Misc Praise Songs – Alas My God How Great My Load (Guitar)

[Verse 1]
G         D          C        G
[tab]D  G           A       Asus A D
My con-science doth up-braid  me;

G          D          G       D
And I have found / My-self so bound,

   C        Em       Dsus D G
No man hath pow’r to aid    me.

G         D         C     G
Were I to flee / In mis-e-ry,

D  G         A       Asus A D
In some lone spot to hide   me,

G               D            G        D
Still grief and care / Would haunt me there,

    C        Em       Dsus D G
And peace be still de-nied   me.

G           D           C    G
Nay, Thee I seek, / for I am weak,

D   G     A      Asus A D
Yet pi-ty and re-store  me;

G         D              G        D
Just God, make not / Thy wrath my lot,

    C        Em        Dsus D G
Thy Son hath suf-fered for    me.

G           D         C      G
If sin must owe / The rod of woe,

D    G     A          Asus A D
Then be my path still rough-er,

G         D             G        D
Oh, spare no pain; / If heav’n I gain,

   C       Em      Dsus D G
On earth I glad-ly suf----fer.

G             D           C       G
Lord, curb my will, / For-give my ill,

D    G       A         Asus A D
Make Thou my pa-tience firm--er,

G      D              G      D
Let me not groan / As I have done,

    C      Em         Dsus D G
Nor at Thy chast’ning mur----mur.

G              D       C        G
Then deal with me / As pleas-es Thee,

D   G          A       Asus A D
Thy grace will help me bear   it,

G      D           G       D
If but at last / I see Thy rest,

    C       Em      Dsus D G
And with my Sav-ior share  it.

G                  D         C         G
Christ, where Thou art / All doubts de-part,

D    G          A      Asus A D
Thou won’st for me sal-va-----tion

G         D           G        D
Up-on the cross, / By pain and loss

    C      Em      Dsus D G
And by Thy bit-ter Pas----sion.

G        D           C        G
To God a-lone: / The Fath-er, Son

D   G     A     Asus A   D
And Ho-ly Ghost be   giv-en

G            D              G          D
All laud and praise / Thro’ troub-lous days

   C          Em      Dsus D G
On earth, and e’er in heav---en.

G          D            C        G
And like a bird, / When storm is heard,

D    G      A          Asus A D
Will seek a tree-trunk hol----low

G              D           G       D
And shelt-ered stay / From all dis-may

   C         Em         Dsus D G
In which the world must wal----low:

G          D            C       G
So, Je-sus Christ, / My ref-uge prized

D  G        A         Asus A D
In Thy dear wounds is hid----den:

G            D            G       D
When sin and hell / Would hope di-spel,

      C        Em      Dsus D G
There shall my soul be bid----den.

G             D           C       G
There I shall bide / Till Thou de-cide,

D   G         A        Asus A D
And flesh and soul are part---ed,

G           D          G            D
Then I with Thee, / My Prize, shall be

    C      Em      Dsus D G
For-ev-er, joy-ful-heart--ed.

G              D           C       G
Christ Je-sus, Lord, / Thy help af-ford

D  G      A        Asus A D
Un-til my days are fin----ished,

G           D           G       D
When I must leave, / My soul re-ceive

   C      Em    Dsus D G
To glo-ry un-di-min----ished.

G            D            C        G
All praise a-lone, / God, Fa-ther, Son,

D   G     A         Asus A D
And Ho-ly Ghost, we give   Thee!

G             D            G         D
Nor doubt nor dread, / For Thou hast said,

      C         Em      Dsus D G
We’re saved who here be-lieve  Thee!