Abba, we come, head bowed to You
Abba, we come, head bowed to You
Chords:
1
Abba, we come, head bowed to You;
Kneeling, our whole heart worships You;
Not ox nor sheep, Reality*
In spirit offer unto Thee.
D
Abba, we come, head
G
bowed to
D
You;
Kneeling, our
Bm
whole heart
Em
worships
A
You;
Not
D
ox nor sheep, Re
G
ali
A7
ty*
In
D
spirit
G
offer
D
un
A7
to
D
Thee.
2
Abba, e’er- and self-existing,
You span the two eternities;
Your throne in heav’n’s established thus,
Most holy, mighty, glorious.
Abba, e'er- and self-existing,
You span the two eternities;
Your throne in heav'n's established thus,
Most holy, mighty, glorious.
D
Abba, e'er- and
G D
self-existing,
You span the
Bm
two
Em A
eternities;
Your
D
throne in heav'n's
G
established
A7
thus,
Most
D
holy,
G
mighty,
D A7 D
glorious.
3
A hopeless, helpless, sinful throng—
Dare we entreat You though we’re wrong?
We only knew Your righteousness
And not Your heart of love for us.
A hopeless, helpless, sinful throng—
Dare we entreat You though we're wrong?
We only knew Your righteousness
And not Your heart of love for us.
D
A hopeless,
G
helpless,
D
sinful throng—
Dare we
Bm
entreat You
Em
though we're
A
wrong?
We
D
only knew Your
G A7
righteousness
And
D
not Your
G
heart of
D
love
A7
for
D
us.
4
Yet through Your precious only Son
You’re now the manifested One;
If sinner unredeemed is known,
You have no rest upon Your throne.
Yet through Your precious only Son
You're now the manifested One;
If sinner unredeemed is known,
You have no rest upon Your throne.
D
Yet through Your
G
precious
D
only Son
You're now the
Bm Em
manifested One;
If
D
sinner
G
unredeemed is
A7
known,
You
D
have no
G
rest
D
upon
A7
Your
D
throne.
5
Your one Son briefly You eschewed
To gain the sinful multitude;
You gave Him up to cross and pain,
That we a way to You could gain.
Your one Son briefly You eschewed
To gain the sinful multitude;
You gave Him up to cross and pain,
That we a way to You could gain.
D
Your one Son briefly
G
You
D
eschewed
To gain the
Bm
sinful
Em A
multitude;
You
D
gave Him up to
G
cross and
A7
pain,
That
D
we a
G
way to
D
You
A7
could
D
gain.
6
Brought by the death of Your dear Son,
We many sons in Your name come;
You who did once inspire fear
Are now to us our Abba dear.
Brought by the death of Your dear Son,
We many sons in Your name come;
You who did once inspire fear
Are now to us our Abba dear.
D
Brought by the death of
G
Your dear
D
Son,
We many
Bm
sons in
Em
Your name
A
come;
You
D
who did once
G
inspire fear
Are
D
now to
G
us our
D A7
Abba
D
dear.
7
So deep Your love, so high Your grace;
Your debt we never can efface;
We can but thank You evermore,
And Abba worship, praise, adore.
So deep Your love, so high Your grace;
Your debt we never can efface;
We can but thank You evermore,
And Abba worship, praise, adore.
D
So deep Your love, so
G
high Your
D
grace;
Your debt we
Bm
never
Em
can
A
efface;
We
D
can but thank You
G A7
evermore,
And
D
Abba
G
worship,
D
praise,
A7 D
adore.
*Reality refers to Christ.
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