How Can I Keep From Singing (original Tuning)

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1.
D                  G      D      A               D  
My life goes on in endless song above earth's lamentation
           D             G       D           A             D
I hear the real, though far off hymn...that hails a new creation
                 F#m     Bm                  D                    A
Through all the tumult and the strife...I hear it's music ringing
             D    G      D               Bm       A   D
It sounds an echo in my soul, how can I keep from singing?

2.
 D                          G      D                 A         D   
But through the thempest loudly roars, I hear the truth, it liveth
                 D        G         D      Bm      A               D
What though the darkness round me close, songs in the night it giveth
               F#m       Bm                                      A
No storm can shake my inmost calm...while to that rock I'm clinging
                D       G           D              Bm    A     D   
Since Love is Lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing?

3.
D                          G      D                 A         D   
I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin, I see the blue above it
                 D        G         D      Bm      A               D
And day by day this pathway clears, since first I learned to love it
               F#m       Bm                                      A
The peace of God restores my soul, a fountain ever springing
                D       G           D              Bm    A     D   
All things are mine since I am loved...how can I keep from singing?

G   Bm   A   D   Bm   A   D   Bb7

4.
             Eb         Ab       Eb       Bb                      Eb
When tyrants tremble in their fear, and hear their death knoll ringing
             Eb         Ab       Eb              Cm      Bb    Eb
When friends rejoice both far and near, How can I keep from singing?
            Gm       Cm                 Eb                Bb        
In prison cell and dungeon vile our thoughts to them are winging.
              Eb         Ab   Eb                Cm    Bb    Eb          
When friends by shame are undefiled, how can I keep from singing?

Ab   Cm   Bb   Eb   Cm   Bb   Eb