so.

Verse 3
2m      5      1           6m
Oh, how I love Him, Savior and Friend,
2m      5               1
How can my praises ever find end!
6m            2m            5
Through years unnumbered on heaven's shore,
1         6m           2m
My tongue shall praise Him forevermore.

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Bread of Heaven, on Thee We Feed

Communion · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: various, including "Jesu, Jesu, Du Mein Hirt" (Paul Heinlein, 1676)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1        2m              5
Bread of heaven, on Thee we feed,
1       1        2m
For Thy flesh is meat indeed;
5        1         1
Ever may our souls be fed
2m        5        1
With this true and living bread;
1      2m       5
Day by day with strength supplied
1           1           2m
Through the life of Him who died.

Verse 2
5       1           1
Vine of heaven, Thy blood supplies
2m             5
This blest cup of sacrifice;
1         1          2m
Lord, Thy wounds our healing give,
5      1             1
To Thy cross we look and live:
2m            5
Jesus, may we ever be
1                      1
Grafted, rooted, built in Thee.

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Break Thou the Bread of Life

Revival & Camp Meeting (Gospel Songs) · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Mary A. Lathbury, 1877
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1          6m        2m       5          1
Break Thou the bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
6m      2m              5             1
As Thou didst break the loaves beside the sea;
6m         2m          5      1
Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord;
6m        2m        5       1
My spirit pants for Thee, O living Word!

Verse 2
6m         2m         5          1      6m
Bless Thou the truth, dear Lord, to me, to me,
2m      5           1         6m
As Thou didst bless the bread by Galilee;
2m         5           1          6m
Then shall all bondage cease, all fetters fall,
2m    5          1         6m     2m
And I shall find my peace, my all in all.

Verse 3
5        1         6m       2m      5
Thou art the bread of life, O Lord, to me,
1        6m       2m         5
Thy holy Word the truth that saveth me;
1       6m         2m        5
Give me to eat and live with Thee above;
1        6m      2m         5        1
Teach me to love Thy truth, for Thou art love.

Verse 4
6m     2m          5         1
O send Thy Spirit, Lord, now unto me,
6m      2m        5       1        6m
That He may touch my eyes and make me see:
2m      5         1                6m
Show me the truth concealed within Thy Word,
2m     5                 1     6m
And in Thy book revealed I see the Lord.

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Bringing in the Sheaves

Missions & Service · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Knowles Shaw, 1874
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1         6m           2m           5
Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
1         6m           2m      5
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;
1           6m               2m       5
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,
1        6m              2m          5
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Refrain
1           6m           2m          5
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
1        6m              2m          5
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves;
1           6m           2m          5
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
1        6m              2m          5
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Verse 2
1         6m            2m        5
Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows,
1               6m                  2m
Fearing neither clouds nor winter's chilling breeze;
5      1               6m      2m
By and by the harvest, and the labor ended,
5        1               6m          2m
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Verse 3
5        1             6m         2m
Go then, ever weeping, sowing for the Master,
5          1              6m         2m
Though the loss sustained our spirit often grieves;
5        1                  6m       2m
When our weeping's over, He will bid us welcome,
5        1               6m          2m
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

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Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Easter & Resurrection · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Easter Hymn (traditional, 1708)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1          6m            2m
Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
5       1              6m
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
2m         5                 1
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
6m       2m                 5
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Verse 2
1                6m      2m
Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
5          1                 6m
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
2m       5                1
Death in vain forbids Him rise, Alleluia!
6m                2m
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!

Verse 3
5           1            6m
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
2m       5         1       6m
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
2m      5        1        6m
Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
2m        5          1
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Verse 4
6m      2m        5          1
Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
6m                    2m
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
5         1         6m     2m
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
5        1          6m         2m
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

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Come Down, O Love Divine

Ancient & Mystic Hymns · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: Down Ampney (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906)
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
1            6m
Come down, O Love divine,
4         5         1
Seek Thou this soul of mine,
6m        4       5         1
And visit it with Thine own ardor glowing;
6m           4
O Comforter, draw near,
5         1
Within my heart appear,
6m         4            5
And kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.

Verse 2
1        6m
O let it freely burn,
4            5
Till earthly passions turn
1       6m        4      5
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
1           6m
And let Thy glorious light
4             5
Shine ever on my sight,
1          6m            4        5
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.

Verse 3
1
Let holy charity
6m           4
Mine outward vesture be,
5             1           6m
And lowliness become mine inner clothing;
4              5
True lowliness of heart,
1               6m
Which takes the humbler part,
4        5       1                  6m
And o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.

Verse 4
4          5
And so the yearning strong,
1          6m       4
With which the soul will long,
5         1           6m       4
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
5        1         6m
For none can guess its grace,
4              5
Till he become the place
1           6m                4
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling.

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Come to the Savior

Salvation & the Blood of Jesus · Algorithmic chart (verify before use)

Tune: George F. Root, 1870
Chart: Algorithmic (verify before use)

Verse 1
6m      4                1
Come to the Savior, make no delay;
5       6m            4        1
Here in His Word He's shown us the way;
5       6m             4
Here in our midst He's standing today,
1
Tenderly saying, "Come!"

Refrain
5              6m       4
Joyful, joyful will the meeting be,
1         5              6m       4
When from sin our hearts are pure and free;
1      5                     6m
And we shall gather, Savior, with Thee,
4      1
In our eternal home.

Verse 2
5           6m                4
"Suffer the children!" O hear His voice;
1         5                6m
Let every heart leap forth and rejoice;
4       1         5        6m
And let us freely make Him our choice;
4             1
Do not delay, but come.

Verse 3
5          6m               4
Think once again, He's with us today;
1        5                   6m
Heed now His blest commands, and obey;
4        1           5
Hear now His accents tenderly say,
6m            4
"Will you, My children, come?"

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