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SSP Songbook

Regular Edition – Printed April 2012

Revised March 2012; Julie Greer, Editor

Sierra Service Project Songbook 2012 Edition 2

Table of Contents

Sierra Service Project Mission and Theology Statements ........................................................................ 5 All in All .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Amazing Grace.................................................................................................................................... 7 Awesome God..................................................................................................................................... 8 Bim Bom ............................................................................................................................................ 9 Blessed Be Your Name ...................................................................................................................... 10 Blind Man ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Blowin’ in the Wind ........................................................................................................................... 12 Build Me Up Buttercup ....................................................................................................................... 14 Come Let Us Sing to the Lord ............................................................................................................ 16 Come, Now is the Time ..................................................................................................................... 17 Country Roads .................................................................................................................................. 18 Create In Me/Psalm 51 ...................................................................................................................... 19 Deep ................................................................................................................................................ 20 Draw the Circle Wide ......................................................................................................................... 21 Driving Wheel ................................................................................................................................... 22 El Shaddai ........................................................................................................................................ 23 Espiritu de Dios ................................................................................................................................. 24 Fill My Cup ....................................................................................................................................... 25 Free to Be ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Garden Song .................................................................................................................................... 27 Get Together .................................................................................................................................... 28 Give Thanks...................................................................................................................................... 29 Glory to God ..................................................................................................................................... 30 God Bless the Grass .......................................................................................................................... 31 Ha-la-la-la-la (Grab Another Hand) .................................................................................................... 32 God of Wonders (You are Holy) ......................................................................................................... 33 Have You Seen Jesus My Lord? .......................................................................................................... 34 Heart of Worship............................................................................................................................... 35 Here I Am, Lord ................................................................................................................................ 35 Here I am To Worship ....................................................................................................................... 37 He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands .............................................................................................. 38 How Great Is Our God ....................................................................................................................... 39 How Great Thou Art .......................................................................................................................... 40 Humble Thyself ................................................................................................................................. 41 I am the Light of the World ............................................................................................................... 42 I am the Resurrection ....................................................................................................................... 43 I Can Only Imagine ........................................................................................................................... 44 I Could Sing of Your Love Forever ...................................................................................................... 44 I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing .................................................................................................... 46 If I Had a Hammer ............................................................................................................................ 47 Indescribable .................................................................................................................................... 48 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For ......................................................................................... 48 Kum Ba Yah ...................................................................................................................................... 50 Lean On Me ...................................................................................................................................... 51 Leaving on a Jet Plane ...................................................................................................................... 52 Look All Around You .......................................................................................................................... 53 Lord of the Dance ............................................................................................................................. 54 Lord I Lift Your Name on High ........................................................................................................... 56 Lord of the Starfields ......................................................................................................................... 57 Micah 6 ............................................................................................................................................ 57

Morning Has Broken .......................................................................................................................... 58 O Magnify the Lord ........................................................................................................................... 59 Oil in my Lamp ................................................................................................................................. 60 One Jedi Soldier ................................................................................................................................ 61 One Tin Soldier ................................................................................................................................. 62 Open the Eyes of My Heart ................................................................................................................ 63 Our Hearts Are in the Hills ................................................................................................................. 64 Pass it On ......................................................................................................................................... 65 Peace Give I to You ........................................................................................................................... 66 Praise to the Lord ............................................................................................................................. 67 Prince of Peace ................................................................................................................................. 68 The Raggedy Band ............................................................................................................................ 70 Red Brother, Red Sister ..................................................................................................................... 72 Refiners Fire ..................................................................................................................................... 73 Rubber Blubber Whale....................................................................................................................... 74 Sanctuary ......................................................................................................................................... 76 Seek Ye First .................................................................................................................................... 77 Seeyahamba ..................................................................................................................................... 78 Servant Song .................................................................................................................................... 79 Shine Jesus Shine ............................................................................................................................. 80 Shout to the Lord .............................................................................................................................. 81 Shut de’ do’ ...................................................................................................................................... 82 Soon and Very Soon .......................................................................................................................... 83 Spirit of the Living God ...................................................................................................................... 84 Step By Step ..................................................................................................................................... 84 Take My Life ..................................................................................................................................... 85 Teach Your Children .......................................................................................................................... 86 The Tex Evans Song ......................................................................................................................... 87 They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love ................................................................................... 88 This Little Light of Mine ..................................................................................................................... 89 Thy Word ......................................................................................................................................... 90 Turn the World Around ...................................................................................................................... 91 Were You There? .............................................................................................................................. 92 Yellow Submarine ............................................................................................................................. 93

At SSP we sing to EXPRESS not to impress!

Sierra Service Project Mission and Theology Statements

“Through acts of service repairing homes in Native American and urban communities and

building homes in Honduras, SSP invites young people into a closer relationship with God and

to experience the transformative power of serving people who have a culture and life

experience different from their own.”

We know God to be a giver of wonderful gifts. Sierra

Service Project is an extension of the Divine Invitation into a

relationship with God. Like God, Sierra Service Project can

only invite but cannot control the response of those invited.

Like grace, Sierra Service Project offers service freely

without judging if the receiver merits our love. As

participants of Sierra Service Project, we are the receivers of

God’s grace. We extend that same grace to our hosts by

putting our faith into action repairing homes.

We respond to God’s invitation to open ourselves up to the

possibility of a transformational experience. In community,

we begin to recognize our dependence on God and inter-

dependence with each other. As a community, we strive to

grow being led by the Spirit. We choose to serve believing,

that through our humble acts of love, we can learn about

God’s character and love for us. We seek to accept people,

as they are from the moment they stand before us, as the first

step toward relationship. We seek to remain open; an

openness of hand and of heart that we might give, receive

and understand.

Through our acts of service, we allow the grace of God to

flow into and through our lives. We understand that all

people are valuable, carefully fashioned in God’s image and

we are freed to accept the essential humanity of each person

we meet. In reaching out to others, we follow the example of

service set forth by Jesus Christ.

As with Christ, we serve people whose lives will benefit by

our service. We believe that God lives with us and in the

work we do with our hands and heart. We realize that

despite the differences in culture, values, history and

geography, we are all brothers and sisters of worth. Let us

accept the Sierra Service Project invitation. “Let us rise up

and build.”

“We love because God first loved

us.” (1 John 4:19)

“For it is by grace you have

been saved, through faith - and

this not from yourselves, it is the

gift of God - not by works, so

that no one can boast.

(Ephesians 2:8-9)

“...you are no longer foreigners

and aliens, but fellow citizens

with God’s people and members

of God’s household, built on the

foundation of the apostles and

prophets, with Christ Jesus

himself as the chief cornerstone.

In him the whole building is

joined together and rises to

become a holy temple in the

Lord. And in him you too are

being built together to become a

dwelling in which God lives by

his Spirit.”

(Ephesians 2:19-22)

“The Lord has showed you what

is good. And what does the Lord

require of you? To act justly and

to love mercy and to walk

humbly with your God.” (Micah

“Unless the Lord builds the

house, its builders labor in

vain.”

(Psalm 127:1)

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All in All

G D Em

You are my strength when I am weak

You are the treasure that I seek

G D G D

You are my all in all

G D Em

Seeking You precious as a jewel

Lord to give up I’d be a fool

G D G D

You are my all in all

G D C G

(Chorus:) Jesus, Lamb of God

C G D G D

Worthy is Your name

G D C G

Jesus, Lamb of God

C G D G

Worthy is Your name

G D Em

Taking my sin, my cross, my shame

Rising again I bless Your name

G D G D

You are my all and all

G D Em

When I fall down You pick me up

When I am dry You fill my cup

G D G D

You are my all and all

(Chorus)

Amazing Grace John Newton - Public Domain

D D7 G D Bm A

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me

D D7 G D Bm A D

I once was lost but now I’m found, was blind but now I see

D D7 G D Bm A

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved

D D7 G D Bm A D

How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed

D D7 G D Bm A

Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come

D D7 G D Bm A D

‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home

D D7 G D Bm A

When we’ve been here ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun

D D7 G D Bm A D

We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when we first begun

D D7 G D Bm A

Shall I be waft-ed to the skies on flowery beds of ease

D D7 G D Bm A D

While others strive to win the prize and sail on bloody seas

D D7 G D Bm A

The Lord has promised good to me, God’s will my hope secures

D D7 G D Bm A D

God’s will my shield and portion be as long as life endures

(Repeat first verse)

OPTIONS

1. Try singing this song to the tune of “Peaceful Easy Feeling”

2. Sing this song with Soon and Very Soon (2x first verse, then 2 AG versus, then 2x first verse, then 2 AG

versus, etc.) Thanks Barb Hinselman who introduced this to SSP in 1999 in White Mesa, Utah!

