Elegy For Dunkirk chords by Jeff Beck

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
 B minorBm             A augmentedA
Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
 G+G         F# minorF#m
Forgive our foolish ways!
   G+G     A augmentedA
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
 B minorBm      C majorC
In purer lives thy service find,
 B minorBm         A augmentedA
In deeper reverence praise.
 G+G
In deeper reverence praise.

Verse 2:
 D MajorD   A augmentedA        B minorBm
In simple trust like theirs who heard,
  A augmentedA       D MajorD
Beside the Syrian sea,
 G+G           A augmentedA
The gracious calling of the Lord,
 B minorBm         C majorC
Let us, like them, without a word
  B minorBm       A augmentedA
Rise up and follow thee.
  G+G       D MajorD
Rise up and follow thee.

Verse 3:
 B minorBm        A augmentedA
O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
 G+G        F# minorF#m
O calm of hills above,
 G+G          A augmentedA
Where Jesus knelt to share with thee
 B minorBm       C majorC
The silence of eternity,
 B minorBm      A augmentedA
Interpreted by love!
 G+G
Interpreted by love!

Verse 4:
 D MajorD   A augmentedA        B minorBm
Drop thy still dews of quietness,
  A augmentedA            D MajorD
Till all our strivings cease,
 G+G           A augmentedA
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
 B minorBm         C majorC
And let our ordered lives confess
  B minorBm       A augmentedA
The beauty of thy peace.
  G+G       D MajorD
The beauty of thy peace.

Verse 5:
 B minorBm             A augmentedA
Breathe through the heats of our desire
 G+G          F# minorF#m
Thy coolness and thy balm,
   G+G         A augmentedA
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire,
 B minorBm              C majorC
Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
 B minorBm          A augmentedA
O still small voice of calm!
G+G
O still small voice of calm!