Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse 1:
FF C majorC FF
How gentle God's commands!
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
How kind his precepts are!
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Come, cast your burdens on the Lord
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb FF C7C7 FF
And trust his constant care.
Verse 2:
FF C majorC FF
Beneath his watchful eye,
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
His Saints securely dwell;
C majorC FF C majorC FF
That hand which bears all nature up
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb FF C7C7 FF
Shall guard his children well.
Verse 3:
FF C majorC FF
Why should this anxious load
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Press down your weary mind?
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Haste to your Heav'nly Father's throne
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb FF C7C7 FF
And sweet refreshment find.
Verse 4:
FF C majorC FF
His goodness stands approved,
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Unchanged from day to day;
C majorC FF C majorC FF
I'll drop my burden at his feet
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And bear a song away.