Awesome God Rich Mullens

Capo 2

When He rolls up His sleeve, He ain't puttin on the Ritz

C D Em

Our God is an awesome God

There is thunder in His footsteps and lightnin’ in his fist

C D Em

And the Lord wasn't jokin’ when He kicked em out of Eden

It wasn't for no reason that he shed His blood

His return is very close, so you better be believin’ that

C D Em

(Chorus): Our God is an awesome God.

He reigns from heaven above.

With wisdom, power, and love.

Am7 B7 Em Our God is an awesome God. (Repeat)

Em And when the sky was starless in the void of the night

C D Em Our God is an awesome God

Em He spoke into the darkness and created the light

Am7 The judgment and wrath He poured out on Sodom

D7 Em The mercy and grace that He gave us at the cross

Am7 I hope that we have not too quickly forgotten that

(Chorus x2)

Bim Bom Traditional Hebrew

Arr. By Jim Strathdee

Capo 3

Bim bom

Bim bim bim bom

Am G Am

Bim bim bim bim bim bom. (x2)

Shabat shalom

Am Dm G Am

Shabat shabat shabat shabat shalom. (x2)

Shabat shabat, shabat shabat shalom. (x2)

Shabat shalom

Am Dm G Am

Shabat shabat shabat shabat shalom.

(Repeat)

Blessed Be Your Name Matt Redman

Capo 4

G D Em C

Blessed be your name, in the land that is plentiful.

Where your streams of abundance flow. Blessed be your name.

G D Em C

Blessed be your name, when I'm found in this desert place.

Though I walk through the wilderness. Blessed be your name.

G D Em C

(Chorus): Every blessing you pour out I’ll turn back to praise.

G D Em C

And when the darkness closes in Lord, Still I will say...

G D Em C

Blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be your name.

G D Em D C

Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be your glo-rious name.

G D Em C

Blessed be your name, when the sun's shining down on me.

When the world is all as it should be, blessed be your name.

G D Em C

Blessed be your name, on the road marked with suffering,

G D C Though there is pain in the offering, blessed be your name.

(Chorus)

G D Em C (Bridge (x2): You give and take away. You give and take away

G D G C

My heart will choose to say. Lord, blessed be your name.

(Chorus)

Blind Man

Am G F E

Blind man stood by the road and he cried (3x)

He cried oh-oh-oh

E Am G F

Show me the way (3x)

And the way to go home

Am G F E

The woman stood by the well and she cried (3x)

She cried oh-oh-oh

E Am G F

Show me the truth (3x)

Am G F E

Zacchaeus sat in the tree and he cried (3x)

He cried oh-oh-oh

E Am G F

Show me the life (3x)

Am G F E

Jesus hung on the cross and He cried (3x)

He cried oh-oh-oh

E Am G F E Am G F E Am G F

I am the Way, I am the Truth, I am the Life

E Am G F

I am the Way, the Truth, the Life (3x)

Blowin’ in the Wind Bob Dylan

Special Rider Music - SESAC

C F C Am

How many roads must a man walk down

Before they call him a man?

C F C Am

How many seas must a white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand?

C F C Am

How many times must the cannon balls fly

Before they're forever banned?

F G C Am

(Chorus): The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind.

C F C Am

How many years must a mountain exist

Before it is washed to the sea?

C F C Am

How many years can some people exist

Before they're allowed to be free?

C F C Am

How many times can a man turn his head

And pretend that he just doesn't see?

(Chorus)

Blowin’ in the Wind (Con’t)

C F C Am

How many times must a man look up

Before he can see the sky?

C F C Am

How many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry?

C F C Am

How many deaths will it take till he knows

That too many people have died?

(Chorus)

The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Build Me Up Buttercup The Foundations

(Chorus): Why do you build me up (build me up), buttercup baby,

Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around

And then worst of all (worst of all),

You never call baby when you say you will (say you will)

G C Am

But I love you still, I need you (I need you)

More than anyone darling,

You know that I have from the start

So build me up (build me up) buttercup

Don’t break my heart

C G Dm F C

I’ll be over at ten you told me time and again, but you’re late,

I wait around and then,

C G Dm F

I run to the door, I can’t take anymore

C F F Em Dm

It’s not you, you let me down again (hey, hey, hey)

Dm G G F Em A7

Baby, baby, I try to find (hey, hey, hey) a little time and I’ll make you mine

Dm D7 G

I’ll be home; I’ll be beside the phone waitin’ for you (OOooo, OOooo)

(Chorus)

Build Me Up Buttercup (Cont.)

C G Dm F C

You are my toy but I could be the boy you adore,

If you’d just let me know

C G Dm F C I know you are true I’m attracted to you all the more,

C F F Em Dm

Why do I need you so (hey, hey, hey)

Dm G G F Em A7

Baby, baby, I try to find (hey, hey, hey) a little time and I’ll make you mine

Dm D7 G

I’ll be home; I’ll be beside the phone waitin’ for you (OOooo, OOooo)

(Chorus)

Come Let Us Sing to the Lord Words and Music by Jim Strathdee

Arranged: Jean Strathdee

C Am F G

Come let us sing to the Lord our song

Em Am F G

We have stood silently too long

C Am F G

Surely the Lord deserves our praise

Dm G Am Em F G C

To joy - fully thank God for our days

C Am F G

O’ thirsty soul come and drink at the well

Em Am F G

God’s living water will never fail

C Am F G

Surely the Lord will help you to stand

Dm G Am Em F G C

Strengthened and com - forted by God’s hand

C Am F G

You dwell among us and cause us to pray

Em Am F G And walk with each other following Your way

C Am F G

Our precious brothers and sisters will grow

Dm G Am Em F G C

In the fulfil - ling love they know

C Am F G

Deserts shall bloom and mountains shall sing

Em Am F G

To the desire of all living things

C Am F G

Come all you creatures high and low

Dm G Am Em F G C

Let your praises end - lessly flow

Come, Now is the Time Brian Doekersen

Come, now is the time to worship

Come, now is the time to give your heart

Come, just as you are to worship

Come, just as you are before your God

One day ev'ry tongue will confess you are God

One day ev'ry knee will bow

Still the greatest treasure remains

For those who gladly choose you now

(Repeat. Repeat first verse the final time.)

Country Roads Billy Danoff, John Denver, and Tally Nivert

G Em D C G

Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River

G Em Life is old there, older than the trees

Younger than the mountains, blowin’ like a breeze

G D Em C

(Chorus): Country roads, take me home to the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain mama

Take me home, country roads

G Em D C G

All my memories, gather round her; miners lady stranger to blue water

Dark and dusty, painted on the sky

Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

(Chorus)

Em D G

I hear her voice in the morning hours she calls me

Radio reminds me of my home far away

Em F C G D

And driving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday

Yesterday

(Chorus)

Take me home down country roads (repeat)

Create In Me/Psalm 51

G D C G

Create in me a clean heart, O God

And renew a right spirit within me

(repeat)

C D G Em

Cast me not away from Thy presence, O Lord,

C D G G7

And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me

C D G Dm Em

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation,

C D C Dm Am G

And renew a right spirit within me

(And sinners will return to thee).

Psalm 51:10

*This song is often done a cappella but can also be done with a driving guitar

accompaniment. The verses are done as a call and response. Best with drums and

other (and many) rhythm instruments. The chorus is two groups singing either Deep

or De-ep.

(Chorus): Em B7 Em Deep Oh De-ep

Em B7 Em Deep Oh De-ep

Em B7 Em

Deep down in my soul

Em B7 Em Deep Oh De-ep

Deep down in my soul

I’ve got the love (I’ve got the love of Jesus)

And it ‘s deep down in my so – o - oul

(Chorus)

In subsequent verses, substitute these words for “love”:

*Peace

*Faith

*Strength

*Hands/Feet

*(Etc.)

Draw the Circle Wide Words and music by Gordon Light

Adapted by Jean Strathdee

Capo 3

(Chorus): Draw the circle wide.

Draw it wider still.

Let this be our song

Em Am No one stands alone

Standing side by side

G C F C Csus Draw the circle wide.

C F C G

God the still point of the circle

C F C G

‘Round whom all creation turns

Am Dm7 G Em Am

Nothing lost, but held forever

Dm F Dm7 G G7

In God’s gracious arms.

(Chorus)

Let our hearts touch far horizons

So encompass great and small

Let our loving know no borders

Faithful to God’s call.

