Misc Praise Songs – God Is Love - Abbots Leigh (Guitar)

 D      Bm         G       D
God is love: let heaven adore Him;

Bm      Em         D    G Asus A7
God is love: let earth rejoice;

 D     Bm     G      D
let creation sing before Him,

Bm     Em      D    G    A
and exalt Him with one voice.

C       Em       Am     D7   G
He who laid the earth’s foundation,

Am7 D    A7        Bm     F#  Bm
He who spread the heavens above,

D        Bm             Am  D  G   B7
He who breathes through all creation,

Em  A  D    G D  A   D
He is love, eternal love.

 D      Bm       G       D
God is love: and He enfoldeth

Bm      Em         D G Asus A7
all the world in one embrace;

 D     Bm        G      D
with unfailing grasp He holdeth

Bm     Em      D  G    A
every child of every race.

C        Em     Am     D7   G
And when human hearts are breaking

Am7 D A7  Bm     F#  Bm
under sorrow’s iron rod,

D        Bm      Am  D  G   B7
all the sorrow, all the aching,

Em  A  D          G   D     A   D
wrings with pain the heart of God.

 D      Bm         G          D
God is love: and though with blindness

Bm      Em         D    G Asus A7
sin afflicts the souls of men,

 D     Bm      G      D
God’s eternal loving-kindness

Bm     Em         D    G    A
holds and guides them even then.

C        Em       Am     D7   G
Sin and death and hell shall never

Am7 D    A7   Bm   F#  Bm
o’er us final triumph gain;

D        Bm       Am  D  G B7
God is love, so love for ever

Em  A D    G  D    A   D
o’er the universe must reign.