When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
words by Isaac Watts, music based on Gregorian chant, arr. by Lowell Mason

Original key: F, guitars capo @ 3rd fret

Verse 1:

D    A     D   Em/G  B/F#  Em  A7    D
When I  survey the         won-drous cross

D  D/C#      G/B    D/A  Em/G  D/F#  A/E  D  A/C#
On which the Prince of         glo - ry      died,

D  G/D     D    Em/G  B/F#  Em    A7  D
My richest gain I           count but loss,

D   D/F#    A     Bm  Em7  A6  A7  D
And pour contempt on  all  my      pride.

Verse 2:

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

Verse 3:

See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down;
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Verse 4:

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.


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