(Chorus)

Let the dreams we dream be larger

Than we’ve ever dreamed before

Let the dream of Chris be in us

Open every door.

(Chorus)

Driving Wheel T-Bone Burnett

*This is another call and response song. The words in parenthesis are sung by the

song leader and the group sings the rest.

(All I want) all I want (is a love that’s hot) is a love that’s hot,

Can’t be sold and can’t be bought

Love that don’t try to be something it’s not

(All I need) all I need, (is a love that’s real) is a love that’s real.

None won’t buy and none won’t steal

Love that moves like a driving wheel

(Chorus): (All I want) All I want, (is a driving wheel) is a driving wheel

(I said all I want) All I want, (is a driving wheel) is a driving wheel

All around love – huuh! – my ideal

(All I want) All I want, (is a love that’s right) is a love that’s right,

To hold onto with all my might

I want it early in the morning and late at night

(Chorus)

El Shaddai

Michael Card and John Thompson

Dm G C Am

El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Elyon na Adonai

Bb E7 Am E7 A

Age to age You’re still the same by the power of the name

Dm G C Am

El Shaddai, El Shaddai, Erkahm ka na Adonai

Bb G G7 C

We will praise and lift You high, El Shaddai

Dm G C Am Through Your love and through the ram, You saved the Son of Abraham

Bb E7 Am E7 A

Through the power of Your hand, You turned the sea into dry land

Dm G C Am

To the outcast on her knees You were the God who really sees

Bb G G7 C

And by Your might You set Your children free

Dm G C Am Through the years You made it clear that the time of Christ is near

Bb E7 Am E7 A

Though the people couldn’t see what Messiah ought to be

Dm G C Am

Though Your Word contained the plan, they just couldn’t understand

Bb G C Am

Your most awesome work was done in the frailty of Your son

I will praise You ‘til I die

El Shaddai

Espiritu de Dios

*Only the Spanish is sung on this song—the translation is just to help you know

what you are singing. In Spanish double l’s (LL) are pronounced (Y)… so sing

“Yena.”

Espiritu de Dios Spirit of God

Llena mi vida Fill my life

Llena mi alma Fill my soul

Llena mi ser Fill my being

Llename, llename Fill me

De Tu presencia (llename, llename) Of Your presence (fill me, fill me)

De Tu poder (llename, llename) Of Your power (fill me, fill me)

De Tu Bondad Of Your Truth

Fill My Cup Public Domain

*Group splits into two halves (often males/females) for chorus. One group sings “O

fill my cup” the other replies “Fill my cup let it overflow.” This is repeated three

times and then all sing “Let it overflow with love.” For stellar singing groups it is

fun to switch for the 4th

and 5th choruses and then switch-back for the final chorus.

(Chorus): (O fill my cup) Fill my cup, let it overflow

(O fill my cup) Fill my cup let it overflow

(O fill my cup) Fill my cup, let it overflow

Let it overflow with love

D A Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me

D G D A D

I once was lost but now I’m found was blind but now I see (Chorus)

Blessed be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love

D G D A D

The fellowship of kindred hearts is like to that above (Chorus)

Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so

D G D A D

Little one’s to Him belong, we are weak but He is strong (Chorus)

O for a thousand tongues to sing my Great Redeemers praise

D G D A D

The glories of our God and King, the triumphs of God’s grace (Chorus)

Praise God from whom all blessings flow – Praise God all creatures here below

D G D A D

Praise God above ye heavenly host – Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost (Chorus x2)

Free to Be Bruce Cockburn

Capo 2

G D7 G D7

Got no social graces, never know my place

G D7 G D7

One thing I am sure of, you can’t judge no one by race

D C A7

Birth don’t come easy, freedom doesn’t come cheap

Rules and worlds get swept away while you waste your time in sleep

G C G C

(Chorus): Grow up you! Grow up me!

D Am7 (or D7sus4) G D7 G D7

Grown together, free to be

G D7 G D7

There’s music in the forest, children laugh in the schoolyard

G D7 G D7

On the skid row of the spirit hear the ranting of the Western Guard

D C A7

Why don’t you cool out? Can it be so hard?

To love yourself without thinking someone else holds a lower card?

(Chorus)

G D7 G D7

Wired to the switchboard, always on the move

G D7 G D7

Things we love to cling to, but there’s nothing we can prove

D C A7

You can only deal with what’s before your face

And the life you’re given’s no use at all if you burn it up in hate

(Chorus)

Garden Song David Mollett

D G D G A D

(Chorus): Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow

G A D G A

Gonna mulch it deep and low, gonna make it fertile ground

D G D G A D

Inch by inch, row by row, please bless these seeds I sow

G A D G A D

Please keep them safe below ‘til the rain comes tumblin’ down

D G D G A D

Pullin’ weeds and pickin’ stones – we are made of dreams and bones

G A D G A

I feel the need to grow my own ‘cause the time is close at hand

D G D G A D

Grain for grain, sun and rain, I’ll find my way in nature’s chain

G A D G A D

Tune my body and my brain to the music from the land

(Chorus)

D G D G A D

Plant your rows straight and long, temper them with prayer and song

G A D G A

Mother earth will make you strong if you give her love and care

D G D G A D

Old crow watching hungrily from his perch in yonder tree

G A D G A D

In my garden I’m as free as that feathered beak up there

(Chorus)

Get Together Chet Powers

Love is but a song we’re singing, fear’s the way we die

You can make the mountains ring or make the angels cry

Though the dove is on the wing and you may not know why

(Chorus): Come on people now, sisters and brothers

Everybody get together

Try to love one another right now

Some will come and some will go, we shall surely pass

When the One that left us here returns for us at last

We are but a moment’s sunlight fading in the grass

(Chorus)

If you hear the song I’m singing, you will understand (listen)

You hold the key to love and fear all in your trembling hand

Just one key unlocks them both – it’s there at your command

(Chorus) x2

Right now

Give Thanks Henry Smith

(Capo up to the 2nd

fret if you want to play this in C using the chords in parentheses.)

D(C) A(G)

Give thanks with a grateful heart,

Bm(Am) F#m(Em)

Give thanks to the Holy One;

G(F) D(C)

Give thanks because He’s given

C(Bb) A(G)

Jesus Christ, His Son.

D (C) A(G)

Give thanks with a grateful heart,

Bm(Am) F#m(Em)

Give thanks to the Holy One;

G(F) D(C)

Give thanks because He’s given

C(Bb) A(G)

Jesus Christ, His Son.

F#m(Em) Bm(Am) Em(Dm)

And now let the weak say, “I am strong,”

A7(G7) D(C)

Let the poor say, “I am rich,”

Bm(Am) C(Bb) A7(G7)

Because of what the Lord has done for us.

F#m(Em) Bm(Am) Em(Dm)

And now let the weak say, “I am strong,”

A7(G7) D(C)

Let the poor say, “I am rich,”

Bm(Am) C(Bb) A7(G7)

Because of what the Lord has done for us.

D(C) Em(Dm) D(C) Em(Dm) D(C) Em(Dm) D(C)

Give thanks, Give thanks, Give thanks.

Glory to God Jim Strathdee

C Am C Am C F G

(Chorus): Glory to God, glory to God, praise and alle lu ia!

C Am C Am F G C

Glory to God, glory to God, praise the name of the Lord!

C Am F G C

Look at the sky above, praise the name of the Lord

C Am F G C

That’s the face of God’s shining love, praise the name of the Lord

(Chorus)

C Am F G C

Look at the ocean blue, praise the name of the Lord

C Am F G C

God’s love splashing on me and you, praise the name of the Lord

(Chorus)

C Am F G C

God sent the only Son, praise the name of the Lord

C Am F G C

To bring light to everyone, praise the name of the Lord

(Chorus)

God Bless the Grass Malvina Reynolds

Am E7 Am

God bless the grass that grows through the crack

E7 Am E7 Am

They roll the concrete over it and try to keep it back

C Am C Am

The concrete gets tired of what it has to do

It breaks and it buckles & the grass grows through.

Am E7 Am Am/E And God bless the grass

Am E7 Am

God bless the Truth that fights toward the sun

E7 Am E7 Am

They roll the lies over it and think that it is done

C Am C Am

It moves through the ground and reaches for the air

F E7 Am E7 Am Am/E

And after awhile it is growing everywhere - And God bless the grass

Am E7 Am

God bless the grass that breaks through cement

E7 Am E7 Am

It’s green and it’s tender and it’s eas – i - ly bent

C Am C Am

But after awhile it lifts up its head

F E7 Am E7 Am Am/E

For the grass it is living & the stone it is dead. And God bless the grass

Am E7 Am

God bless the grass that’s gentle and low

E7 Am E7 Am

Its roots they are deep and its will is to grow

C Am C Am

And God bless the Truth, the friend of the poor

F E7 Am E7 Am

And the wild grass growing at the poor one’s door. And God bless the grass.

