Tonalité : G major•
Verse 1
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D
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Cm
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Rock of Ages Cleft for me
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D
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Let me hide Myself in thee
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F#
It was a stylish congregation.
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You could see they'd been around.
and they had the biggest pipe organ
D
of any church in town,
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but over in the Amen corner of that church sat
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Brother I and he insisted every Sunday
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on singing in the choir.
C
His voice was cracked and broken,
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age had touched his vocal chords
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A
and nearly every Sunday
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he'd get behind and miss the words.
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Well the choir got so flustered
the church was told and found that Brother
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I must stop his singing
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for the choir was going to resign.
So the pastor appointed a committee,
I think it was three or four,
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Bm
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and they got in their big fine car
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and drove up to our store.
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They found the choir's great trouble
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sitting there in an old armchair,
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and the summer's golden sunbeams
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lay upon his snow -white hair.
Said York, uh, we're here,
dear brother,
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with the vestry's approbation
to discuss a little matter
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that affects the congregation.
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Now, we don't want no singing
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except what we've bought.
The newest tunes are all the rake,
C
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the old ones stand for naught.
And so we have decided,
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are you listening, brother Ire?
You'll have to stop your singing,
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it's messing up our choir.
The old man raised his head,
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a sign that he did hear,
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and on his cheek the three men
caught the glitter of a tear.
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His feeble hands pushed back
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the locks as white as silky snow,
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and he answered the committee
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in a voice both soft and low.
I've sung the psalms of David
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nearly 80 years, said he.
They've been my staff and comfort
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D
all along life's ridden way.
Sorry I disturbed the choir,
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I guess I'm doing wrong.
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But when my heart is filled with praise,
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I can't keep back a song.
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I wonder if beyond the tide
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D
that's breaking at my feet,
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In that far off heavenly temple
where my master I shall meet
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G
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Yes, I wonder if when I try to sing
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D
the songs of God up higher
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D
I wonder if they'll kick me out up there
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D
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for singing in heaven's choir
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A silence filled the little room,
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the old man bowed his head
The committee went on back to town,
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but Brother Eyre was dead.
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The choir missed him for a while,
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but he was soon forgot.
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A few churchgoers watched the door,
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but the old man entered not.
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Far away his voice is sweet,
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and he sings his heart's desires,
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where there are no church committees
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and no fashionable choirs.
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Let me hide myself in Thee.
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AccordeurE A D G B E
AccordsG D Cm A F#...
G
D
Cm
A
F#
C
Bm
Capo: Pas de capo
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