The People Of His Choice

Am                        Fmaj7
   Father, Father come to me now
         C             G
for I am needy of your mercy
Am                       Fmaj7
   Holy mercies firm and sure
      C
from eternity the same
    G
to eternity endure, endure

Am                      Fmaj7
   Let the ransom now rejoice
                C
the ones called out among the nations
        G
now the people of his choice

Am             Fmaj7
   Sing of his name
      C
all expanse of land and sea
         G
all that swim and all that breathe
Am             Fmaj7
   His glory's painted
       C
on the branches of the trees
       G                 Am Fmaj7 C G
in the changing of the leaves

Am                          Fmaj7
   Let the elders speak his name
       C
let us hear the ancient tales
       G
let us mourn for how we've failed
Am                        Fmaj7
   Let the children now rejoice
        C
when it falls upon their ears
           G
the proclamations of God's voice
Am                                Fmaj7
   As long as life beats in these shells
          C
keep your words upon our lips
           G
and living water in our wells, yeah

Am               Fmaj7
   Our hands are raised
        C
calling out to be redeemed
             G
from certain death's eternity
Am             Fmaj7
   Give us new names
        C
keep us ever close to thee
       G                     Am Fmaj7
once enslaved and now made free, yeah
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