Ha-la-la-la-la (Grab Another Hand) David Graham

G D7 C G

(Chorus): Ha la la la la la la la le lu jah

C G Am D7

Ha la la la la la la la le lu

G D7 C G

Ha la la la la la la la le lu jah

C G D7 G

Ha la la la la la la Ha-le-lu-jah!

G D7 C G

Shake a neighbor’s hand, shake a hand next to ya,

C G D7

Shake a neighbor’s hand and sing this song

G D7 C G

Shake a neighbor’s hand, shake a hand next to ya,

C G D7 G

Shake a neighbor’s hand, and sing - and sing this song

(Chorus between verses)

2. Rub a neighbor’s back

3. Clap a neighbor’s hand

4. Tweak a friend’s cheek

5. Bump another rump *Listen to the song leader for more verses….

God of Wonders (You are Holy) Marc Byrd and Steve Hindalong

Capo 3

D Em7 C

Lord of all creations

D Em7 C

Of water earth and sky

D Em7 C

The Heavens are Your tabernacle

D Em7 C

Glory to the Lord on high

G D Dsus D

(Chorus): God of wonders beyond our galaxy

You are holy, holy

G D Dsus D

The universe declares Your majesty

You are holy, holy

C/F# C/F# (slide 2 frets) C/F#

Lord of Heaven and earth (echo)

C/F# C/F# (slide 2 frets) C/F#

Lord of Heaven and earth (echo)

D Em7 C

Early in the morning

D Em7 C

I will celebrate the light

D Em7 C

When I stumble in the darkness

D Em7 C

I will call Your name by night

(Chorus)

D Em7 C

(Bridge x3): Hallelujah, to the Lord of Heaven and earth

(Chorus x2)

Have You Seen Jesus My Lord? John Fisher

D F# G Gm

(Chorus): Have you seen Jesus my Lord? –

D A D G

He’s here in plain view.

D F# G Gm

Take a look, open your eyes

He’ll show it to you

Bm F#m G A D

Have you ever looked at the sunset with the sky mellowin’ red,

Bm F#m G D A D G

And the clouds suspended like feathers? Then I say – you’ve seen Jesus my Lord

(Chorus)

Bm F#m G A D

Have you ever stood at the ocean with the white foam at your feet,

Bm F#m G D A D G

Felt the endless thundering motion? Then I say – you’ve seen Jesus my Lord

(Chorus)

Bm F#m G A D

Have you ever stood in the family with the Lord there in your midst,

Bm F#m G D A D G

Seen the face of Christ on each other? Then I say – you’ve seen Jesus my Lord

(Chorus)

Bm F#m G A D

Have you ever stood at the cross with a man hanging in pain

Bm F#m G D A D G

Seen the look of love in his eyes? Then I say – you’ve seen Jesus my Lord

(Chorus)

Heart of Worship Matt Redman

Capo 2

D A Em A7sus4 A

When the music fades, all is stripped away, and I simply come;

D A Em A7sus4 A Longing just to bring, something that's of worth that will bless your heart.

Em D/F# A

I'll bring you more than a song,

Em D/F# A

For a song in itself is not what You have required

Em D/F# A

You search much deeper within

Em D/F# A

Through the way things appear; You're looking into my heart

D A2/C#

(Chorus): I'm coming back to the heart of worship

Em G A D

And it's all about You, its all about You, Jesus

D A2/C#

I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made it,

Em G A D

When it's all about You, It’s all about You, Jesus

D A Em A7sus4 A

King of endless worth, no one could express, how much You deserve;

D A Em A7sus4 A

Though I'm weak and poor, all I have is Yours, every single breath

Em D/F# A

I'll bring you more than a song,

Em D/F# A

For a song in itself is not what You have required

Em D/F# A

You search much deeper within

Em D/F# A

Through the way things appear; You're looking into my heart

(Chorus)

Here I Am, Lord Daniel L. Schutte

G Em Am D G C D

I the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry

G Em C Am D

All who dwell in dark and sin, My hand will save

G Em C D G C D

I who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright,

G Em C Am D

Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send?

G G D G

(Chorus): Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?

Em Am D

I have heard you calling in the night

G G D G Am D G

I will go lord, if you lead me, I will hold your people in my heart

G Em Am D G C D

I the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my peoples pain

G Em C Am D

I have wept for love of them. They turn away.

G Em C D G C D

I will break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love alone

G Em C Am D

I will speak my word to them. Whom shall I send?

(Chorus)

G Em Am D G C D

I the Lord of wind and flame, I will tend the poor and lame

G Em C Am D

I will set a feast for them. My hand will save.

G Em C D G C D

Finest bread I will provide, ‘till their hearts be satisfied.

G Em C Am D

I will give my life to them. Whom shall I send?

(Chorus)

Here I am To Worship Tim Hughes

Capo 2

D A Em G

Light of the world, you stepped down into darkness

Open my eyes, let me see

D A Em G

Beauty that made this heart adore you

Hope of a life spent with you

(Chorus): Here I am to worship. Here I am to bow down

Here I am to say that you're my God

You're altogether lovely, altogether worthy

Altogether wonderful to me

D A Em G

King of all days, oh so highly exalted

Glorious in Heaven above

D A Em G

Humbly you came to the earth you created

All for loves sake became poor

(Chorus)

(Bridge): I'll never know how much it cost

To see my sin upon that cross (Repeat)

(Chorus)

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands Author Unkown

He’s got the whole world in His hands,

He’s got the whole world in His hands.

Additional Versus:

He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands

He’s got you and me brother/sister in His hands

He’s got the little bitty baby in His hands

He’s got everybody here in His hands

How Great Is Our God Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, and Ed Cash

Capo 1

The splendor of the King, clothed in majesty,

Let all the earth rejoice, all the earth rejoice.

He wraps Himself in light, and darkness tries to hide,

And trembles at his voice, trembles at his voice.

(Chorus): How great is our God, sing with me,

How great is our God, and all will see,

F2 G C

How great, how great is our God.

Age to age He stands, and time is in His hands,

Beginning and the end, beginning and the end.

The Godhead, three in one: Father, Spirit, Son,

The Lion and the Lamb, the Lion and the Lamb.

(Bridge after 2nd

chorus): Name above all names,

Worthy of all praise,

My heart will sing

How great is our God.

(Chorus x2, Bridge and Chorus can be sung at same time)

How Great Thou Art Based on poem by Carl Gustav Boberg

O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder

G D D7 G

Consider all the works Thy hands have made,

I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,

G D D7 G

Thy pow’r thro’out the universe displayed.

(Chorus): Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee;

How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

G C G Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee;

Am D G

How great Thou art; how great Thou art!

When thro’ the woods and forest glades I wander

And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;

When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur

And hear the broke and feel the gentle breeze;

(Chorus)

And When I think that God, his Son not sparing,

Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;

That on that cross, my burden gladly bearing,

He bled and died to take my away my sin

(Chorus)

When Christ shall come with shout of acclimation

And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!

Then I shall bow in humble adoration

And there proclaim, my God how great Thou art!

(Chorus)

Humble Thyself Bob Hudson

This is a two part song, with part of the group singing the main lines and part singing the echo.

Where there is no echo part in parenthesis, the group should sing in unison.

Em D Em

Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord

(Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord)

(Repeat)

C D Em

And God will lift you up

(and God) (will lift you up)

Higher and higher

C D Em

And God will lift you up

(and God) (will lift you up)

Em D Em

You are the vine and we are the branches

Em D Em

(you are the vine and we are the branches)

(Repeat)

C D Em

And we shall bear much fruit

(and we) (shall bear much fruit)

Em D C D Em

For Your Kingdom And we shall bear much fruit

(and we) (shall bear much fruit)

(Repeat all once)

I am the Light of the World Jim Strathdee

*clapping involved on this song.

