The Song Page

 

The Song Page

The following are songs of worship I have composed and played over the years.

 

I Am Your God  Isaiah 41:10 {May 2010}

 

                                              Bm                    A                G

This is what the Lord has said –

                                                         D          G       A

Do not be afraid

                                                         D          G       A

Do not be afraid

                                                             Bm G          A

For I   am with you

                                                            G   A              D Dsus D

Yes,  I   am    with you

 

                                                    D          G       A

Do not be discouraged

                                                    D          G       A

Do not be discouraged

                                                            Bm G              A

For   I   am    your God

                                                              G A              D Dsus D

Yes,  I  am   your God

 

                                                     G               A           G      A

I will strengthen you and help you

                                                         G                D        A   Asus A                       

                            I will uphold you by My hand    (repeat 2 lines)

                                                         G       A            D Dsus D                 

                   My victorious right hand   (repeat 3x)


This Day   {May 2010}

 

Bm    D      G                       A

This day    I will praise the Lord

Bm    D     G                     A

This day    I will seek His face

Bm    D     G                       A                 D

This day    I will know the touch of my God

 

       G                        A                         D

He meets me in the gathering of His people

      G                         A                      D

He draws near when I draw near to Him

   Bm            D           G                      A

I cannot explain just how it all takes place

                     G               A                      D

But with the eyes of my heart I see His face

 

Bm    D       G                         A

This day    we will praise the Lord

Bm    D       G                       A

This day    we will seek His face

Bm    D       G                        A                  D

This day    we will know the touch of our God

 

        G                      A                        D

He meets us in the gathering of His people

        G                        A                         D

He draws near when we draw near to Him

        Bm           D           G                       A

We cannot explain just how it all takes place

                     G               A                              G                 A              

But with the eyes of our hearts,       with the eyes of our hearts

                             G                    A                                              D

Yes, with the eyes of our hearts /        we see His face  (3x)

 

In God Alone  (Spring 2007 – acapella)

 

In God alone    In God alone   In God alone    True light is found  (2x)

 

In our darkness   My soul’s darkness

Black and starless   As underground

A life not knowing   White canes and groping

The world not seeing   The Lord saw me

 

In God alone    In God alone   In God alone    True light is found  (2x)

 

Chris from the bright land   Nailed to our darkness

His cross my beacon   What is this I see?

Grace like a sunrise   Love like the noonday

O praise You, Master!   Blessed eyes are these!

 

In God alone    In God alone   In God alone  /  We are not alone  (2x)

 

 

 

 

Whom Have I in Heaven?  Psalm 73 (2006-9?)

 

C                                          F

Whom have I in heaven but You?

                        C                                           G    

And earth has nothing        I desire besides You

       C                                                      F

My flesh and my heart    well, they may fail

                           C

But God is the strength of my heart

                G            C

And my portion forever  (repeat all)

 

C                                                F

But as for me   it is good to be near God

             C                                       G       C

I have made the sovereign Lord   my refuge

 

G                                  C

I will tell of all of Your deeds

G                        (F)   (G)  C

I will tell of Your love for me (repeat last 2 lines)

 

 

 

 

Those Who Are Lost  (Winter 2024)

 

                                        E                     A                   E

Those who are lost    should call on You

                                      E                      A                       E

Those who are lost    find their way in You

                                                            G    D             E

The All-Gracious Lord

                                                            G   D             E

The All-Gracious Lord

 

                                       E                      A                     E

Those who are weak    should come to You

                                   E                      A                         E

Those who are weak    can find strength in You

                                                               G D           E

The Almighty God

                                                               G D          E

The Almighty God

 

 

 

Open Me Up   (2009)

A                    A2               A      

Open me up where I am captive

A                                     D   Em     A

Open me up,  make my captor depart

A                       A2                         A      

Open me up – locked, stuck and battered

A                         D      Em   A

Open me up, O Wooer of Hearts!

