A Asus2 C D
Absent from flesh, O blissful thought
G D A
What joy that moment brings
A Asus2 C D
Freed from the blame my sin has brought,
G D A-Asus2
From pain and death and its sting.
A Asus2 C D
Absent from flesh, O glorious day!
G D A
In one triumphant stroke
A Asus2 C D
My reckoning paid, my charges dropped,
G D A-Asus2
And the bonds 'round my hands are broke.
G D A
I go where God and glory shine,
G D A
To one eternal day
G D A
And this failing body I now resign,
G D A
For the Angels point my way
G D A
For the Angels point my way
A Asus2 C D
Absent from flesh! Then rise, my soul,
G D A
Where feet nor wings could climb,
A Asus2 C D
Beyond the sky, where planets roll,
G D A
And beyond all keep of time.
G D A
I go where God and glory shine,
G D A
To one eternal day
G D A
And this failing body I now resign,
G D A
For the Angels point my way
G D A
For the Angels point my way