(Chorus): I am the Light of the world

You people come and follow me

Em A D G

If you follow and love you’ll learn the mystery

Em A G D

Of what you were meant to do and be

D G A D Em Bm A

To find the lost and lonely one, to heal the broken soul with love

D G A D

To feed the hungry children with warmth and good food

Bm G A

To feel the earth below, the sky above

(Chorus)

D G A D Em Bm A

To free the prisoner from all chains, to make the powerful care

D G A D

To rebuild the nations with strength of goodwill

Bm G A

To see God’s children everywhere

(Chorus)

D G A D Em Bm A

To bring hope to every task you do, to dance at a baby’s new birth

D G A D

To make music in an old persons heart

Bm G A

And sing to the colors of the earth

(Chorus)

I am the Resurrection Ray Repp

A Em (Chorus): I am the Resurrection (clap)

and the life (clap, clap, clap, clap)

C D C A

You who believe in me will never die (clap, clap, clap)

I am the Resurrection (clap)

And the life (clap, clap, clap, clap)

C D C A

You who believe in me will live a new life

A C D A C D A

I have come to bring the Truth, I have come to bring you life

C D C A

If you believe then you shall live

(1,2,3,4 everybody praise the Lord; 5,6,7,8 everybody celebrate)

(Chorus)

A C D A C D A

In my Word all shall come to know, it is love which makes the Spirit grow

C D C A

(Chorus)

A C D A C D A

Keep in mind the things that I have said, Remember me in the breaking of the bread

C D C A

(Chorus)

I Can Only Imagine Mercy Me

E Emaj7

I can only imagine what it will be like

A2 When I walk by your side

E Emaj7

I can only imagine what my eyes will see

A2 When your face is before me

E A2 I can only imagine

(Chorus): Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel?

E Will I dance for you Jesus or in awe of you be still

A2 B Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall

Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all

A2 B I can only imagine

E I can only imagine

E Emaj7 I can only imagine when that day comes

A2 And I find myself standing in the Son

E Emaj7 I can only imagine when all I will do

Is forever, forever worship you

E I can only imagine

I can only imagine

(Chorus)

I Could Sing of Your Love Forever Martin Smith

Over the mountains and the sea

Your river runs with love for me

And I will open up my heart

And let the Healer set me free

I’m happy to be in the Truth

And I will daily lift my hands

For I will always sing of when your love came down

I could sing of your love forever

Em F#m G A

Oh I feel like dancing. It’s foolishness I know

Em F#m

But when the world has seen the light

They will dance with joy like we’re dancing now.

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing Bill Blacker, Billy Davis, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway

D E E7

I’d like to build the world a home and furnish it with love

A7 G D

With apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves

D E E7

I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony

A7 G D

I’d like to hold it in my arms and keep it company

D E E7

I’d like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand

And hear them echo through the hills for peace throughout the land

(Chorus): That’s the song I sing

Let the world sing today

A song of peace that echoes on

That never goes away

D E E7

So put your hand within my hand, let’s begin today

A7 G D

Put your hand within my hand and help me find the way

D E E7

I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony

A7 G D

I’d like to hold it in my arms and keep it company

D E E7

I’d like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand

And hear them echo throughout the hills for peace throughout the land

(Chorus)

If I Had a Hammer Pete Seeger, Lee Hays

(Verses 1, 2 &3)

C Em F G C Em F

If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morn – ing

(bell/song) (ring it/sing it)

G C Em F G

I’d hammer in the even – ing, all over this land

(ring it/sing it it)

C Am I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out warning

(ring out/sing of) (ring out/sing of)

F C F C I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters

(ring out/sing of)

F C G C Em F G C Em F G

All over this land Ooooooooooooooooooooooo

(Verse 4)

C Em F G C Em F

Well I’ve got a hammer and I’ve got a bell

G C Em F G

And I’ve got a song to sing all over this land

It’s the hammer of justice, it’s the bell of freedom

F C F C

It’s the song about love between my brothers and my sisters

F C G C Em F G C Em F G C Em F G C

All over this land Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Indescribable Chris Tomlin

Capo 4

Em D G

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea

Am G F

Creation revealing Your majesty

Em D G

From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring

Am G F C D

Every creature unique in the song that it sings, all exclaiming

(Chorus): Indescribable, Uncontainable

You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name

You are amazing God

All powerful, untamable

Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim

G C Am G F

You are amazing God. (END: You are amazing, God)

Em D G

Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go

Am G F

Or seen Heavenly storehouses laden with snow

Em D G

Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light

Am G F C D

Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night, none can fathom

(Chorus x2)

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For U2

I have climbed highest mountain, I have run through the fields

Only to be with You – only to be with You

I have run, I have crawled, I have scaled these city walls

These city walls – only to be with You

(Chorus): But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

I have kissed honey lips, felt the healing fingertips

Burn like fire, this burning desire

I have spoken in the tongue of angels; I have held the hand of the devil

It was a warm night – I was cold as a stone

(Chorus)

I believe in Kingdom come,

Then all the colors will bleed into one, bleed into one – but yes I’m still running

You broke the thorns and loosed the chains

Carried the cross and all my shame, all my shame – you know I believe it

(Chorus)

Kum Ba Yah Public

Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!

Em F Dm7 G7

F C G7 C

Oh Lord, kum ba yah!

Additional Versus:

Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah!

Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah!

Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah!

Come by here, my Lord, come by here!

A simplified alternate chording is:

G D A7 D

Oh Lord, kum ba yah!

Lean On Me Bill Withers

D G D A7

Some times in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow

D G D A7 D

But, if we are wise, we know that there’s always to-morrow

D G (Chorus): Lean on me, when you’re not strong

And I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on

D G D A D

For it won’t be long till I’m gonna need somebody to lean on

D G D A7

Please swallow your pride, if I have things you need to borrow

D G D A7 D

For no one can fill those of your needs that you won’t let show

(Bridge): Just call on me brother/sister when you need a hand

We all need somebody to lean on

I just might have a problem that you’d understand

We all need somebody to lean on

D G D A7

If there is a load you have to bear that you can’t carry

D G D A7 D

I’m right up the road, I’ll share your load, if you just call me

(Bridge)

(Chorus)

Leaving on a Jet Plane Gordon Lightfoot

All my bags are packed I'm ready to go.

I'm standing here out side your door.

G Am D7

I hate to wake you up to say good bye.

But the dawn is breaking it early morn.

The taxi's waitin’ he's blownin’ his horn.

G Am D7

Already I'm so lonesome I could die.

(Chorus): So kiss me and smile for me.

Tell me that you'll wait for me.

G Am D7

Hold me like you'll never let me go.

Cause I'm leavin’ on a jet plane.

Don't know when I'll be back again.

G Am D7

Oh, babe I hate to go.

G C G C

There's so many times I've let you down. So many times I've played around.

G Am D7

I tell you now they don't mean a thing.

Every place I go I'll think of you. Ev'ry song I sing I'll sing for you.

When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring. (Chorus)

G C G C

Now the time come to leave you. One more time let me kiss you.

G Am D7

Then close your eyes I'll be on my way.

Dream about the days to come. When I won't have to leave alone

About the times I won't have to say. (Chorus)

Look All Around You John Fischer

D G Em D

(Chorus): Look all around you and see what is real

D Em A D

Hear what is true and be sure what you feel

D G Em D

Touch someone near me and love if you can

D Em A D

Give all you have and be part of God’s plan

C D C D

Life is always shallow when you fail to see

C D E A

That living for yourself will never set you free

(Chorus)

You live a lifetime doomed to hate and fear

Because you could not see beyond your selfish tears

(Chorus)

Life can be so meaningful when you finally see

That only in God’s love will you really be free

(Chorus)

Lord of the Dance Traditional;

Arranged Sydney Carter

*On the chorus of this song, watch veteran SSPers to learn the clapping and

dancing that accompanies this song.

