Oh Say What Is Truth chords by Songs Of Praise

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse 1:
  G+G              C majorC    G+G
Oh say, what is truth? ’Tis the fairest gem
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That the riches of worlds can produce,
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And priceless the value of truth will be when
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The proud monarch’s costliest diadem
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Is counted but dross and refuse.


Verse 2:
   G+G              C majorC     G+G
Yes, say, what is truth? ’Tis the brightest prize
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To which mortals or Gods can aspire.
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Go search in the depths where it glittering lies,
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Or ascend in pursuit to the loftiest skies:
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’Tis an aim for the noblest desire.

Verse 3:
  G+G             C majorC    G+G
The sceptre may fall from the despot’s grasp
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When with winds of stern justice he copes.
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But the pillar of truth will endure to the last,
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And its firm-rooted bulwarks outstand the rude blast
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And the wreck of the fell tyrant’s hopes.


Verse 4:
   G+G              C majorC      G+G
Then say, what is truth? ’Tis the last and the first,
    C majorC            D MajorD
For the limits of time it steps o’er.
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Tho the heavens depart and the earth’s fountains burst,
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Truth, the sum of existence, will weather the worst,
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Eternal, unchanged, evermore.