God of Our Yesterdays

Intro: 

Em7  D/F#  G   C  x2  

Verse 1: 

                    Em7 

When we were in the darkest night 

    D/F#            G               C 

And wondered if our eyes would ever see the light 

You were there, Lord 

                    Em7 

When we were in the stormy gale 

    D/F#             G            C 

And wondered if we’d ever live in peace again 

You were there, Lord 

Pre-chorus 1: 

                      Am 

You were there in the struggle 

                      G/B 

You were there in the fight 

                       C        D 

You were there all the time

 

Chorus 1: 

          G 

We praise You – the God of our yesterdays 

     Em7 

We praise You – the God who is here today 

     A                  Am Bm   C  

We praise You – our God as tomorrow comes

 

Verse 2: 

So whatever lies ahead 

Whatever roads our grateful hearts will come to tread 

You’ll be there, Lord 

We will fix our eyes on You 

And know that there is grace enough to see us through 

You’ll be there, Lord 

Pre-chorus 2: 

You’ll be there in the struggle 

You’ll be there in the fight 

You’ll be there all the time

 

Chorus 2: 

          G 

We praise You – the God of our yesterdays 

          Em7 

We praise You – the God who is here today 

          A                  Am Bm    

We praise You – our God as tomorrow comes

 

         G 

We thank You – for grace in our yesterdays 

         Em7 

We thank You – for peace in our hearts today 

         A                   Am Bm   C 

We thank You – for joy, as tomorrow comes 

        Am7   Bm    C 

We will trust You, God

 

Bridge: 

                             G 

You’re always closer than we know 

C                              Em7 

Always more involved and in control 

C                           G 

We will trust our lives to You 

    C                            D 

The One who was and is and is to come