Elegy For Dunkirk chords by Jeff Beck

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

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

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

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