Awake
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chorus:
(begins and ends with chorus)
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Dm Bb
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C F
Awake, O sleeper, and rise from the dead and Christ shall give you light.
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Dm Bb
C Bb
C F
Awake, O sleeper, and rise from the dead and Christ shall give you light.
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C
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C
He shall give you light. He shall give
you light.
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Dm Bb
C Bb
C F
Awake, O sleeper, and rise from the dead and Christ shall give you light.
1.
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C Am
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C
For you were once in dark-ness but now are light in the Lord.
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C
Am
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So live as children of the light and learn what pleases the Lord.
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C Am
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So, take no part in evil things but seek to shed on them light;
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Am
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for when you live your life in Christ the world will see what is
right. (to chorus)
2.
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Am
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Look care-ful-ly then how you walk, be wise and not like the fool;
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and even when the days are dark, in all things become God's tool.
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C Am
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Be filled now with God's Spir - it, your words to all be a song,
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a mel-o-dy with all your hearts to God through all your life
long.
(to chorus)
| Note: this song is based upon Ephesians 5:8-20. Many scholars believe that the apostle Paul quoted a familiar early Christian song in verse 14 of this chapter. The chorus above is our "rendition" of that refrain. Of course, if the words are indeed a quote from a long ago hymn, the music to it has been lost.... |
Words and Tune: Peter Haynes ©1989 by him
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