This is My Father's World
By: Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Key: E
Intro
E  Esus Esus
       

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

Chorus 1
 E           B      C#m  C#m/B     A     B       E   B
This is my Father's world, I rest me in the thought
   E          B/D#        G#      A          E/B       B         E  Esus
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
E C#
  

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

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

Bridge
          B  F#/A#         B   C#
I have a Father, He is my Father
   F#/A#      B   F#/A#  F#/C#  C#  F#
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