Misc Praise Songs – One There Is Above All Others (Guitar)

C    G/B  C C/E  Dm/F   C   CM7/E  F  C
One there is,      a - bove all   others,

  F  G/D  C/E  Dm/F  C/G  G  G7   C
Well deserves   the name  of    Friend;

C/E G  C C/E  Dm/F  C  CM7/E  F   C
His is love   be - yond  a   brother's,

 F  G/D  C/E  Dm/F  C/G  G G7 C
Costly, free, and  knows no  end:

Am  E7/G# Am  G/B   C G/D  D     G
They who once his  kind - ness prove

Am   G  C F/C  C    Dm/F C/G G7   C
Find it e  -  ver - last  - ing love.

  C  G/B  C C/E  Dm/F    C   CM7/E  F  C
Which of all      our friends, to save us,

  F  G/D  C/E  Dm/F  C/G  G  G7  C
Could or would have shed his   blood?

C/E  G  C C/E  Dm/F  C  CM7/E  F C
But our Je  -  sus  died to   have us

 F G/D C/E  Dm/F  C/G G G7 C
Reconciled   in   him to  God.

Am  E7/G# Am  G/B    C  G/D D  G
This was boundless love    indeed;

Am G  C  F/C C  Dm/F C/G G7  C
Jesus is     a Friend    in need.

C   G/B C C/E  Dm/F C    CM7/E  F C
When he lived   on earth   a - based,

    F   G/D  C/E   Dm/F  C/G  G G7  C
"Friend of   sin - ners" was his   name,

C/E  G C C/E  Dm/F   C   CM7/E  F C
Now above       all glo - ry   raised,

 F  G/D  C/E  Dm/F  C/G   G G7 C
He  re - joi - ces   in  the same;

Am   E7/G#   Am   G/B   C G/D D      G
Still  he  calls them   brethren, friends,

Am   G  C F/C  C   Dm/F C/G G7  C
And to all   their wants   attends.

C    G/B  C C/E  Dm/F  C  CM7/E  F  C
Could we bear    from one   a - nother

  F G/D  C/E  Dm/F  C/G   G G7  C
What he  dai - ly  bears from  us?

C/E  G    C C/E  Dm/F     C  CM7/E F  C
Yet this glo  -  rious Friend and Brother

 F    G/D C/E  Dm/F  C/G   G G7  C
Loves us though we  treat him   thus:

  Am  E7/G# Am  G/B  C G/D  D   G
Though for good we   ren - der ill,

Am  G   C  F/C C  Dm/F C/G G7   C
He accounts    us breth - ren still.

C G/B   C C/E  Dm/F   C   CM7/E  F  C
O for grace    our  hearts  to  soften!

  F  G/D  C/E   Dm/F  C/G   G  G7  C
Teach us, Lord,  at  length to   love;

C/E  G C C/E  Dm/F  C  CM7/E  F C
We,  alas!   for - get  too  often

 F  G/D  C/E  Dm/F  C/G G G7 C
What a Friend  we  have a - bove.

Am  E7/G#  Am  G/B   C G/D   D     G
But when  home  our  souls  are brought,

Am  G     C  F/C C  Dm/F C/G G7   C
We will love    thee as      we ought.