The Christ Hymn

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"Let your attitude to life be that of Christ Jesus himself:"

1.            C         F                     C
        Tho' he was in the form of God,
              C        Am            G
        he did not count equality
                 C       Am                          F
        with God a thing that he should grasp,
              C       Dm                  G
        instead he gave up all he was
                     F ... G ... C
        and became   a    slave.

2.          C        F                      C
        In human likeness he was born,
               C        Am         G
        this man put on humility,
            C      Am               F
        o-be-di-ent-ly Jesus trod
               C         Dm                  G
        the path that led him to his death,
                        F ... G ... C
        death up-on      a   cross.

3.              C             F                 C
        Therefore God lifted him up high
                C       Am                    G
        and gave a name above all names,
              C         Am                             F
        that at this name all knees should bow,
              C        Dm 
        and ev'ry tongue confess that
        G           F ... G ... C
        Je-sus Christ  is   Lord.

".....to the glory of God, the Father."

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Words & Tune:  Pete Haynes, ©1987
                                       based upon Philippians 2:6-11
            (see also  "Pressing On,"       based upon Philippians 3:8-16;
                and "Rejoice in the Lord," based upon Philippians 4:4-7)                     

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