Misc Praise Songs – Hsa-Uwc Holy Song - When I Behold The Lord (Guitar)

E        C#m      E            F#m         B     E
When I behold the Lord of all, my old self dies away.

            C#m      B  F#m6 C#m   F#m             E
So dies the world of sin-ful-ness, giving birth to good.

A          E             B         E      B   E     B
Soon a new self emerges, clear and bright and pure;

A                   E   C#m   F#m        B       E
Come and behold the new life, heaven and earth reborn.

E       C#m    E        F#m     B     E
Now I behold Jerusalem, city of loveliness.

         C#m      B   F#m6 C#m   F#m           E
Gently descending from a - bove, ever to be my own.

A         E                  B           E    B  E     B
Joy never ending is with me, long as the Lord is near;

A                 E    C#m   F#m      B        E
Joy ever flows in sweetness, river of precious life.

E          C#m  E      F#m       B   E
Kingdom of God eternal fervently I desired.

         C#m     B  F#m6 C#m   F#m                E
Heavenly rays so soft-ly fall, shining the Sun of Grace.

A         E                  B            E    B  E     B
Springing forth in ripeness, fruit of the Tree of Life;

A                   E C#m  F#m         B         E
Torment of doubt is o-ver, gone is the shadow of death.

E         C#m   E           F#m        B        E
Torturing every part of me, sinfulness rules my soul.

              C#m      B   F#m6  C#m   F#m                E
Still God can raise me pur - i - fied, giving creation to me.

A          E                   B            E  B   E     B
Letting me live in His palace, shining with golden Light;

A                      E   C#m   F#m           B        E
Boundless His love and kindness, boundless His Love for me!