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Tuning: E A D G B E
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Public Domain. Words: Isaac Watts.
Music: Gregorian chant (arr. Lowell Mason).
[Verse 1]
DWhen I survey EmtheD/F#——--- Gwondrous Dcross
DOn which the PGrinceD/F# of gEmlory Adied,
DMy richest gain EmI——D/F#—--- Gcount but Dloss,
DAnd pour conteGmpt D/F#on--- Emall Amy Dpride.
[Verse 2]
DForbid it, LorEmd, D/F#that IG should bDoast,
DSave in the deGath oD/F#f ChrEmist mAy God;
DAll the vain thiEmngsD/F# thatG charm me Dmost,
DI sacrifice thGem tD/F#o His EmblooAd. D
[Chorus]
O the Gwonderful D/F#cross
O the Gwonderful D/F#cross
bids me Gcome and die and
D/F#find that I may Asustruly Alive
[Verse 3]
DSee from His hEmeadD/F#, His Ghands, HiDs feet,
DSorrow and lovGe floD/F#w minEmgled Adown;
DDid e’er such EmlovD/F#e and Gsorrow meDet,
DOr thorns compGose sD/F#o ricEmh a cArown?
[Chorus]
O the Gwonderful D/F#cross
O the Gwonderful D/F#cross
bids me Gcome and die and
D/F#find that I may Asustruly Alive
[Verse 4]
DWere the wholeEm reD/F#alm ofG nature mDine,
DThat were a prGesentD/F# far Emtoo sAmall:
DLove so amazinEmg, D/F#so divGine, D
DDemands my souGl, myD/F# lifeEm, my Aall.
[Chorus]
O the Gwonderful D/F#cross
O the Gwonderful D/F#cross
bids me Gcome and die and
D/F#find that I may Asustruly Alive