How Sweet And Aweful Is The Place
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
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[Intro]
/ D Em / D/F# Em / D A/C# / G/B A / Gmaj7 / Em7 / Asus4 / A /
[Verse 1]
D Em D/F# Em D A/C# G/B
How sweet and awe-ful is the place
A D Em D/F# Em D
With Christ within the doors
Bm G D A Bm
While everlasting love displays
Em7 D/A A D Em/D Dmaj7 Em/D
The choicest of her stores
[Verse 2]
D Em D/F# Em D A/C# G/B
While all our hearts and all our songs
A D Em D/F# Em D
Join to ad-mire the feast
Bm G D A Bm
Each of us cry with thankful tongues
Em7 D A D A/C# Bm A/C#
“Lord, why was I a guest?”
[Verse 3]
D Em D/F# Em D A/C# G/B
“Why was I made to hear Thy voice
A D Em D/F# Em7 D
And enter while there’s room
A Bm G D A Bm
When thousands make a wretched choice
Em7 D/A A D Dmaj7 D Dmaj7
And rather starve than come?”
[Verse 4]
D Em7 D/F# Em7 D A/C# G/B
’Twas the same love that spread the feast
A D Em D/F# Em D
That sweetly drew us in
A Bm G D A Bm
Else we had still refused to taste
Em7 D/A A G/B A/C# G/B A/C#
And perished in our sin
[Verse 5]
D Em D/F# Em D A G/B
Pity the na - tions, O our God
A D Em D/F# Em D
Constrain the earth to come
A Bm G D A Bm
Send Thy victorious Word a-broad
Em D/A A G A G/B A/C#
And bring the strangers home
[Verse 6]
D Em D/F# Em D A/C# G/B
We long to see Thy churches full
A D Em D/F# Em D
That all the chosen race
A Bm G D A Bm
May with one voice and heart and soul
Em7 D/A A D
Sing Thy redeeming grace
[Outro]
D Em D/F# Em D A/C# G/B
While all our hearts and all our songs
A D Em D/F# Em D
Join to ad-mire the feast
Bm G D A Bm
Each of us cry with thankful tongues
Em7 D A D A/C# Bm A/C#
“Lord, why was I a guest?”
How to play How Sweet And Aweful Is The Place
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.