{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1505230,"song":"O My Father","artist":"LDS Hymns","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11277265-o-my-father-chords-by-lds-hymns/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1505230?type=chord","rating":4.97343,"votes":49,"content":" [Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nO my Father, thou that dwellest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the high and glorious place,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen shall I regain thy presence[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd again behold thy face?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn thy holy habitation,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDid my spirit once reside?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my first primeval childhood[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas I nurtured near thy side?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a wise and glorious purpose[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThou hast placed me here on earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd withheld the recollection[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf my former friends and birth;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYet ofttimes a secret something[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhispered, “You’re a stranger here,”[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I felt that I had wandered[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom a more exalted sphere.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had learned to call thee Father,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThru thy Spirit from on high,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut, until the key of knowledge[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas restored, I knew not why.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the heav’ns are parents single?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo, the thought makes reason stare![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTruth is reason; truth eternal[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTells me I’ve a mother there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I leave this frail existence,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I lay this mortal by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFather, Mother, may I meet you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn your royal courts on high?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen, at length, when I’ve completed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll you sent me forth to do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith your mutual approbation[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet me come and dwell with you.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["C","G","G7","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}