Misc Praise Songs – Break Day Of God O Break (Guitar)

       C             Am
Break, day of God, O break,

      F              C  G
Sweet light of heavenly skies!

  C       Am     D
I all for You forsake,

         C  G    D7   G
And from my dead self rise;

  F    Dm6 Am        G
O Lamb of God, Whose love is light,

      F           Dm7 C   G  C
Shine on my soul, and all is bright.

       C             Am
Break, day of God, O break!

    F            C     G
The night has lingered long;

    C           Am      D
Our hearts with sighing wake,

        C   G   D7  G
We weep for sin and wrong:

  F      Dm6 Am       G
O Bright and Mor-ning Star, draw near;

  F          Dm7  C     G C
O Sun of Righteousness, appear.

       C             Am
Break, day of God, O break!

    F                 C  G
The earth with strife is worn;

    C          Am      D
The hills with thunder shake,

          C   G  D7  G
Hearts of the people mourn;

       F   Dm6 Am        G
Break, day of God, sweet day of peace,

    F             Dm7 C G     C
And bid the shout of warriors cease!

       C              Am
Break, day of God, Oh break,

     F           C G
Like to the days a-bove!

    C   Am  D
Let purity awake,

           C   G     D7  G
And faith, and hope, and love:

    F   Dm6 Am     G
But lo! we see the brightening sky;

      F         Dm7 C  G   C
The golden morn is drawing nigh.