Key: D major
Verse 1
Eb
My life flows on in endless
Ab
song
Eb
Above earth's lamentation.
Bb
Eb
I hear the real,
Ab
thought far off hymn
Eb
Bb
That hails the new creation
Eb
Above the tumult and the strife,
Bb
Eb
I hear the music ringing;
Ab
Eb
It sounds an echo in my soul
Bb
Eb
How can I keep from singing?
Verse 2
Ab
What through the tempest loudly roars,
Eb
Bb
I hear the truth, it live'th.
Eb
What through the darkness
Ab
round me close,
Bb
Eb
Songs in the night it give'th.
No storm can shake my inmost calm
Bb
Eb
While to that rock I'm clinging.
Ab
Eb
Since love is lord of Heaven and earth
Bb
Eb
How can I keep from singing?
Verse 3
Ab
When tyrants tremble, sick with fear,
Eb
Bb
And hear their death- knell ringing,
Eb
Ab
When friends rejoice both far and near,
Eb
Bb
Eb
How can I keep from singing?
Verse 4
Bb
Eb
In prison cell and dungeon vile
Our thoughts to them are winging.
Ab
When friends by shame are undefiled,
Eb
Bb
Eb
How can I keep from singing?
Ab
Eb
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Ab Bb
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