God, who touches earth

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(written in E^b - capo up one fret)

1 
  D              A         G/B         D/A        G            A       D
God, who touches earth with beauty, make my heart anew.
 Bm            D    G       D/F#      Em            A⁷          D
With your Spirit re-create me pure and strong and true.

2
  D              A            G/B       D/A        G            A       D
Like your springs and running waters, make me crystal pure.
 Bm           D            G         D/F#          Em            A⁷           D
Like your rocks of towering grandeur, make me strong and sure.

3
  D             A         G/B       D/A         G            A          D
Like your dancing waves in sunlight, make me glad and free.
 Bm            D            G      D/F#        Em      A⁷        D
Like the straightness of the pine trees let me upright be.

4
  D          A       G/B     D/A        G           A           D
Like the arching of the heavens, lift my thoughts above.
 Bm             D        G      D/F#     Em     A⁷       D
Turn my dreams to noble action, ministries of love.

5
  D             A         G/B          D/A        G            A       D
God, who touches earth with beauty, make my heart anew.
 Bm         D      G         D/F#     Em            A⁷           D
Keep me ever, by your Spirit, pure and strong and true.

#511 in Hymnal: A Worship Book

Words:  Mary S. Edgar, alt.
                        ©1939, J.W. Gilchrest
   Tune:  Alfred V. Fedak, 1988
                        ©1989, Sacred Music Press

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