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

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:

C            G        F   G
Our God, our help in ages past,
    Am       D        G
our hope for years to come,
    Am      G        F      C/E
our shelter from the stormy blast,
    F    G      C
and our eternal home:

Verse 2:

C         G         F    G
Under the shadow of your throne
     Am          D       G
your saints have dwelt secure;
   Am      G       F    C/E
sufficient is your arm alone,
    F     G        C
and our defense is sure.

Verse 3:

C          G          F   G
Before the hills in order stood
   Am      D          G
or earth received her frame,
     Am  G       F       C/E
from everlasting you are God,
   F       G         C
to endless years the same.

Verse 4:

C          G       F    G
A thousand ages in your sight
    Am      D       G
are like an evening gone;
      Am     G          F        C/E
short as the watch that ends the night
  F        G      C
before the rising sun.

Verse 5:
C        G               F   G
The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
     Am        D         G
with all their lives and cares,
    Am      G        F       C/E
are carried downward by your flood,
    F       G         C
and lost in foll'wing years.

Verse 6:

C             G       F    G
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
      Am      D     G
bears all its sons away;
     Am     G       F    C/E
they fly forgotten, as a dream
     F      G       C
dies at the op'ning day.

Verse 7:

C            G        F   G
Our God, our help in ages past,
    Am       D        G
our hope for years to come:
  Am     G           F        C/E
O be our guard while troubles last,
    F    G      C
and our eternal home.