The Love of God

(Frederick M. Lehman)
Key: D
Form: V1 – V2 – B – C

Turnaround: D G

Verse 1
D A D
The love of God is greater far, Than tongue or pen can ever tell
AG D
It goes beyond the highest star, And reaches to the lowest hell
G D A G D
The guilty pair bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win
G Bm A G
His erring child He reconciled, And pardoned from his sin

Verse 2
D A D
Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made
A G D
Were ev'ry stalk on earth a quill, And ev'ry man a scribe by trade
G D A G D
To write the love of God above, Would drain the ocean dry
G Bm A G
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Tho' stretched from sky to sky

Bridge:
D/F# G D/F# G D/F# G D/F# G F E
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Chorus 1
D/F# G D
O love of God how rich and pure
A G D
How measureless and strong
D/F# G A Bm
It shall forevermore endure
A G D
The saints' and angels' song