Misc Praise Songs – Hillie Edwards - The Heart Of My Country (Guitar)

    C           Am      F          C              C/G G C
The Heart of my country beckons to me to fill its emptiness.

          Am       F         C                   C/G  G  C
My Father long has spoken to me, His desire this land to bless.

   Am       F     G                F             G   C
He sends me on to life unknown, to work in a far off place.

              Am     F      C                          C/G  G  C
He loves that land before I come, and through me He'll give it grace.

    C        Am        F        C            C/G G  C
The truth is sought by ev'ryone in many a different way.

            Am       F             C               C/G G   C
In darkness children seek the path that will hasten in the day.

        Am        F      G                   F                 G  C
Through struggles of the cent'ries long they have never ceased to fight

             Am       F         C                               C/G  G  C
Our Father's will has kept them strong, and through Him they'll live in light

    C         Am F             C                 C/G G   C
Now brothers, sisters all join hands to encircle all the earth.

             Am       F      C               C/G     G C
The time has come for all mankind to know the world's rebirth.

    Am      F       G                  F          G C
Whatever we do, wherever we go, we are all in one embrace.

                 Am        F     C                    C/G G   C
When we roll the clouds of dark away, we will see His shining face.