O God Our Help In Ages Past Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays637

O God Our Help In Ages Past by Isaac Watts is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am, Am7, G, Em, D, Dm, E, Dm7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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  			   C      F   C    Am Am7 G   C        Am   Em  Am    D  G 
1. O God, our help in a---ges past,our hope for years to come, 

    C    F   Dm   G   C     D E      C   Dm  C Dm  G   C 
our shel-ter from the storm-y blast, and our e-ter-nal home! 


   C      F   C    Am Dm7 G   C             Am  Em Am    D  G 
2. Un-der the shad-ow of  thy throne, still may we dwell se-cure; 

    C  F     Dm G     C   D E     C   Dm  C  Dm    G  C 
suf-fi-cient is thine arm a-lone, and our de-fense is sure. 


  C      F   C     Am Dm7 G   C         Am    Em Am     D   G 
3.Before the hills in or--der stood, or earth re-ceived her frame, 

     C  F  Dm   G    C    D   E    C  Dm  C    Dm    G   C 
from ev-er-last-ing, thou art God, to end-less years the same. 


   A      F    C Am   Dm7 G   C          Am   Em Am  D    G 
4. A thou-sand a-ges, in  thy sight, are like an eve-ning gone; 

      C  F   Dm    G    C    D   E      C  Dm   C   Dm  G   C 
short as the watch that ends the night, be-fore the ris-ing sun. 


   C          F  C  Am Dm7  G   C             Am  Em  Am      D G 
5. Time, like an ev-er roll-ing stream, bears all who breathe a-way; 

     C   F   Dm  G    C  D E     C    Dm C   Dm   G   C 
they fly for-got-ten, as a dream dies at the open-ing day. 


   C      F   C    Am Dm7 G   C         Am   Em  Am    D  G 
6. O God, our help in a---ges past, our hope for years to come; 

   C    F   Dm    G     C    D     E     C   Dm  C Dm  G   C 
be thou our guide while life shall last, and our e-ter-nal home. 

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante