Misc Praise Songs – Canticle Of The Turning (Ukulele)

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INTRO/OUTRO: Dm Dm F G F F Dm VERSE 1:
    Dm                    F      G              F         Dm        G
My soul cries out with a joyful shout that the God of my heart is great, 

        Dm                  F         G              F            F    G  Dm
And my spirit sings of the wondrous things that you bring to the ones who wait. 

    F                       Dm                        F            Dm      G
You fixed your sight on the servant's plight, and my weakness you did not spurn, 

         Dm                   F        G                Dm        F   G   Dm
So from east to west shall my name be blest. Could the world be about to turn? 
ANTIPHON:
     F                     Dm                      F             Dm     G
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.

     Dm                           F          G            Dm        F    G  Dm
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.
VERSE 2:
      Dm               F       G        F          Dm       G
Though I am small, my God, my all, you work great things in me,

          Dm                       F             G           F          F  G  Dm
And your mercy will last from the depths of the past to the end of the age to be.

     F                   Dm                      F             Dm       G
Your very name puts the proud to shame, and to those who would for you yearn, 

          Dm                       F        G                Dm        F   G   Dm
You will show your might, put the strong to flight, for the world is about to turn.
ANTIPHON:
     F                     Dm                      F             Dm     G
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.

     Dm                           F          G            Dm        F    G  Dm
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.
VERSE 3:
         Dm                      F        G            F            Dm      G
From the halls of power to the fortress tower, not a stone will be left on stone. 

         Dm                   F        G          F      F    G   Dm
Let the king beware for your justice tears ev'ry tyrant from his throne.

     F                 Dm                    F             Dm    G
The hungry poor shall weep no more, for the food they can never earn;

           Dm                   F        G            Dm        F   G   Dm
These are tables spread, ev'ry mouth be fed, for the world is about to turn.
ANTIPHON:
     F                     Dm                      F             Dm     G
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.

     Dm                           F          G            Dm        F    G  Dm
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.
VERSE 4:
            Dm               F      G          F         Dm        G
Though the nations rage from age to age, we remember who holds us fast:

       Dm           F    G            F           F   G   Dm
God's mercy must deliver us from the conqueror's crushing grasp.

      F                    Dm                     F             Dm      G
This saving word that our forebears heard is the promise which holds us bound, 

          Dm                   F          G           Dm           F    G Dm
'Til the spear and rod can be crushed by God, who is turning the world around.
ANTIPHON X2
     F                     Dm                      F             Dm     G
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.

     Dm                           F          G            Dm        F    G  Dm
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.

     F                     Dm                      F             Dm     G
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.

     Dm                           F          G            Dm        F    G  Dm
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.