Hymnal - God Of Our Fathers Chords & Tabs

God of Our Fathers
Written by: Daniel C. Roberts and George W. Warren
Tabbed By:Xaxu
Tuning: Standard

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Info: Key of Eb play chords as if in the key of D. 
Capo:1 
 


VERSE 1

D      (Bm)   D        A              D
God of our fa-thers, whose al-might-y hand

D     Bm       F#m     E               A
Leads forth in beau-ty all the star-ry band

A           F         Am         E         A
Of shin-ing worlds in splend-dor thro’ the skies

D   G         D        G        Asus4  A   D
Our grate-ful songs be-fore thy throne a - rise.
 


VERSE 2

D   (Bm)    D          A            D
Thy love di-vine hath led us in the past,

D  Bm        F#m     E               A
In this free land by thee our lot is cast,

A           F       Am         E          A
Be thou our rul-er, guard-ian, guide, and stay,
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D   G        D        G         Asus4 A    D
Thy Word our law, thy paths our cho---sen  way.
 

 
VERSE 3

D    (Bm)    D           A       D
From war’s a-larms, from dead-ly pes-ti-lence,

D  Bm         F#m     E             A
Be thy strong arm our ev-er sure de-fense,

A           F       Am     E         A
Thy true re-li-gion in our hearts in-crease,

D   G          D         G        Asus4 A  D
Thy boun-teous good-ness nour-ish us    in peace.

 

VERSE 4

D  (Bm)      D          A               D
Re-fresh thy peo-ple on their toil-some way,

D    Bm      F#m      E              A
Lead us from night to nev-er-end-ing day,

A            F          Am       E        A
Fill all our lives with love and grace di-vine,

D   G       D         G         Asus4 A   D      G   D
And glo-ry, laud, and praise be ev  - er  thine. A – men.