The Breaking Of The Day chords by Sda Hymns

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Alternate Title: ‘Tis Almost Time for the Lord to Come

Words and Music by G.W. Sederquist
SDA Church Hymnal (1941) Hymn #182
SDA Church Hymnal (1985) Hymn #212


Verse 1:
D                        G
'Tis almost time for the Lord to come,
  D               A
I hear the people say,
A7  D                   G
The stars of heaven are growing dim,
   D           A               D
It must be the breaking of the day.

Chorus:
D
O it must be the breaking of the day,
     A                           D
O it must be the breaking of the day.
D
The night is almost gone,
    G             D
The day is coming on,
                 A               D
O it must be the breaking of the day.


Verse 2:
D                         G
The signs foretold in the sun and moon,
   D                   A
In earth, and sea, and sky;
A7  D                    G
A - loud proclaim to the race of men,
         D             A              D
That the coming of the Master draweth nigh.


Chorus:
D
O it must be the breaking of the day,
     A                           D
O it must be the breaking of the day.
D
The night is almost gone,
    G             D
The day is coming on,
                 A               D
O it must be the breaking of the day.


Verse 3:
D                       G
It must be time for the waiting church
   D                A
To cast her pride a-way;
A7   D                G
With girded loins and burning lamps,
   D            A               D
To look for the breaking of the day.


Chorus:
D
O it must be the breaking of the day,
     A                           D
O it must be the breaking of the day.
D
The night is almost gone,
    G             D
The day is coming on,
                 A               D
O it must be the breaking of the day.


Verse 4:
D                     G
Go quickly out in the streets and lanes,
    D                A
And in the broad highway,
A7  D                    G
And call the maimed, the halt and blind,
      D             A               D
To be ready for the breaking of the day.


Chorus:
D
O it must be the breaking of the day,
     A                           D
O it must be the breaking of the day.
D
The night is almost gone,
    G             D
The day is coming on,
                 A               D
O it must be the breaking of the day.