Our God Our Help In Ages Past chords by Songs Of Praise

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:

C majorC      G+G    FF  G+G
Our God, our help in ages past,
  A minorAm    D MajorD    G+G
our hope for years to come,
  A minorAm   G+G    FF   C/EC/E
our shelter from the stormy blast,
  FF  G+G   C majorC
and our eternal home:

Verse 2:

C majorC     G+G     FF  G+G
Under the shadow of your throne
   A minorAm     D MajorD    G+G
your saints have dwelt secure;
  A minorAm   G+G    FF  C/EC/E
sufficient is your arm alone,
  FF   G+G    C majorC
and our defense is sure.

Verse 3:

C majorC     G+G     FF  G+G
Before the hills in order stood
  A minorAm   D MajorD     G+G
or earth received her frame,
   A minorAm G+G    FF    C/EC/E
from everlasting you are God,
  FF    G+G     C majorC
to endless years the same.

Verse 4:

C majorC     G+G    FF  G+G
A augmentedA thousand ages in your sight
  A minorAm   D MajorD    G+G
are like an evening gone;
   A minorAm   G+G     FF    C/EC/E
short as the watch that ends the night
 FF    G+G   C majorC
before the rising sun.

Verse 5:
C majorC    G+G        FF  G+G
The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
   A minorAm    D MajorD     G+G
with all their lives and cares,
  A minorAm   G+G    FF    C/EC/E
are carried downward by your flood,
  FF    G+G     C majorC
and lost in foll'wing years.

Verse 6:

C majorC       G+G    FF  G+G
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
   A minorAm   D MajorD   G+G
bears all its sons away;
   A minorAm   G+G    FF  C/EC/E
they fly forgotten, as a dream
   FF   G+G    C majorC
dies at the op'ning day.

Verse 7:

C majorC      G+G    FF  G+G
Our God, our help in ages past,
  A minorAm    D MajorD    G+G
our hope for years to come:
 A minorAm   G+G      FF    C/EC/E
O be our guard while troubles last,
  FF  G+G   C majorC
and our eternal home.