D                                         A

Why am I here   if not to love You?

D                                                  A        E

Why am I here   if not to seek Your face?

 

A                                A2         A      

Open me up to Your faithful promise

A                                        D       Em      A

Open me up, pluck these doubt-driven darts

A                                    A2          A      

Open me up   with the blessed Scriptures

A                                D     Em      A

Open me up, Lord – Your truth impart

D                                                  A

Why am I here   if not to love You?

D                                                  A       E

Why am I here   if not to seek Your face?

 

A                        A2                   A      

Open me up to where I need shaping

A                        D    Em     A

Open me up to Your divine art

A                                   A2      A      

Open me up with Your Holy Spirit

A                         D    Em       A

Open me up, O Christ in my heart!

 

 

D                                                  A

Why am I here   if not to love You?

D                                                  A       E

Why am I here   if not to seek Your face?

 

A                   E            D           E

Morning by morning, into the evening

            A                E                D          E

Your mercies are new in this land of grace

A               E     D                E

Holy You are, not to be thwarted

          A                 E                  A             D

We’ll be like You are, so Your image re-trace!

 

A                               A2              A      

Open us up to the ways of the Kingdom

A                        D    Em        A

Open me up – show us our part

A                        A2                 A      

Open us up to a life of surrender

A                                         D  Em      A

Accept us, O Master, we’re ready to start

D                                                   A

Lord, we are here because we love You!

D                                              A      E

Lord, we are here   to seek Your face!

 

D                                                   A

Lord, we are here because we love You!

D                                              A       E

Lord, we are here   to seek Your face!

E                       D        A

Oh, be in this pla – ace!

 

 

 

 

Psalm 6   (2006-8?, acapella)

 

Because of all my foes my eyes grow weak with sorrow;

Because of all my foes   my vision starts to fail

I couch myself with tears   nights are spent in weeping

The sound of my groaning  does Heaven hear?

 

Shall I ever praise Thee again?

See Your love deliver me?

Shall I ever praise Thee again?

Touch the other side of agony?

 

O Father, speak Your word   but not in tones of anger

O LORD, heal my soul  of this anguish of mine

Whose way is ever pleasing  to Thee, O Father, holy?

Mercy, this child is fainting  for love’s restoring touch

 

Shall I ever praise Thee again?

See Your love deliver me?

Shall I ever praise Thee again?

Touch the other side of agony?

 

Yes, the LORD does hear my prayer and now I hear them fleeing

My taunting enemies  are like night o’ercome by day

The grave shall not receive me,  fresh reason to extol Thee

Faith has found its vict’ry in God Most High!

 

  I shall ever praise Thee, my Friend

Your love e’er be my story!

  I shall ever praise Thee, my Friend

This contest won Thee glory

To Thee be all the glory!

 

 

Close To You  (2010)

 

C            Fmaj7     C

Close to You, my King

C             F        G6

Close in everything

C             F             C

Close to hear You sing

C                            Fmaj7      C

‘Neath the shadow  of  Your wing

 

C          Fmaj7       C

Closer  than   before

C          F                G6

Closer more and more

C         F              C

Closer to Your shore

C                Fmaj7     C

My heart no longer sore

 

 

 

 

 

Strength of Every Believer’s Heart (2007?)

 

                                           D                               G         D

Strength of every believer’s heart   

                                            D                              G           D

Strength of every believer’s heart

                                        D    A             D         D    A            D

Be mine, be mine     Be mine, be mine

                                          G                  A                         D

In this weak time, O Lord, be mine!

 

                                            D             A            G             A

Yours the promise, Yours the might

                                               D            A         G              A

Mine the trust, together we fight

                                                            B#m  F#m     G           A

So may Your Spir – it   of righteousness

                                                      B#m  F#m   G                   A

Yes, Your Spir – it,   O conquering Christ

                                       Em    A      Em  A                           D

Help me   put this    temptation to flight

 

 

Jasper, His Praises Sound  (2006)

   

          D                 A                G                       D

Hallelujah  Hallelujah  Hallelujah    God is good!  {2x}

            A                      D

In the morning, in the evening

                       Bm     D              A

Praise Him always through the year

D              A                                    Bm

Sun and moon now, woods and mountains

                  D                    A

With your praises fill His ear!

