Once I Prayed Lyrics

Once I Prayed (Helen McDowell*/Phil Keaggy)
(Transcribed by Dave Kitabjian, dave&mary@netcarrier.com
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Intro with fingering:
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Once I prayed -- I knew not what I said --
Em D/F# G Am7 G/B CM7 Am/D?
"Show me myself, O Lord!". Alas, I did not dread
The hideous sight which now I shudder to behold
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Because I knew not self aright.
And I was led in answer to my prayer
As step by step to see my wretched heart laid bare
Then I prayed "Stay, Lord, I cannot bear the sight!"
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And pityingly His hand was stayed, His hand was stayed.
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Now I pray -- I know the prayer is right --
"Show my Thyself, O Lord. Be to my soul the Bright
And Morning Star to shine upon the grave of self
And lead my heart from earth afar!" from earth afar.
*Lyrics by Helen McDowell from "The Continual Burnt Offering",
H. A. Ironside, Loizeaux Bros, 1941.
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