The Son Of God Goes Forth To War chords by Sda Hymns

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

Words by Reginald Heber
Music by Henry S. Cutler
SDA Church Hymnal (1941) Hymn # 361
Capo 2

Verse 1:
G                   C
The Son of God goes forth to war
  G               D
A kingly crown to gain.
    G            G7          C
His blood-red banner streams afar;
    G       D  G
Who follows in His train?
G            G7        C
Who best can drink His cup of woe,
   D7
Triumphant over pain,
    G                 C
Who patient bears his cross below--
   G       D7     G
He follows in His train.

Verse 2:
G                       C
The martyr first, whose eagle eye
      G                 D
Could pierce beyond the grave,
    G          G7     C
Who saw his Master in the sky
    G         D   G
And called on Him to save.
G              G7     C
Like Him, with pardon on His tongue,
   D7
In midst of mortal pain,
   G                    C
He prayed for them that did the wrong--
    G       D7     G
Who follows in his train?

Verse 3:
G                    C
A glorious band, the chosen few,
   G               D
On whom the Spirit came,
       G               G7         C
Twelve valiant saints--their hope they knew
    G          D     G
And mocked the cross and flame.
G            G7       C
They met the tyrant's brandished steel,
    D7
The lion's gory mane;
     G                       C
They bowed their necks their death to feel--
    G       D7       G
Who follows in their train?

Verse 4:
G             C
A noble army, men and boys,
    G              D
The matron and the maid,
 G            G7           C
Around the Savior's throne rejoice,
   G        D     G
In robes of light arrayed.
G                G7     C
They climbed the steep ascent of heaven
        D7
Through peril, toil, and pain.
  G              C
O God, to us may grace be given
   G      D7       G
To follow in their train!