Misc Praise Songs – Our God Our Help In Ages Past (Guitar)

C            G        F   G
[tab]    Am       D        G
our hope for years to come,

    Am      G        F      C/E
our shelter from the stormy blast,

    F    G      C
and our eternal home:

C         G         F    G
Under the shadow of your throne

     Am          D       G
your saints have dwelt secure;

   Am      G       F    C/E
sufficient is your arm alone,

    F     G        C
and our defense is sure.

C          G          F   G
Before the hills in order stood

   Am      D          G
or earth received her frame,

     Am  G       F       C/E
from everlasting you are God,

   F       G         C
to endless years the same.

C          G       F    G
A thousand ages in your sight

    Am      D       G
are like an evening gone;

      Am     G          F        C/E
short as the watch that ends the night

  F        G      C
before the rising sun.

C        G               F   G
The busy tribes of flesh and blood,

     Am        D         G
with all their lives and cares,

    Am      G        F       C/E
are carried downward by your flood,

    F       G         C
and lost in foll'wing years.

C             G       F    G
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,

      Am      D     G
bears all its sons away;

     Am     G       F    C/E
they fly forgotten, as a dream

     F      G       C
dies at the op'ning day.

C            G        F   G
Our God, our help in ages past,

    Am       D        G
our hope for years to come:

  Am     G           F        C/E
O be our guard while troubles last,

    F    G      C
and our eternal home.