Music and Words by Manoling V. Francisco SJ
Intro: C/G - AbM7/Bb - C/G - AbM7/Bb - C/G - AbM7/Bb
CM7 FM7
Deep within our hearts dwells
Esus4 Gm/A Am/G
the song of our destiny
FM7 Em7 Am7
Sung upon the world's completion
Dm7 C/E FM7 F6/G
when God laughed heartily
EbM7 AbM7 Gsus4 Bbm/C Cm/Bb
Draw into your heart and drink the song of creation
Ab Eb/G CM7 FM7 Eb/G Fm/D Gsus4
Unity and beauty, all that Yahweh meant to be
G/F Em7
The earth now moans a dirge,
Am7 Dm7
she cannot play her symphony
Gsus4 Fm7 Ab/Bb Gm7
Creation cannot sing as one
Cm7 Fm7 Ab/Bb
for man has lost his melody
Abm7 B/C#
A hungry child, a dying sea
GbM7 BM7
A naked forest, tribal enmity
Abm7 B/C#
All foretold man has lost his memory
Ab/Bb BM9 Ab/Bb
The song of his destiny
Refrain:
Ab/Bb
The whole world needs to sing and
Eb FM7 Bb7/F Eb/G Cm7
dance the song of all creation
Ab Eb/G
As God's one family
F#/E Ab/Eb
All people, earth and sky
Eb Fm7 Gm11
This is our chance to sing the song of creation,
Fm7 Eb/G AbM7 Ab/Bb Abm/Eb
The song of all people's salvation
C/G AbM7/Eb
CM7 FM7
Earth's a fading glory and
Esus4 Am
man's become her enemy
Am/G FM7 Em7 Am7
We haven't learned to live in peace
Dm7 C/E FM7 F6/G
with ocean, wind and trees
EbM7 AbM7 Gsus4 Bbm/C Cm/Eb
The Lord, our God Almighty hears the song of our misery
AbM7 Gm7 Cm7 Fm7 Eb/G Fm/D Gsus4
All His creatures great and small for delivery they call
G G/F Em7 Am7 Dm7 F/G
The song of our ancestry lies deep in our memory
Fm7 Ab/Bb Gm7 Cm7 Fm7 Ab/Bb
We still can sing along with all the earth her fading song
Abm7 B/C#
With mother river and father hill
GbM7 BM7
With brother eagle, sister daffodil
AbM7 B/C#
To sing as one as on the day the world began
Ab/Bb BM9 Ab/Bb
When Yahweh sang with man
(Repeat Refrain)
Bridge:
BM9
Listen to the strains
Ab/Bb
In your heart remains
BM9
The song of creation
Ab/Bb
The song of our salvation
(Repeat Refrain)
2017 | Catholic Songbook
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