Tom: D5

Intro: D5   G5   D5   A5

             D5     G5       D5
My life goes on in endless song
 A5                 D5
above earth's lamentations,
                        G5       D5
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
     A5               D5
that hails a new creation.
                F#5    B5
Through all the tumult and the strife
  D5               A5
I hear it's music ringing,
             D5    G5     D5
It sounds an echo in my soul.
          B5   A5    D5
How can I keep from singing?
               D5       G5      D5
But though the tempest loudly roars
  A5                  D5
I hear the truth, it liveth,
                        G5        D5
and though the darkness round me close
B5           A5        D5
songs in the night it giveth.
             F#5      B5
No storm can shake my inmost calm
      D5                A5
while to that rock I'm clinging.
              D5       G5          D5
Since love is Lord of heaven and earth
          B5   A5    D5         G5   B5   A5   D5   B5   A5   D5   Bb5
how can I keep from singing?
             Eb5      Ab5       Eb5
When tyrants tremble in their fear
    Bb5                     Eb5
and hear their death knell ringing,
                          Ab5      Eb5
when friends rejoice both far and near
          C5   Bb5   Eb5
how can I keep from singing?


           G5       C5
In prision cell and dungeon vile
    Eb5                   Bb5
our thoughts to them are winging,
                Eb5        Ab5  Eb5
when friends by shame are undefiled
          C5   Bb5   Eb5
how can I keep from singing?
Ab5   C5   Bb5   Eb5   C5   Bb5   Eb5