Misc Christmas – Jesus Christ The Apple Tree (Guitar)

    C               G         C
The tree of life my soul hath seen,

   G       C         G  C   C
Laden with fruit and always green;

    C       G    F  C         G
The tree of life my soul hath seen,

   C       Am        F   Dm G
Laden with fruit and always green:

    G     C         G    Em   G
The trees of nature fruitless be,

    C         Am         F Dm  G
Compared with Christ the Apple Tree.

    C               G      C
His beauty doth all things excel,

   G       C        G     C   C
By faith I know but ne'er can tell

    C      G    F   C      G
His beauty doth all things excel,

   C       Am       F     Dm  G
By faith I know but ne'er can tell

    G  C          G   Em  G
The glory which I now can see

   C     Am         F Dm G
In Jesus Christ the Appletree.

    C           G         C
For happiness I long have sought,

    G        C      G C    C
And pleasure dearly I have bought;

    C    G    F C         G
For happiness I long have sought,

    C        Am     F Dm   G
And pleasure dearly I have bought;

  G      C          G   Em G
I missed of all but now I  see

     C        Am         F Dm  G
'Tis found in Christ the Appletree.

    C             G      C
I'm weary with my former toil -

     G      C       G    C C
Here I will sit and rest awhile,

    C     G    F  C      G
I'm weary with my former toil -

     C      Am      F    Dm G
Here I will sit and rest a--while,

   G  C          G Em   G
Under the shadow I will be,

   C     Am         F Dm G
Of Jesus Christ the Appletree.

     C                  G       C
With great delight I'll make my stay,

        G          C         G    C C
There's none shall fright my soul a-way;

     C       G          F    C  G
With great delight I'll make my stay,

        C          Am        F    Dm G
There's none shall fright my soul a--way;

 G    C           G   Em G
Among the sons of men I  see

        C         Am         F Dm G
There's none like Christ the Appletree.

     C                G       C
I'll sit and eat this fruit divine,

   G         C          G     C  C
It cheers my heart like spiri'al wine;

     C       G        F     C G
I'll sit and eat this fruit divine,

   C         Am         F     Dm G
It cheers my heart like spiri'al wine;

    G        C        G     Em G
And now this fruit is sweet to me,

     C        Am         F Dm G
That grows on Christ the Appletree.

     C                  G       C
This fruit doth make my soul to thrive,

   G        C     G     C C
It keeps my dying faith alive;

     C          G       F    C  G
This fruit doth make my soul to thrive,

   C        Am    F     Dm G
It keeps my dying faith alive;

      G        C       G     Em G
Which makes my soul in haste to be

     C     Am         F  Dm G
With Jesus Christ the Appletree.