BLEST BE THE LORD

Capo 2

(Original key Bb) 4/4 fast and Jolly strum (Hawaiian beat)

Intro: G-Am-D-C-G (pause)

Chorus:
G
Am
D
G
Em
Blest be the Lord, blest be the Lord
Am
D
G
The God of mercy, the God who saves.
Am
D
G
Em
I shall not fear the dark of night
Am
D
G
( at the end, Em going to coda)
Nor the arrow that flies by day.
C
He will
D
He will
C
Beneath
D
To find

D
release me
C
protect me
D
the shadow
C
a dwelling

C
G
from the nets of sinful men.
G
G7
from their wicked hands.
C
G
of His wings I will rejoice.
G
place secure.

(Chorus)
C
D
C
G
I need not shrink before the terrors of the night,
D
C
G
G7
Nor stand alone before the light of day.
C
D
C
G
No harm shall come to me, no arrow strike me down,
D
C
G
No evil settle in my soul.
(Chorus)
C
D
C
G
Although a thousand men have fallen at my side
D
C
G
G7
Ill not be shaken with the Lord at hand.
C
D
C
G
His faithful love is all the armor that I need.
D
C
G
To wage my battle with the foe.
(Chorus)

Coda:

Em
Am
D
G-C-G
Nor the arrow that flies by day.