Misc Praise Songs – Christ Returneth (Guitar)

C                                  G7
It may be at morn, when the day is awakening,

C                                  D         G
When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking

G7   C               G                  C
That Jesus will come in the fullness of glory

   F                C      G7  C
To receive from the world "His own."

C                 F
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long

                      C
Ere we shout the glad song,

G        C        G      C
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!

  G    C    G7 C       G      G7 C
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.

C                                 G7
It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,

C                              D            G
It may be, perchance, that the blackness of midnight

G7  C             G                       C
Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,

    F       C        G7   C
When Jesus receives "His own."

C                 F
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long

                      C
Ere we shout the glad song,

G        C        G      C
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!

  G    C    G7 C       G      G7 C
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.

C                                    G7
While its hosts cry Hosanna, from heaven descending,

C                              D      G
With glorified saints and the angels attending,

G7  C                   G              C
with grace on His brow, like a halo of glory,

   F      C         G7   C
Will Jesus receive "His own."

C                 F
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long

                      C
Ere we shout the glad song,

G        C        G      C
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!

  G    C    G7 C       G      G7 C
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.

C                                  G7
Oh, joy! oh, delight! should we go without dying,

C                           D            G
No sickness, no sadness, no dread and no crying.

G7   C                                G         C
Caught up through the clouds with our Lord into glory,

 F          C        G7   C
When Jesus receives "His own."

C                 F
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long

                      C
Ere we shout the glad song,

G        C        G      C
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!

  G    C    G7 C       G      G7 C
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.