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   C  

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