C Am Em Am

I danced in the morning when the world was begun

And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun

C Am Em Am

I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth

Dm G7 F C

At Bethlehem I had my birth

(Chorus): Dance, then, wherever you may be

C Dm G

I am the Lord of the Dance, said He

And I lead you all wherever you may be

Dm G7 C F C

And I’ll lead you all in the dance said He

C Am Em Am

I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee

But they would not dance and they would not follow me

C Am Em Am I danced for the fishermen, for James and John

Dm G7 F C

They came with me and the dance went on

(Chorus)

Lord of the Dance (Con’t)

C Am Em Am

I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame

The holy people said it was a shame

C Am Em Am They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high

Dm G7 F C

And left me there on the cross to die

(Chorus)

C Am Em Am

I danced on the Friday when the sky turned black

It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back

C Am Em Am They buried my body and they thought I’d gone

Dm G7 F C

But I am the Dance and I still go on

(Chorus)

C Am Em Am

They cut me down and I leapt up high

I am the Life that will never, never, die

C Am Em Am I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me

Dm G7 F C

I am the Lord of the Dance, said He

(Chorus)

Lord I Lift Your Name on High

G C D C

Lord I lift your name on high

G C D C

Lord I love to sing your praises

G C D C

I’m so glad you’re in my life

G C D C

I’m so glad you came to save us

G C D C G

You came from heaven to earth to show the way

G C D C G

From the earth to the cross, my debt to pay

G C D Em C From the cross to the grave and the grave to the sky

Lord I lift you’re name on high

Lord of the Starfields Bruce Cockburn

Capo 3

Am G Em Bm

Lord of the starfields, ancient of days

Am G Em Fmaj7

Universe-maker, here’s a song in your praise

Am G Em Bm

Wings of the storm cloud, beginning and end

Am G Em Fmaj7

You make my heart leap like a banner in the wind

Dm7 G Am

(Chorus): O love that fires the sun keep me burning

Dm7 G Am

O love that fires the sun keep me burning

Am G Em Bm

Lord of the starfields, sower of life

Am G Em Fmaj7

Heaven and Earth are full of Your light

Am G Em Bm

Voice of the nova, smile of the dew

Am G Em Fmaj7

All of your yearning only comes home to you (Chorus) 2x

Micah 6 Jim Strathdee

Capo 3

*This song is sung in rounds of low (I), medium (II), and high (III)

G D Em Bm

I. What does the Lord require of you?

C G Am D G

What does the Lord require of you?

G D Em Bm C G Am D G II. Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.

G D Em Bm C G Am D G

III. To seek justice, and love kindness and walk humbly with your God.

Morning Has Broken Eleanor Farjeon

C D7 G F C

Morning has broken, like the first morning

Em Am D7 G Blackbird has spoken like the first bird

C F C Am D7

Praise for the singing, praise for the morning

G C F G C

Praise for them springing fresh from the Word

C Dm7 G F C

Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven

Em Am D7 G Like the first dewfall on the first grass

C F C Am D7

Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden

G C F G C

Sprung in completeness where God’s feet pass

C Dm7 G F C

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning

Em Am D7 G Born of the one light Eden saw play

C F C Am D7

Praise with elation, praise every morning

G C F G C

God’s re-creation of the new day

O Magnify the Lord Michael O’Shields

C F C F

O magnify the Lord (echo)

C F C F

For God is worthy to be praised (echo)

C F C F

O magnify the Lord (echo)

C F C F

For God is worthy to be praised (echo)

C F C F C G

Hosanna! Blessed be the rock, blessed be the rock of my Salvation

C F C F C G

Hosanna! Blessed be the rock, blessed be the rock of my Salvation

Oil in my Lamp Public Domain

Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, burning, burning

Give me oil in my lamp I pray

Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, burning, burning

E B7 E

Keep me burning ‘til the break of day

E A F# B7 E B7

(Chorus): Sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna to the King of Kings

E A F# B7 E

Sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna to the King

2. Give me joy in my heart, keep me singing…….

3. Give love in my heart, keep me praising…….

4. Make us fishers of all, keep us seeking…….

5. (There are many more versus….keep going!!!!)

One Jedi Soldier Lyrics by Rob Pederson and Sean Patrick Murphy (2005)

Sung to the tune of One Tin Soldier

Capo 2

C G Am Em

Listen Earthlings to a story that was written a long time ago,

F C Dm G

In a galaxy far away, much different than the one we know.

C G Am Em

There was a farm boy named Luke Skywalker who long to fight the Empire,

F C Dm G C

Little did he know the path that Obi-Wan would show to him.

C Em F C

Chorus: Will Anakin be Darth Vader? Will Qui-Gon Jinn be killed?

C Em F C

Will Palpatine rule the Republic? Not even Yoda can tell.

C Em F C

Can the Jedi Council predict it, this galactic travesty?

C F G C

On the morning after the Clone Wars.......one lost Jedi goes astray.

Now the Death Star has been destroyed, and Luke has learned some Force powers.

Han and Leia are with Lando, but it is an evil trap.

Darth is already at Cloud City, man he is a huge bother,

Not to mention he will tell Luke that he is the boy's father.

(Chorus)

Luke saved Solo from Tatooine while he froze in Carbonite.

Boba Fett and Jabba were killed in the major sand dune fight.

The Rebels and the Ewok armies both destroyed the next death star,

Luke turned Vader back to Anakin...father and son no longer spar.

(Chorus)

One Tin Soldier Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter

Capo 2

C G Am Em

Listen children to a story that was written long ago

F C Dm G

Bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below

C G Am Em

On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone

F C Dm G C

And the valley people swore they’d have it for their very own

C Em F C

(Chorus): Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend

C Em F C

Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end

C Em F C

There won’t be any trumpets blowin’ come the judgment day

On the bloody morning after

One Tin Soldier rides away

C G Am Em

So the people of the valley, sent a message up the hill

F C Dm G

Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they’d kill

C G Am Em

Came an answer from the kingdom, “With our brothers we will share

F C Dm G C

All the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there.”

(Chorus)

C G Am Em

Now the valley cried with anger, mount your horses, draw your sword

F C Dm G

And they killed the mountain people so they won their just reward

C G Am Em

Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red

F C Dm G C

Turned the stone and looked beneath it – “Peace on Earth” was all it said.

(Chorus)

Open the Eyes of My Heart Paul Baloche

Capo 2 or 3

Open the eyes of my heart Lord

Open the eyes of my heart

I want to see You.

I want to see You. (x2)

(Chorus): To see You high and lifted up,

Shining in the light of Your glory.

Pour out Your power and love,

Dm F G

As we sing holy, holy, holy.

(Repeat)

(Bridge): Holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy.

Holy, holy, holy I want to see you. (x2)

(Chorus)

Our Hearts Are in the Hills

Anonymous ASP Camper

Public Domain

(Chorus): Our hearts are in the hills

A Where the rain comes fallin’ down

D A F# Bm

The Lord of Love will help us through and we’ll

G A D Tell of the love that we’ve found

Out in hollow we found some folks

A With their walls all fallin’ down;

D A F# Bm

With nails and a hammer we came into their lives and we

Helped those dear walls become strong

(Chorus)

They smiled so big and bright, through the rain we saw the sun

D A F# Bm

With a brand new roof on top of their house that they’d

Never seen before

(Chorus)

“Good bye,” she said as we walked away

A With the tears all on her face

Tumblin’ down

(Chorus)

Pass it On Kurt Kaiser

C Em F G

It only takes a spark to get a fire going

C Em F G

And soon all those around can warm up to its glowing

F C F G Em Am

That’s how it is with God’s love, once you’ve experienced it

F C F C F G C

You spread God’s love to everyone – you want to pass it on

C Em F G

What a wondrous time is Spring when all the trees are budding

C Em F G

The birds begin to sing, the flowers start their blooming

F C F G Em Am

That’s how it is with God’s love, once you’ve experienced it

F C F C F G C

You want to sing, it’s fresh like Spring – you want to pass it on

C Em F G

I wish for you my friend this happiness that I’ve found

C Em F G

You can depend on God – it matters not where you’re bound

F C F G Em Am

I’ll shout it from the mountain tops – I want my world to know

F C F C F G C

The Lord of Love has come to me – I want to pass it on

F C F G Em Am

I’ll shout it from the mountaintops – I want my world to know

F C F C F G C

The Lord of Love has come to me – I want to pass it on.

Peace Give I to You Vic Houser

E A–Asus–O-E A–Asus–O-E

Peace give I to you

E A–Asus–O-E A–Asus–O-E

Peace give I to you

A A4 A A4-A-Asus-A

But not as the world gives, give I to you

E B7 A-Asus-O-E

Peace give I to you.

2. joy

3. love

4. hope

5. etc (strength, grace… use your imagination)

Praise to the Lord Ron Klusmeier

G D Em C G Am D

Praise to the Lord, all of you, God’s servants

G D Em C G Am D

Blessed be the name of the Lord now and ever

Bm Em Am D G D Em

From the rising up of the sun, may the Lord be praised,

C D G D D7

Praise to the name of the Lord

G D Em C G Am D

There is none like the Lord in the heavens or on Earth

G D Em C G Am D

Who lifts the weak out of dust, placing them among princes

Bm Em Am D G D Em

Who from the throne looks down so low; may the Lord be praised,

C D G D D7

Praise the name of the Lord

G D Em C G Am D

Praise to the Lord, all of you, God’s servants

G D Em C G Am D

Blessed be the name of the Lord now and ever

Bm Em Am D G D Em

From the rising up of the sun, may the Lord be praised,

C D G D D7

Praise to the name of the Lord

Prince of Peace Michael W. Smith

You are holy (You are holy)

You are mighty (You are mighty)

You are worthy (You are worthy)

Worthy of praise (Worthy of praise)

I will follow (I will follow)

I will listen (I will listen)

I will love you (I will love you)

All of my days (All of my days)

(Chorus):

Gentlemen Ladies

I will sing to You’re the lord of lords

And worship You’re the king of kings

The king who You are mighty God

Is worthy Lord of everything

I will love him You’re Emmanuel

Adore him You’re the Great I Am

I will bow down You’re the Prince of Peace

Before him Who is the lamb

I will sing to You’re the living God

Prince of Peace (cont)

And worship You’re my saving grace

The king who You will reign forever

Is worthy You are ancient of days

I will love him You are alpha omega

Adore him Beginning and End

I will bow down You’re my Savior, Messiah,

Before him Redeemer, and friend

You’re my Prince of Peace, and I will live my life for you.

