Asleep In Jesus chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) The philosophers tell us to live one (C major) day at a (G major) time and to live (D major) it well,
(C major) for tomorrow's (D major) strength
will come tomorrow.
(G major) But there's one line I remember
reading that seems (D major) to say it even
better.
Let us live so each night we
(G major) can say this prayer. (D major)
(C major) Dear
God, treat me (D major) tomorrow as I
have treated my fellow man today.
(G major) Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep
Verse 2
(D major)
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Verse 3
From which none ever wakes to (G major) weep
Verse 4
A calm and undisturbed re (C major) pose
Unbroken (D major) by the lust of
Verse 5
(G major) foes
(D major) Asleep in (G major) Jesus, oh how
Verse 6
(D major)
sweet to be
for such a slumber (G major) meet,
with holy confidence to (C major) sing,
that death has (D major) lost his venom sting. (G major)
Asleep in
Jesus' peaceful (D major) rest,
whose waking is supremely
(G major) No fear, no woe shall dim that
(C major) hour that manifest (G major) s the
(D major) Sa viour's (G major) power.
Asleep (D major) in
(G major) Jesus,
O for (D major) me,
may such a blissful refuge (G major) be.
Securely shall my ashes (C major) lie,
Waiting the (D major) summons from on (G major) high.
Securely shall my ashes (C major) lie,
Waiting the (D major) summons from on high. (G major)
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