Father How Sweet Chords

 
Intro

 E   F#m     B/D#   Esus4     E    



Verse 1

E                             F#m  

 Father how sweet must be the pleasure

B/D#                      Esus4    E

 You find in Your eternal Son

E                             F#m  

 For long before You made the heavens

B/D#                         Esus4    E

 Both You and He rejoiced as one

E7                              A2 C#

 And long before You formed the angels

F#m         E/G#             A

 Before You made the day and night

C#m      B/D#          A E    E

 Jesus exulted in Your presence

A/C#        B             C#m 

 And He was all of Your delight



Interlude 1

 C#m   F#m     B/D#   Esus4     E    



Verse 2

C#m                               F#m  

 Father what love You've shown to rebels

B                                Esus4    E

 That You would send Your Son so dear

C#m                           F#m  

 Into this world of grief and trouble

B                          Esus4    E

 To bring unworthy sinners near

E7                         A2 C#

 We'll never fathom how it pained You

F#m          E/G#          A

 When You supplied the offering

C#m        B/D#             A E      E

 To rescue those who had disdained You

A/C#           B             C#m 

 To watch Your dear Son suffering



[Interlude 1]



Verse 3

C#m                             F#m  

 Jesus it fills our hearts with wonder

B                                   Esus4    E  B/D#

 That You would leave Your heavenly place

C#m                             F#m   

 To take on flesh to thirst and hunger

B            B9                    Esus4    E

 To save the ones who spurned Your grace

E7                         A/C#

 You came to forfeit every mercy

F#m          E/G#           A

 To die that mercy we would find

C#m           B/D#          A E     E

 And then You hung alone in darkness

 A/C#       B                       C#m  

  So in our hearts Your grace would shine



Interlude 2

 C#m   G#m B   A   G#m B    



Verse 4

D#m                      G#m  

 Jesus in glory You've ascended

C#                         F#sus4    C#6 E#

 Never again to leave Your throne

D#m                       G#m  

 Because of You we are befriended

C#                              F#

 Received and welcomed as God's own

F#7 E                         B/D#

 Father how sweet now is Your pleasure

G#m         F#/A#              B

 In us Your daughters and Your sons

D#m        C#/E#         B F#  F#

 We will delight in You forever

B/D#      C#               G#m 

 In Jesus You have made us one

B         C#sus

 In Jesus You have made us



Ending

 D#m   G#m D#   C#/E#   Bsus2   F#

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