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There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.
D
There is a green hill
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far a
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way,
With
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out a
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city
D
wall,
Where the dear Lord was
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cruci
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fied,
Who
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died to
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save us
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all.
Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved,
And died our sins to bear;
We trust in His redeeming blood,
And life eternal share.
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Oh,
A7
dearly, dearly
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has He loved,
And
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died our
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sins to
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bear;
We
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trust in His re
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deeming
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blood,
And life e
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share.
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We may not know, we cannot tell,
What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.
We may not know, we cannot tell,
What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.
D
We may not know, we
A
cannot
Bm
tell,
What
A
pains He
A7
had to
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bear;
But we believe it
F♯
was for
Bm
us
He
A
hung and
E7
suffered
A
there.
Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved,
And died our sins to bear;
We trust in His redeeming blood,
And life eternal share.
A
Oh,
A7
dearly, dearly
D
has He loved,
And
G
died our
E7
sins to
A-A7
bear;
We
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trust in His re
G
deeming
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blood,
And life e
A7
ternal
D-G-D
share.
3
He died that we might be forgiven,
He died to make us good,
That we might from our sins be freed,
Saved by His precious blood.
He died that we might be forgiven,
He died to make us good,
That we might from our sins be freed,
Saved by His precious blood.
D
He died that we might
A
be
Bm
forgiven,
He
A
died to
A7
make us
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good,
That we might from our
F♯
sins be
Bm
freed,
Saved
A
by His
E7 A
precious blood.
Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved,
And died our sins to bear;
We trust in His redeeming blood,
And life eternal share.
A
Oh,
A7
dearly, dearly
D
has He loved,
And
G
died our
E7
sins to
A-A7
bear;
We
D
trust in His re
G
deeming
D
blood,
And life e
A7
ternal
D-G-D
share.
4
There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin,
He only could divine life give
And dwell Himself within.
There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin,
He only could divine life give
And dwell Himself within.
D
There was no other
A
good
Bm
enough
To
A
pay the
A7
price of
D
sin,
He only could
F♯
divine life
Bm
give
And
A
dwell
E7
Himself
A
within.
Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved,
And died our sins to bear;
We trust in His redeeming blood,
And life eternal share.
A
Oh,
A7
dearly, dearly
D
has He loved,
And
G
died our
E7
sins to
A-A7
bear;
We
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trust in His re
G
deeming
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blood,
And life e
A7
ternal
D-G-D
share.
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Spokane, Washington, United States
Steve has the same book I have--The One Year Book of Hymns. After reading about this hymn, I looked it up on the Internet, so I could find the tune and sing it. Thanks to Hymnal.net, I can sing these old, traditional tunes that so few Christians are able to appreciate these days, because many churches now sing mostly "praise songs."
Detroit, MI, United States
From her childhood, Cecil Frances Alexander wrote poetry, and as an adult she wrote primarily for children. She felt that the truths of Christianity could best be taught through hymns, so she tackled major doctrines with simple words. One project was a series of hymns based on the Apostles' Creed. She wrote "All Things Bright and Beautiful" to teach about God the Father as "Maker of heaven and earth." She wrote this hymn to teach about Jesus as He "suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried."
Along with her husband, Reverend William Alexander, Cecil cared for the poor families in their parish in Ireland. "From one poor home to another she went," her husband wrote. "Christ was ever with her, and in her, and all felt her influence." She reportedly wrote this song while sitting at a child's sickbed. - Great Songs of Faith by Brown and Norton
The original chorus says:
Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved,
And we must love Him too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.