set(8): Do You Hear What I Hear , Highest Praise , Beautiful One , Alabaster Jar , This is My Father's World , How High and How Wide , Closer , Simple Gospel
This is My Father's World
By: Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Key: C
Intro
C  CsusC Csus
       

Verse 1
C                   Csus         C            G/C
This is my Father's world and to my listening ears
C           G/B        E        F        C/G    G        C   Csus
All nature sings and 'round me rings, the music of the spheres

Chorus 1
 C           G      Am  Am/G     F     G       C   G
This is my Father's world, I rest me in the thought
   C          G/B        E      F          C/G       G         C  Csus
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas, His hand, the wonders wrought

Verse 2
This is my Father's world, the birds their carols raise
The morning light, the lily white, declare their Master's praise

Chorus 2
This is my Father's world, He shines in all that's fair
In the rustling grass, I hear Him pass, He speaks to me everywhere

Key Change
C A
  

Verse 3
    D    A/C#         Bm  Bm/A  G       Bm  E/G#  A
This is my Father's world, oh let me not forget
     D           A/C#        F#     G       D/A        A    D  Dsus
That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet

Chorus 3
     D        A       Bm  Bm/A  G         A    D  A
This is my Father's world, the battle is not done
  D      A/C#            F#      G    D/A          A        D  Dsus
Jesus who died shall be satisfied, and earth and heaven be one

Bridge
          G  D/F#         G   A
I have a Father, He is my Father
   D/F#      G   D/F#  D/A  A  D
He reigns in power and in love
I have a Father, my glorious Father
Creator, Master, King, my God

We have a Father, He is our Father
He reigns in power and in love
We have a Father, our glorious Father
Creator, Master, King, my God