Misc Praise Songs – Canticle Of Love (Guitar)

     D         C#dim Bm        A
How great and tender is our God,

 G       G/F#          G  A
Who has smiled on the lowly.

  D      D/C# Bm            A        G      A   D/A
Eternally my heart will sing a new canticle of love.

       D      C#dim   Bm           A
Come, all who hunger, all who thirst,

 G      G/F#         G   A
All who long for fulfillment.

     D       A    Bm          A
The God of mercy waits for you

G                 A
As a mother her child.

   G          A
O come to the living water,

F#m           Bm
Fear not your weakness.

   G     A           G     A       D/A
Forever trusting in God’s merciful love.

Dm           C              Dm
Through the shadows of this night,

Dm              C       Dm
Love will be my guiding light.

Gm               F      Dm
Presence hidden from my sight,

Dm                  C      Dm
‘Til the clouds are put to flight.

   D              C#dim Bm            A
Beneath your gaze I’ve blossomed forth,

G        G/F#     G  A
As a rose in the sunshine.

       D     A          Bm       A
With joyful heart I’ve given all

G                  A
To the mystery of love.

   G             A
In peace I will come before you

F#m         Bm
With empty hands,

   G     A         G    A       D/A
Relying solely on your merciful love.

Dm                     C     Dm
Through the veil your face appears,

Dm                C        Dm
Beauty shrouded, bathed in tears.

Gm               F      Dm
Bread of sinners I will share,

Dm              C   Dm
Rose unpetaled everywhere.

Dm  C  Dm           Gm     F    Dm
Ah! My God, I will sing of your love

    Gm         F      Dm
For this one eternal day.

    Gm        F        Dm
For this one eternal today,

C  C#dim   D
Eternal today.

      D               C#dim Bm       A
Transformed in Love’s consuming fire,

G        G/F# G  A
Lifted up in glory.

       D           A  Bm            A
Her fragrance filling all the earth,

G                 A
Drawing us after her.

   G        A         F#m         Bm
Until, in eternity we join in one chorus.

   G     F#m        G    A        D/A
Forever singing of God’s merciful love.

D            G             D
Canticle of love, song of love.

             Gm          D    Gm           D/A
This eternal day I will sing, sing of your love.