Come Thou Fount-basic


VERSE 1

A (x02220@1)                       ECome (022100@1)Thou Fount of every blessing,
A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)       E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
A (x02220@1)                      EStreams (022100@1)of mercy, never ceasing,
          D (xx0232@1)       E (022100@1)   ACall (x02220@1)for songs of loudest praise.
A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)            ATeach (x02220@1)me some melodious sonnet,
A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)             ASung (x02220@1)by flaming tongues above;
A (x02220@1)                     EPraise (022100@1)the mount!  I'm fixed upon it,
A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    AMount (x02220@1)of Thy redeeming love.


VERSE 2:
A (x02220@1)                  E (022100@1)Here I raise my "Ebenezer";
A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)      AHither (x02220@1)by Thy help I'm come;
A (x02220@1)                       EAnd (022100@1)I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
        D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)      ASafely (x02220@1)to arrive at home.
A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)Jesus sought me when a stranger,
A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)Wandering from the fold of God;
A (x02220@1)            EHe, (022100@1)to rescue me from danger,
A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)  E (022100@1)     AInterposed (x02220@1)His precious blood.


VERSE 3:
A (x02220@1)                      EOh, (022100@1)to grace how great a debtor,
A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  E (022100@1)          ADaily (x02220@1)I'm constrained to be!
A (x02220@1)                      E (022100@1)Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
         D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)       ABind (x02220@1)my wand'ring heart to Thee.
A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)              AProne (x02220@1)to leave the God I love;
A (x02220@1)                            E (022100@1)Here's my heart, Oh, take and seal it,
A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)
Seal it for Thy courts above.


ENDING:  
A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)          
Here's my heart, Oh, take and seal it,
A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)Seal it for Thy courts above.