By Michael Kelly Blanchard
© 1980 Paragon Music
Corporation\Gotz Music\Diadem Sky
D G A D
And in these days of
confused situations,
G A F#sus-F#
And in these nights of a
restless remorse,
G D G
D
When the heart and the
soul of a nation,
G (Em) Asus-A
Lay wounded and cold as
a corpse.
G A D
From the grave of the
innocent Adam,
G A F#sus-F
Comes a song bringing joy to the sad.
G D G D
All your cries have been
heard and the ransom,
G A7 D
Has been paid up in
full, be ye glad.
G A7 G-D
Oh be glad, Oh be ye glad,
G A7 F#sus-F#
Every debt that you ever had,
G A7 F#sus G
Has been paid up in full by the grace of
the Lord.
D A7 D
Be ye glad, be ye glad, be ye glad!
In the dungeon a rumor
is stirring,
You have heard it again
and again,
But now this time the
cell keys are turning.
And outside there are
faces of friends,
Though your body lay
weary from wasting,
And your eyes show the
sorrow they’ve had.
All the love that your
heart is now tasting,
Has opened the gates, be
ye glad.
So be like lights on the
rim of the water,
Giving
hope in a storm sea of night.
Be a refuge amidst the
slaughter,
For
these fugitives in their flight.
For you are timeless and
part of a puzzle,
You are winsome and
young as a lad.
And there is no disease
or no struggle,
That can pull you from
God, be ye glad.