The Raggedy Band Jim Manley

The raggedy band is marchin’ along

Folks keepin’ rhythm to the beat of the song

That little boy’s playin’ on a dime kazoo

Holes in his hands match the holes in his shoes

Leadin’ down the alley with raggedy band

Strechin’ all the way to the promised land

(Chorus): Boom ticka ticka ticka, Boom ticka ticka ticka

Boom ticka ticka ticka, Boom – ticka

Washtub drummer beatin’ four to the line

Chopsticks tickin’ on a bottle of wine

Standin’ on the corner you can see them comin’

Tax collector with an old painted woman

Comin’ down the alley with the raggedy band

Stretchin’ all the way to the promised land

(Chorus)

The Raggedy Band (Con’t)

A fisherman, a wino and an ex-politician

Dog and a drummer and a mathematician

Cop and a robber walkin’ side by side

Judge and a hooker for his blushin’ bride

All joinin’ up with the raggedy band

Stretchin’ all the way to the promised land

F G F C

And can you see where Broadway turns into Calvary?

F G F G

And did you know that the lead child doesn’t want to go?

(Chorus)

Red Brother, Red Sister Bruce Cockburn

Capo 2

D A E A A/D A

Went to the museum, red brother

Saw your ancient bloom cut, pressed and dried

D A E A A/D A

The sign said, “Wasn’t it clever what they used to do?”

D C#m7 Bm7

But it never did say how they died

F#m E D Bm7 F#m A (Chorus): Hey, hey, hey; hey, hey, hey (repeat)

D A E A A/D A

Went to Regina, red sister

Heard a cab driver say what he’d seen

D A E A A/DA

“There’s a grand place to eat out on Number One,

D C#m7 Bm7 all white women, if you know what I mean.”

(Chorus)

D A E A A/D A

Went to a pow-wow, red brother

Felt the people’s love-joy flow around

D A E A A/D A

Left me crying just thinking about it

D C#m7 Bm7

How they used my Savior’s name to keep you down

(Chorus)

Refiners Fire Brian Dorksen

D A Bm G A Asus A

Purify my heart, let me be as gold, and precious silver

D A Bm G D A Purify my heart, let me be as gold, pure gold

D G A D G A D A

(Chorus): Refiners fire, my heart’s one desire is to be holy

Set apart for you Lord

D A D G D A I choose to be holy, set apart for you my Master

Ready to do your will

D A Bm G A Asus A Purify my heart, cleanse me from within and make me holy

D A Bm G D A Purify my heart, cleanse me from my sin deep within

(Chorus)

Daddy bought me a rubber blubber whale

How I love my rubber blubber rubber blubber rubber blubber

D G A D Rubber blubber rubber blubber whale blubber whale

D A D Rubber blubber rubber blubber whale

D Sister she wanted my rubber blubber whale (2X)

You know I really lub her but she cannot have my rubbber blubber

(Repeats last two lines from above)

D So Mama went and bought another rubber blubber whale (2X)

How I love my rubber blubber rubber blubber rubber blubber …

D I took a bath with my rubber blubber whale

G D It went splish splash with its rubber blubber tail

How I love my rubber blubber rubber blubber rubber blubber …

I went swimming with my rubber blubber whale

G D I took it to the water in a little yellow pail

G D How I love my rubber blubber rubber blubber rubber blubber…

Rubber Blubber Whale (Con’t)

D I'm gonna rubba-dub my rubber blubber whale

I'm gonna rubba-dub my rubber blubber whale

How I love my rubber blubber rubber blubber rubber blubber…

Everybody rubba-dub your rubber blubber whale

How I love my rubber blubber rubber blubber rubber blubber…

Sanctuary

Lord prepare me, to be a sanctuary

Pure and holy, tried and true.

With thanksgiving I'll be a living

Sanctuary for you.

Additional Versus:

Lord teach the children, to stop the fighting

Start uniting, live as one

Let's get together, share love forever

Sanctuary for you.

When He comes, in shouts of glory

And our time on earth is done

How I long to hear Him saying

Faithful servant, well done.

To the nations, I'll follow you Lord

Be exalted! Be adored!

Come Lord Jesus and lead your people

To all nations. To all lands.

It is you, Lord, who came to save

The heart and soul of every man

It is you Lord, who knows my weakness

Who gives me strength, with thine own hand.

Lead me on Lord, from temptation

Purify me, from within

Fill my heart with, Your holy spirit

Take away all of my sin.

Dios preparame, para un sanctuario

Puro y santo, Libertad

Y con gratitude, para viviente

Sanctuario para ti

Seek Ye First Karen Lafferty

*A harmony of Alleluia’s can be sung concurrently with this song.

C Em F C F C G G7

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and God’s righteousness

C Em F C F C G7 C

And all these things shall be added unto you – Allelu, allelu-ia

C Em F C F C G G7

Ask and it shall be given unto you, seek and ye shall find

C Em F C F C G7 C

Knock and the door shall be opened unto you – Allelu, allelu-ia

C Em F C F C G G7

Take no thought of things yet undone, nor worry about tomorrow

C Em F C F C G7 C

One at a time, each day is enough – Allelu, allelu-ia

C Em F C F C G G7

We do not live on bread alone but by every word

C Em F C F C G7 C

That proceeds from the mouth of God – Allelu, allelu-ia

(repeat first verse)

Matthew 6:33-34

“But seek His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So, do

not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough troubles of its

own.”

Seeyahamba

*This song can be done a cappella or with accompaniment. Drums are good, too!

Seeyahamba koo kan yeni kwan kwos

Seeyahamba koo kan yeni kwan kwos (Repeat these two lines)

Seeyahamba, hamba, Seeyahamba Oh Ho

Seeyahamba koo kan yeni kwan kwos (Repeat these two lines)

We are walking in the light of God

We are walking in the light of God (Repeat these two lines)

We are walking, walking we are walking Oh Ho

We are walking in the light of God (Repeat these two lines)

Caminamos en la luz de Dios

Caminamos en la luz de Dios (Repeat these two lines)

Caminamos, namos, Caminamos Oh Ho

Caminamos en la luz de Dios (Repeat these two lines)

Servant Song Richard Guillard

D G D Bm Em A

Sister, let me be your servant let me be as Christ to you

G D G Bm Em G A7 D

Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too

D G D Bm Em A

We are pilgrims on a journey, brothers, sisters on the road

G D G Bm Em G A7 D

We are here to help each other walk the mile and bear the load

D G D Bm Em A

I will hold the Christ-light for you in the night-time of your fear

G D G Bm Em G A7 D

I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear

D G D Bm Em A

I will weep when you are weeping, when you laugh I’ll laugh with you

G D G Bm Em G A7 D

I will share your joy and sorrow ‘til we’ve seen this journey through

D G D Bm Em A

When we sing to God in heaven there will be such harmony

G D G Bm Em G A7 D

Born of all we’ve known together of Christ’s love and a - gony

D G D Bm Em A

Brother, let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you

G D G Bm Em G A7 D

Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too.

Shine Jesus Shine

G C G D

Lord the light of your love is shining

G C G D

In the midst of the darkness shining.

C D Bm Em

Jesus light of the world shine upon us.

C D Bm Em

Set us free by the truth you now bring us.

C D F D

Shine on me, shine on me.

Shine Jesus shine.

Fill this land with the Father’s glory;

G C F D

Blaze Spirit blaze, set our hearts on fire;

Flow river flow,

Flood the nations with grace and mercy;

G C Am D G

Send forth your word, Lord, let there be light.

