INTRO/OUTRO: Em Em G D G C Em

VERSE 1:
    Em                    G      D              G         Em        D
My soul cries out with a joyful shout that the God of my heart is great, 
        Em                  G         D              G            C    D  Em
And my spirit sings of the wondrous things that you bring to the ones who wait. 
    G                       Am                        G            Em      D
You fixed your sight on the servant's plight, and my weakness you did not spurn, 
         Em                   G        D                Em        C   D   Em
So from east to west shall my name be blest. Could the world be about to turn? 

ANTIPHON:
     G                     Am                      G             Em     D
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.
     Em                           G          D            Em        C    D  Em
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.

VERSE 2:
      Em               G       D        G          Em       D
Though I am small, my God, my all, you work great things in me,
          Em                       G             D           G          C  D  Em
And your mercy will last from the depths of the past to the end of the age to be.
     G                   Am                      G             Em       D
Your very name puts the proud to shame, and to those who would for you yearn, 
          Em                       G        D                Em        C   D   Em
You will show your might, put the strong to flight, for the world is about to turn.

ANTIPHON:
     G                     Am                      G             Em     D
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.
     Em                           G          D            Em        C    D  Em
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.

VERSE 3:
         Em                      G        D            G            Em      D
From the halls of power to the fortress tower, not a stone will be left on stone. 
         Em                   G        D          G      C    D   Em
Let the king beware for your justice tears ev'ry tyrant from his throne.
     G                 Am                    G             Em    D
The hungry poor shall weep no more, for the food they can never earn;
           Em                   G        D            Em        C   D   Em
These are tables spread, ev'ry mouth be fed, for the world is about to turn.

ANTIPHON:
     G                     Am                      G             Em     D
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.
     Em                           G          D            Em        C    D  Em
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.

VERSE 4:
            Em               G      D          G         Em        D
Though the nations rage from age to age, we remember who holds us fast:
       Em           G    D            G           C   D   Em
God's mercy must deliver us from the conqueror's crushing grasp.
      G                    Am                     G             Em      D
This saving word that our forebears heard is the promise which holds us bound, 
          Em                   G          D           Em           C    D Em
'Til the spear and rod can be crushed by God, who is turning the world around.

ANTIPHON X2
     G                     Am                      G             Em     D
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.
     Em                           G          D            Em        C    D  Em
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.
     G                     Am                      G             Em     D
My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn.
     Em                           G          D            Em        C    D  Em
Wipe away all the tears, For the dawn draws near, And the world is about to turn.