Misc Praise Songs – O That I Had A Thousand Voices (Guitar)

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English translation from The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 [Intro] D G D A D D [Verse 1]
D         G    A        D    A     D
O, that I had  a thou - sand voi - ces

   A         Em       G           A
To praise my God with thou - sand tongues!

   D            G   A   Em        A     D
My heart, which in  the Lord re - joi - ces,

      A          Em       G           A
Would then pro - claim in grate - ful songs

               D         E     A
To all, wher - ev - er I might be,

     D            G       D     A    D     D
What great things God has done  for  me.
[Verse 2]
D         G      A       D    A       D
O all you pow'rs that He im - plant - ed,

    A          Em         G      A
A - rise, keep si - lence now no more;

    D         G        A    Em      A     D
Put forth the strength that God has gra - nted!

     A          Em      G      A
Your no - blest work is to a - dore.

           D             E   A
O soul and bo - dy, join to  raise

     D            G       D    A     D        D
With heart - felt joy our ma - ker's praise.
[Verse 3]
D             G      A        D   A    D
You fo - rest leaves so green and ten- der

     A         Em     G         A
That dance for joy in sum - mer air,

    D         G      A    Em         A      D
You mea - dow gras - ses, bright and slen - der,

    A          Em          G      A
You flow'rs so fra - grant and so fair,

            D                 E   A
You live to show God's praise a - lone.

     D     G        D     A   D        D
Join me to make His glo - ry  known
[Verse 4]
D                G    A           D   A    D
All crea - tures that have breath and mo - tion,

     A          Em         G        A
That throng the earth, the sea, the sky,

       D         G  A  Em            A   D
Come, share with me my heart's dev - o - tion,

     A     Em         G          A
Help me to sing God's prai - ses high.

             D                E  A
My ut - most pow'rs can nev - er quite

     D         G          D  A   D        D
De - clare the won - ders of his might.
[Verse 5]
D              G     A     D    A     D
Cre - a - tor, hum - bly I im - plore You

   A         Em    G          A
To lis - ten to my ear - thly song

     D        G   A    Em      A    D
Un - til that day when I   a - dore You,

     A      Em         G        A
When I have joined the an - gel throng

                 D                E  A
And learned with choirs of heav'n to sing

    D      G          D   A   D       D
E - ternal an - thems to  my  king.