Shout to the Lord Darlene Zschech

Capo 2

My Jesus, my Savior

Em D C

Lord there is none like You

C G C G

All of my days, I want to praise

Em F C D

The wonders of Your mighty love

My Comfort, my Shelter

Em D C

Tower of refuge and strength

C G C G

Let every breath, all that I am

Em F C D

Never cease to worship You

G Em C D

Shout to the Lord all the earth, let us sing

G Em C D

Power and majesty, praise to the King

Mountains bow down and the seas will roar

D C D At the sound of Your name

G Em C D

I sing for joy at the work of Your hands

G Em C D

Forever I’ll love You, forever I’ll stand

Em C G

Nothing compares to the promise I have in You

Shut de’ do’ Randy Stonehill

*This song is a cappella, though best with drums. The chorus is sung by the whole group. On the

verses, a leader(s) sings the first part, the group sings the part in parenthesis.

(Chorus): Shut de do, keep out de debbil,

Shut de do, keep de debbil in the night,

Shut de do, keep out de debbil,

Light a candle, everything's all right

Oh, when I was a baby child, (Shut de do, keep out de debbil)

Good and bad, was just a game, (Shut de do, keep de debbil in the night)

But many years and many trials (Shut de do, keep out de debbil)

They proved to me-

-that they're not the same. (Shut de do, keep de debbil in the night)

(Chorus)

Oh, Satan is an evil charmer, (Shut de do, keep out de debbil)

He's hungry for a soul to hurt, (Shut de do, keep de debbil in the night)

And without your holy armor, (Shut de do, keep out de debbil)

He will eat you for dessert. (Shut de do, keep de debbil in the night)

(Chorus)

My mama used to sing this song, (Shut de do, keep out de debbil)

My papa used to sing it too, (Shut de do, keep de debbil in the night)

Jesus called and took them home, (Shut de do, keep out de debbil)

And so I sing this song for you. (Shut de do, keep de debbil in the night)

(Chorus)

You better (Shut de do, keep out de debbil)

You gotta (Shut de do, keep de debbil in the night)

(Shut de do, keep out de debbil)

Light a candle, everything's all right.

Light a candle, everything's all right

Soon and Very Soon

Soon and very soon,

We are going to see the King!

Soon and very soon,

D B7 Em

(Chorus): Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

A D – G - D

We’re going to see the King!

Optional versus:

No more crying there,

We are going to see the King! (x3)

(Chorus)

No more dying there,

We are going to see the King! (x3)

(Chorus)

Spirit of the Living God Daniel Iverson

D G B7 Em D A D

Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me

D G B7 Em D A D

G D E A7 Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me

D G B7 Em D A D

(repeat one or more times)

Step By Step Rich Mullens

(Chorus): Oh God, you are my God

And I will ever praise you. (x2)

I will seek you in the morning

And I will learn to walk in your ways

And step by step you’ll lead me

And I will follow you all of my days

(Chorus)

And I will follow you all of my days

And I will learn to walk in your ways

And step by step you’ll lead me

And I will follow you all of my days.

(Chorus)

Take My Life Scott Underwood

E A B A

Holiness, holiness is what I long for

E A B A

Holiness is what I need

E A B A E A B A

Holiness, Holiness is what you want from me

E A B A

Take my heart and form it

E A B A

Take my mind and transform it

E A B A

Take my will and conform it

E A B A

To yours, to yours, oh Lord

2. Faithfulness

3. Righteousness

4. Etc.

Teach Your Children Graham Nash

D G D A

You who are on the road must have a code that you can live by

D G D A

And so become yourselves, because the past is just a goodbye

D G D A Teach your children well, their parents hell will slowly go by

D G D A

And feed them on your dreams, the one they pick’s the one you’ll know by

Don’t you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry

Bm G A D G D A D

So just look at them and sigh and know they love you

D G D A

And you of the tender years can’t know the fears that your elders grew by

D G D A

And so please help them with your youth; They seek the Truth before they can die

D G D A

Teach your parents well, their children’s hell will slowly go by

D G D A

And feed them on your dreams, the one’s they picked the one’s you’ll know by

Don’t you ever ask them why, if they told you would cry

Bm G A D G D A D

So just look at them and sigh and know they love you

The Tex Evans Song Floyd McKeithen

Public Domain

Well he was big as a mountain, as strong as a bear

A His weathered face was wrinkled, lots of smiles showed up there

His voice was silk and honey, his stories a true delight

And when he held and hugged you, you felt high as a kite

D G (Chorus): Well the dream it never dies, just dreamer

And the song it never stops, just singer

So raise your voice and use you heart to dream the dream dreams

D A G That we could be in love with one another

That you and me, we could be in love

This man he had a vision, a dream of how things could be

If we loved one another, he said “The way that Jesus loves me.”

Well , he took that vision, made it whole, with a hammer and a smile

D A G D

And he loved everybody like a mother loves a child

(Chorus)

They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love Peter Scholtes

We are one in the Spirit, we are in one in the Lord

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord

And we pray that all unity will one day be restored

(Chorus): And they’ll know we are Christians

By Our love, by our love

Em Am Em

Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand

And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land

(Chorus)

We will work with each other, we will work side by side

We will work with each other we will work side by side

And we’ll guard each one’s dignity and save each one’s pride

(Chorus)

All praise to the Father from whom all things come

And all praise to Christ Jesus his only Son

All praise to the Spirit who makes us one

(Chorus)

This Little Light of Mine Harry Dixon Loes

*This song can be done with accompaniment or a cappella.

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.

G D G - C - G

Let it shine, Let it shine, let it shine.

Hide it under a bucket, No! I’m gonna let it shine. (x3)

G D G - C - G

Let it shine, Let it shine, let it shine.

Jesus went up on that cross, to set us free. (x3)

G D G - C - G

Set us free, set us free, set us free.

His Kingdom is comin’. We wanna be there. (x3)

G D G - C - G

Wanna be there, wanna be there, wanna be there.

(repeat first verse)

Thy Word Amy Grant

Capo 2

(Chorus): Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet

And a light unto my path (2x)

G Dm Am Em

When I feel afraid, think I’ve lost my way

F G F C

Still you’re there right beside me.

G Dm Am Em

Nothing will I fear as long as you are near

F G A G

Please be near me to the end.

(Chorus)

G Dm Am Em

I will not forget your love for me and yet

F G F C

My heart forever is wandering.

G Dm Am Em

Jesus be my guide and hold me to your side

F G A G

And I will love you to the end.

(Chorus)

“Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” (Psalm 119:105).

Turn the World Around Harry Belafonte and Robert Freedman

*This song involves a clapping sequence during the versus

G C D G

We come from the water, cool refreshing water

G C D G

Go back to the water and turn the world around (2x)

G C D7 G C D7 G

(Chorus): Oooooooooh, o-oh turn the world around (2x)

G C D G

We come from the fire, all of us the fire

G C D G

Go back to the fire and turn the world around (2x)

(Chorus)

G C D G

We come from the mountain, way up on the mountain

G C D G

Go back to the mountain and turn the world around (2x)

(Chorus)

G C D G

We come from the Spirit, all of us the Spirit

G C D G

Only can the Spirit turn the world around (2x)

(Chorus)

G C D G

We all seek the kingdom, all we seek the kingdom

G C D G

When we find the kingdom we turn the world around.

(Chorus twice)

Were You There? Traditional

Capo 2

C F G C

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

C C F C G

C F C F C Am F Dm G

Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.

C F C Am F G C

C F G C

Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?

C C F C G

C F C F C Am F Dm G

C F C Am F G C

Were you there when the sun refuse to shine

Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?

Were you there when He rose up from the grave?

Yellow Submarine John Lennon and Paul McCartney

D A D Em A

In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea

A D Em A

And he told us of his life in the land of submarines

(Chorus): We all live in a yellow submarine

a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine (2x)

D A D Em A

So we sailed out to the sun ‘til we found a sea of green

A D Em A

And we lived beneath the waves in our yellow submarine

(Chorus)

D A D Em A

And our friends are all aboard, many more of them live next door

And the band begins to play………

(Chorus)

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Changes made to 2005 Edition

Chord corrections or key changes:

Amazing Grace

El Shaddai

Lean On Me

One Tin Soldier

Servant Song

Shout to the Lord

Soon and Very Soon

Were You There?

New songs:

Rubber Blubber Whale

Changes made to 2009 Edition

18 songs removed

New songs:

Awesome God

Bim Bom

Blessed be Your Name

Build Me Up, Buttercup

Come, Now is the Time to Worship

Draw the Circle Wide

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

God of Wonders

Heart of Worship

Here I Am to Worship

He’s Got the Whole World in His

How Great is Our God

I Can Only Imagine

Indescribable

Kum Ba Yah

Leaving on a Jet Plane

One Jedi Soldier

Open the Eyes of My Heart, Lord

Prince of Peace

Sanctuary (additional versus and

Spanish)

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