GOSPEL CANTICLE (BENEDICTUS)

C F Fsus4 F Dm Gm C F C

1. Blest be the God of Is ra el who comes to set us free and

2. With prom ised mer cy will God still the cov e nant re call, the
3. My child, as proph et of the Lord you will pre pare the way, to

F Fsus4 F Dm Gm C F

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1. rais es up new hope for us: a Branch for Da vid’s tree. So
2. oath once sworn to A bra ham from foes to save us all; that
3. tell God’s peo ple they are saved from sin’s e ter nal sway. Then

Am C F
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1. have the proph ets long de clared that with a might y arm God
2. we might wor ship with out fear and of fer lives of praise, in
3. shall God’s mer cy from on high shine forth and nev er cease to
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F Fsus4 F Dm Gm C sus 4 C F

1. would turn back our en e mies and all who wish us harm.
2. ho li ness and righ teous ness to serve God all our days.
3. drive a way the gloom of death and lead us in to peace.

Note: When guitar and keyboard play together, keyboardists should improvise using the guitar chords above the melody.

Text: CMD; based on Luke 1:68–71, 72–75, 76–79; adapt. by Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944, © 1989, Hope Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Music: FOREST GREEN; trad. English Melody; English Hymnal; adapt and arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872–1958, © Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Used with permission.

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 GOSPEL CANTICLE (BENEDICTUS)
C F Fsus4 F Dm Gm C F C
Capo 3: (A) (D) (Dsus4) (D) (Bm) (Em) (A) (D) (A)

1. Blest be the God of Is ra el who comes to set us free and

2. With prom ised mer cy will God still the cov e nant re call, the
3. My child, as proph et of the Lord you will pre pare the way, to

F Fsus4 F Dm Gm C F
(D) (Dsus4) (D) (Bm) (Em) (A) (D)

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1. rais es up new hope for us: a Branch for Da vid's tree. So
2. oath once sworn to A bra ham from foes to save us all; that
3. tell God's peo ple they are saved from sin's e ter nal sway. Then

Am
(F m)

1. have the proph

2. we might wor
3. shall God's mer
C
(A)

ets
ship
cy
F
(D)

long
with
from
iede
out
on
C
(A)

clared that
fear and
high shine
F/A
(D/F )

with a might y
of fer lives of
forth and nev er
Gm7
(Em7)
C Csus4 C
(A) (Asus4) (A)

arm God
praise, in
cease to
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F Fsus4 F Dm Gm Csus4 C F
(D) (Dsus4) (D) (Bm) (Em) (Asus4) (A) (D)

1. would turn back our en e mies and all who wish us harm.
2. ho li ness and righ teous ness to serve God all our days.
Pr

3. drive a way the gloom of death and lead us in to peace.

Note: When guitar and keyboard play together, keyboardists should improvise using the guitar chords above the melody.

Text: CMD; based on Luke 1:68–71, 72–75, 76–79; adapt. by Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944, © 1989, Hope Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Music: FOREST GREEN; trad. English Melody; adapt. and arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872–1958; guitar acc. © 2000, OCP. All rights reserved.

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 GOSPEL CANTICLE (BENEDICTUS)
C F Fsus4 F Dm Gm C F C
Capo 3: (A) (D) (Dsus4) (D) (Bm) (Em) (A) (D) (A)

1. Blest be the God of Is ra el who comes to set us free and

2. With prom ised mer cy will God still the cov e nant re call, the
3. My child, as proph et of the Lord you will pre pare the way, to

F Fsus4 F Dm Gm C F
(D) (Dsus4) (D) (Bm) (Em) (A) (D)

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1. rais es up new hope for us: a Branch for Da vid's tree. So
2. oath once sworn to A bra ham from foes to save us all; that
3. tell God's peo ple they are saved from sin's e ter nal sway. Then

Am
(F m)

1. have the proph

2. we might wor
3. shall God's mer
C
(A)

ets
ship
cy
F
(D)

long
with
from
iede
out
on
C
(A)

clared that
fear and
high shine
F/A
(D/F )

with a might y
of fer lives of
forth and nev er
Gm7
(Em7)
C Csus4 C
(A) (Asus4) (A)

arm God
praise, in
cease to
ev
F Fsus4 F Dm Gm Csus4 C F
(D) (Dsus4) (D) (Bm) (Em) (Asus4) (A) (D)

1. would turn back our en e mies and all who wish us harm.
2. ho li ness and righ teous ness to serve God all our days.
Pr

3. drive a way the gloom of death and lead us in to peace.

Note: When guitar and keyboard play together, keyboardists should improvise using the guitar chords above the melody.

Text: CMD; based on Luke 1:68–71, 72–75, 76–79; adapt. by Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944, © 1989, Hope Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Music: FOREST GREEN; trad. English Melody; adapt. and arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872–1958; guitar acc. © 2000, OCP. All rights reserved.

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 GOSPEL CANTICLE (BENEDICTUS)
TRUMPET in B

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Music: FOREST GREEN; trad. English Melody; arr. by Randall DeBruyn, b. 1947, © 1991, OCP. All rights reserved.

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