Misc Praise Songs – O For A Closer Walk With God (Guitar)

   D  G  D   Em7  D/A   A7   G
O for a clo-ser   walk with God,

       A/E  D         A
a calm and heavenly frame,

    D   A7  Bm7  D7 G   D   A
a light to shine up-on the road

 D                A7  D
that leads me to the Lamb!

       D  G  D     Em7 D/A A7  G
Where is the bless-ed-ness I  knew

      A/E  D          A
when first I saw the Lord?

      D   A7  Bm7 D7  G   D   A
Where is the soul re-freshing view

 D            A7  D
of Jesus and His Word?

       D  G    D   Em7 D/A  A7  G
What peaceful hours I  once enjoyed!

     A/E   D            A
How sweet their memory still!

     D    A7  Bm7  D7 G   D   A
But they have left an aching void

 D               A7  D
the world can never fill.

   D    G D  Em7 D/A   A7  G
Return, O hol-y  Dove, return,

       A/E D         A
sweet mess-en-ger of rest;

    D   A7  Bm7  D7  G     D   A
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,

 D                   A7  D
and drove Thee from my breast.

     D  G   D  Em7 D/A  A7  G
The dearest i-dol   I  have known,

    A/E  D          A
whate'er that id-ol be,

    D   A7  Bm7  D7 G   D   A
help me to tear it from Thy throne

 D            A7  D
and worship only Thee.

     D   G  D   Em7 D/A     A7  G
So shall my walk be close with God,

     A/E  D         A
calm and serene my frame;

    D A7  Bm7   D7    G   D   A
so purer light shall mark the road

 D                A7  D
that leads me to the Lamb.