Asleep In Jesus chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Verse 1
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The philosophers tell us to live one day at a time and to live it well,
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for tomorrow's strength
will come tomorrow.
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But there's one line I remember
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reading that seems to say it even
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Let us live so each night we
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can say this prayer.
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Dear
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God, treat me tomorrow as I
have treated my fellow man today.
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Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep

Verse 2

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From which none ever wakes to weep

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A calm and undisturbed repose

Unbroken by the lust of

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foes

Asleep in Jesus, oh how

Verse 6
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sweet to be
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for such a slumber meet,
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with holy confidence to sing,
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that death has lost his venom sting.
Asleep in
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Jesus' peaceful rest,
whose waking is supremely
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No fear, no woe shall dim that
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hour that manifests the
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Sa viour's power.
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Asleep in
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Jesus,
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O for me,
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may such a blissful refuge be.
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Securely shall my ashes lie,
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Waiting the summons from on high.
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Securely shall my ashes lie,
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Waiting the summons from on high.