Misc Praise Songs – My God I Love Thee (Guitar)

G   C                 F       C
[tab]   Am        G       G
I hope for heav'n thereby,

Em  Dm       F   Am     G       G
nor yet for fear that, lov-ing not,

Am  G            C
I might forever die.

G    C                   F        C
But for that Thou didst all man-kind

   Am       G       G
u-pon the cross em-brace;

Em  Dm         F   Am  G          G
for us didst bear the nails and spear,

Am    G    F        C
and man-i-fold dis-grace;

G     C                  F        C
And griefs and torments num-ber-less,

      Am      G
and sweat of agony,

Em     Dm      F    Am   G       G
e'en death it-self, and all for man,

Am   G            C
who was Thine ene-my.

G     C                F      C
Then why, most loving Je-sus Christ,

       Am      G         G
should I not love Thee well?

Em  Dm       F   Am  G       G
Not for the sake of win-ning heav'n,

Am   G    F       C
nor any fear of hell;

G     C               F        C
Not with the hope of gain-ing aught,

     Am      G      G
nor see-king a re-ward,

Em  Dm     F    Am   G
but as Thy-self hast loved me,

Am G            C
O ever-loving Lord!

G     C               F        C
E'en so I love Thee, and will love,

    Am      G           G
and in Thy praise will sing,

Em   Dm      F    Am   G       G
sole-ly be-cause Thou art my God,

Am   G   F        C
and my e-ter-nal King!