Christ Returneth Tabulatur von Misc. Praise Songs

Christ Returneth


C                                    G7
It may be at morn, when the day is awakening,
C                                   D                  G
When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking
G7   C              G                 C
That Jesus will come in the fullness of glory
    F            C          G7        C
To receive from the world “His own.”

C                    F
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
                      C
Ere we shout the glad song,
G        C        G    C   
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
   G   C    G7 C       G      G7 C
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.

C                                  G7
It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,
C                                 D         G
It may be, perchance, that the blackness of midnight
G7   C              G               C
Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,
   F              C      G7  C
When Jesus receives “His own.”

C                    F
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
                      C
Ere we shout the glad song,
G        C        G    C   
Christ Returneth! Hallelujah!
   G   C    G7 C       G      G7 C
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.

C                                  G7
While its hosts cry Hosanna, from heaven descending,
C                                D         G
With glorified saints and the angels attending,
G7   C             G              C
With grace on His brow, like a halo of glory,
   F            C     G7  C
Will Jesus receive “His own.”

C                    F
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
                      C
Ere we shout the glad song,
G        C        G    C   
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
   G   C    G7 C       G      G7 C
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.

C                                  G7
Oh, joy! oh, delight! should we go without dying,
C                                    D             G
No sickness, no sadness, no dread and no crying.
G7        C                    G                       C
Caught up through the clouds with our Lord into glory,
   F                C     G7  C
When Jesus receives “His own.”

C                   F
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
                      C
Ere we shout the glad song,
G        C        G    C   
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
   G   C    G7 C       G      G7 C
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.