(chorus)

           A             D                   Bm          

From Roche a Perdrix to the Icefields

               D                                A

Maligne canyon to Rampart’s crown

D          A                         Bm

Miette Hotsprings, rivers falling

             D                            A

O this Jasper His praises sound!!  (chorus)

 

Perfect Love (1 John 4:18  2006)

 

                          D                  C                     D                             C                   D

Perfect love bids us draw near   Perfect love casts out all fear

                        D                   C                D                             C     G                A

Security and sonship are ours      In the Spirit we shine as the stars

                          D                  C                     D                             C                   D

Perfect love bids us draw near   Perfect love casts out all fear

                           D                     C                   D                             C         G     A

Consider anew redemption’s price    all for Love Christ’s sacrifice

                          D                  C                     D                             C                   D

Perfect love bids us draw near   Perfect love casts out all fear

                         D                           C                   D                              C         G   A

Marooned, forlorn no longer are we   clutched within God’s family

                          D                  C                     D                             C                   D

Perfect love bids us draw near   Perfect love casts out all fear

(Bridge)

                                        D                         C  D         D                        G

In hope and joy and unity     In courage and in power

                               A                     G        D                             A        C   D

We have access to the Father     Each day and every hour (2x)

                                    E                   D             E                                      A

In triumph over flesh and world in vict’ry o’er dark realms

                                      B                    A          E                   B   D         E

We sail on salvation’s sea   our Captain at the helm

                          E                   D                    E                              D                   E

Perfect love bids us draw near   Perfect love casts out all fear

                    E                          D                 E                                    D       A          BB   AE AD AE AD AE C D                                                                                                               

Come ye sinners touched by grace   seek ye now the Bridegroom’s face

                          D                  C                     D                             C                   D

Perfect love bids us draw near   Perfect love casts out all fear

                    D                                C                  D                                       C         G   A 

No longer ashamed, our feet we don’t see    our heads are lifted t’ward eternity

                          D                  C                     D                             C                   D

Perfect love bids us draw near   Perfect love casts out all fear

 

 

Hand on My Shoulder  (2010)

 

   D                 G                  A                   D

O Master, O Saviour, Redeemer and Friend

       D                        G             A                        D

Of faith - the true Object, of searching – the end

 

       A                                     G

O hand on my shoulder,   O kiss on my head

          A                    G               A      D

With You the living, until You – just dead

 

    D                 G                 A                   D

O Master, O Saviour, Redeemer and Friend

       D                       G               A                        D

Of faith - the true Object, of searching – the end

 

      A                                  G

O Big Dipper Dancer,  O Sunbeam in Rain

     A                                             G            A    D

Crossed out our darkness with blood and in pain

       A                                   G

O Whisper at Midnight,  O Red Sheep of Shame

            A                                      G          A     D

The earth will acknowledge that Love to us came

 

     D                G                 A                   D

O Master, O Saviour, Redeemer and Friend

       D                       G               A                       D

Of faith - the true Object, of searching – the end

 

       A                                      G

O Pilgrim amongst us,  dear Jesus, by name

  A                                            G          A    D

We gladly acknowledge Your Love to us came  (repeat last verse)

 

Lord of the Rockies

 

                                 A

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the Rockies’ one true Lord

                           D                                                       A

He is tromping down the Icefields where three rivers they are stored

                  E7        A  

‘Faith’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Love’ their names and in Christ Jesus all explored

                                               A7   Bm       A     E7      A

The King is coming to Jasper!

 

                                A                                       D                              A

Glory, glory, hallelujah!   Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Glory, glory coming to ya!

