Chords with lyrics
🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC G+G
Here in the vineyard of my Lord
FF C majorC
I hope to live and labor
G+G
And be obedient to my God
FF C majorC
Until my dying hour
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G FF
I love to see the lilies grow
C majorC G+G
And view them all a-standing
FF C majorC FF
In the right place while here below
C majorC
Just as the Lord commanded
🎸 Verse 3:
C majorC G+G
We ofttimes meet, both night and day
FF C majorC
A augmentedA faithful band of pilgrims
G+G
We read, we sing, we preach and pray
FF C majorC
And find the Lord most precious
🎸 Verse 4:
G+G FF
But while we sing our song of love
C majorC G+G
Our hearts are deeply wounded;
A minorAm E minorEm FF
Perhaps we all will meet no more
C majorC
Here in the congregation
🎸 Instrumental:
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
C G+G FF C majorC
🎸 Verse 5:
C majorC G+G
But if on earth we meet no more
FF C majorC
We hope to meet in heaven
G+G
Where congregations ne'er break up
FF C majorC
But dwell in sweet communion
🎸 Verse 6:
G+G FF
Where all the ransomed church of God
C majorC G+G
Shall meet no more to sever
A minorAm C majorC FF
With not a sorrow, pain nor tear
C majorC
Sing one sweet chord forever