{"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":1960691,"song":"I Asked The Lord That I Might Grow","artist":"Misc Praise Songs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1960691-i-asked-the-lord-that-i-might-grow-chords-by-misc-praise-songs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1960691?type=chord","rating":4.95551,"votes":14,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G/C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nI asked the Lord that I might grow [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn faith and love and ev’ry grace, [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMight more of His salvation know, [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd seek more earnestly His face. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G/C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n‘Twas He who taught me thus to pray, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd He, I trust, has answered prayer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut it has been in such a way [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs almost drove me to despair. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hoped that in some favored hour [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt once He’d answer my request [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd, by His love’s constraining pow’r, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSubdue my sins and give me rest. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInstead of this, He made me feel [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe hidden evils of my heart [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd let the angry pow’rs of hell [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAssault my soul in ev’ry part. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G/C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYea, more with His own hand He seemed [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIntent to aggravate my woe, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCrossed all the fair designs I schemed, [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHumbled my heart and laid me low.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G/C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n “Lord, why is this,” I trembling cried; [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“Wilt Thou pursue Thy worm to death?” [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“’Tis in this way,” the Lord replied, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n“I answer prayer for grace and faith.” [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n“These inward trials I employ [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom self and pride to set thee free [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd break thy schemes of earthly joy [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat thou may’st find thy all in Me.”[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["G","G/C","Em","C","D","Dsus"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}