                                            A7            Bm          A     E7       A

From the Rockies’ one true Lord!

 

                                A

He is paddling up Love’s river which the Father has outpoured

                               D                                                      A

The forests sound with bugling elk, they recognize their Lord

                              E7    A  

He’s loaded to gunwales with mercy from His horde

                                               A7   Bm      A    E7        A

The King is coming to Jasper!

 

                                A                                       D                              A

Glory, glory, hallelujah!   Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Glory, glory coming to ya!

                                            A7            Bm          A     E7       A

From the Rockies’ one true Lord!

                                      A

I have seen Him in the rapids and the foam of His pursuit

                                   D                                                  A

With saints and angels flanking Him in birch bark canoes

                      E7    A  

He scans the banks and rocky shoals for any who love Truth

                                               A7   Bm       A   E7        A

The King is coming to Jasper!

 

                                A                                       D                              A

Glory, glory, hallelujah!   Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Glory, glory coming to ya!

                                            A7            Bm          A     E7       A

From the Rockies’ one true Lord!

                                      A

His Spirit goes before Him like the echo of the loon

                               D                                                   A

He shines above My Whistlers in the stars and in the moon

                            E7      A  

By the sign of the aurora He prepares us for the Groom

                                               A7   Bm      A    E7        A

The King is coming to Jasper!

 

                                A                                       D                              A

Glory, glory, hallelujah!   Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Glory, glory coming to ya!

                                            A7            Bm          A     E7       A

From the Rockies’ one true Lord!

                                                

                                   A

He has landed near the townsite and has portaged up the hill

                        D                                                              A

I yearn this town would welcome Him and feel the Church’s thrill

                        E7         A  

For the dear Lord of the Rockies every heart here can fulfill

                                              A7   Bm        A      E7     A

 King Jesus come reign over us!

 

Chorus

 

 

Renewal Song  (capo 5, 2007)

 

D                 D1                 D                    D1

Father, Thy will be done, on earth by at least this one

Em7            A      Em7               A

I’m coming back, I’ve been off-track

                           D

Lord, please forgive me

 

D                        D1                     D                            D1

Lord, You’re the King of Kings/ Means a change for me and my things

Em7                    A       Em7                        A

You own my loyalty,    You who shed Your blood for me

                                         D

What game have I been playing at?

 

A                    Em7  G            A

You are the ever-merciful God  (2x)

A                          Em7          G                     A

But You are the Judge before whom I’ll stand

A                                Em7        G                  A

Will faith, hope and love be found in my hand

                                                D           D1

From my time in this land?   Hoo-hooo

 

D                                    D1                      D                                  D1

Lord, I’ve not been hot or cold/ my birthright I had nearly sold

Em7                                            A            Em7                                      A

Jesus, Master – not mere helper/ not my good, but Your better

                          D

Your way is best

 

 

 

 

 D                                         D1                          D                                           D1

There’s a battle that must be fought, by Your Church, by all You’ve bought

Em7                            A   Em7                               A

There’s a race but I’ve been hindered, which through faith I have entered

                                         D

It’s time to break a sweat

 

A                      Em7   G                A

You are the ever-merciful God  (2x)

A                                Em7          G                             A

But You are the Judge before whom I’ll stand

A                                         Em7        G                        A

Will faith, hope and love be found in my hand

                                                D           D1

From my time in this land?   Hoo-hooo

 

D                    D1                    D                          D1

Not just a perky song/ Lord, how my heart does long

Em7                    A                        Em7                        A

To make this solemn vow: “I surrender all right now!”

                                           D

You’ve renewed my spirit

A                      Em7   G                A

You are the ever-merciful God  (2x)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lion of Judah, the Lion of Jasper  (2005)

 

                                          Dsus               D    Dsus                   D

The mountains are His, they declare His glory

                                      Dsus                 D        Dsus              D

Stupendous You are, a Rock that is worthy

                                           F#m         Bm         E                  A

To be set in this ring tho’ broken and tarnished

                                    F#m            Bm                         E                A

The lives of this town which You’re seeking to mend

 

                                                 Dsus        D    Dsus           D

The rivers are His, symbols of purity

                                           Dsus       D       Dsus             D

Holy You are, a Drink that is worthy

                                       F#m              Bm            E                  A

To be poured in this cup    tho’ broken and tarnished

                                F#m            Bm                             E           D     A

The thirst of our town which You’re determined to quench

 

                                    A  E    D   A            D      A                     Bm

O let this valley be lifted up – ascend higher

                   D

(go higher and higher!)

                                                                  E                          D  A

Borne on the praises offered to You

                                   A  E    D       A           D   A                      Bm

O let these clouds dissipate come shine on us

                             D

(come clearer and clearer!)

                                                                E                            D   A

Beams the reveal Freedom and Truth

 

 

                                       A   E    D               D                   A                    

For we sing it with joy and with trembling

    Bm            D

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

                                       A     D   E                   D                  A

We announce with a shout and a whisper

                                                              Bm          D

Jesus! O Jesus!

                             E         A

Yes, the very great Lion of Judah

                                                 Bm                 F#m                    E

Through our tears and our prayers and our yearnings

                                Dsus   D            Dsus   D          Dsus     D

Is     becoming,   Is becoming   Has become now

                A

The Lion of Jasper

(repeat last 2 lines, then repeat chorus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus, Come (2004)

 

D

When the room is cold  and the Spring’s not here

And I’m left alone  with my pain and fear

 

C                         D         C                    G         D

Jesus, come again    Jesus, come once more

D

When I wind my way   on a mountain trail

And the sun I seek    turns to sleet and hail

 

C                         D        C                    G         D

Jesus, come again    Jesus, come once more

 

D

When my eyes sting   due to this world’s smoke

And the light shows haze   I’ll lean on what You spoke

 

 C                                               D

“I shan’t leave you an orphan alone

C                                                D

My child I hear every cry and moan”

 

G                                    A        D

You are Jesus and You have come

G                                             A                D

You’re my saviour, You shall come once more

C                                       D

And I’ll be with You in the end

 

    

G                              C              A      D

An eternity with my King and Friend!

D

When the North wind blows and the gardens fade

I will wait on You and be glad I prayed …

C                        D          C                   G        D

Jesus, come again    Jesus, come once more

C                         D        C                      G     D

Jesus, come again    Jesus Christ evermore

 

G                                     A        D

You are Jesus and You have come

G                                             A                D

You’re my saviour, You shall come once more

 

  C                                              D

“I shan’t leave you an orphan alone {2x}

G (D)       C(G)                    D               G                             

My child I go” {3x}    to prepare you a home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank You, Lord  (2024)

                                                                     

                                                          Em              A

Thank You, Lord,

                                                            Em                     A

For Your grace, for Your grace

                                                     Em                    A

That we who have spurned You

                                                           Em                  A

Can yet see Your face

                                                            C                   Asus A

The countenance divine

                                                           C                   Asus A

That on contrition shines

 

 

 

                                                          Em                 A

Thank You, Lord

                                                              Em                    A

For Your love, for Your love

                                                       Em               A

The pilgrim’s provision

                                                               Em                 A

From our homeland above

                                                      C                             Asus A

The Father who calls our name

                                                    C                               Asus A

On this path away from shame

 

                                                       

 

 

                                                          Em               A

Thank You, Lord

                                                             Em                    A

For Your touch, for Your touch

                                                           Em                 A

That we who are fretful

                                                               Em             A

And worry so much

                                                          C                      Asus A

Can rest in Your presence

                                                             C                Asus A

The fruit of repentance

                                                           C                        Asus A

Can rest in Your presence

                                                       C                      Asus A   D

Rest in Your presence

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