ROSE OF SHARON

Words and music: Thoro Harris

[Dad's key: (B)]

Capo: 1st fret

Verse 1
How it (A)charmed me and filled me with (E7)gladness;
In the beauty and Springtime of (A)youth.
When I wakened from sin and from (E7)sadness,
And my mind was illumined with (A)truth.
But when conflict and trial be(D)fall me,
When the (E7)storms of temptation as (A)sail,
When the foes of my soul would en(D)thrall me,
There's a (A)Flower that (B7)blooms in (E7)the (A)vale.

Chorus 1
Rose of (A)Sharon now blooming I (E7)see,
Rose of Sharon so precious to (A)me.
With my whole heart I sing, "Halle(D)lujah!"
Rose of (A)Sharon's o (B7)precious (E7)to (A)me.

Verse 2
Sinner, (A)haste thee to seek this fair (E7)Flower,
Ere the garden be shut to the (A)gate,
Ere the fateful and terrible (E7)hour
When the angel will say to you, "'Tis too (A)late.
For the Rose is transported to (D)Heaven,
And the (E7)Spirit thou grievedst a(A)way."
While this gift from God's beauty is (D)given,
Seek His (A)blest Rose of (B7)Sharon (E7)to(A)day.

Chorus 2
Rose of (A)Sharon, how beautiful my (E7)Flower,
Rose of Sharon so precious to (A)me.
With my whole heart I sing, "Halle(D)lujah!"
Rose of (A)Sharon now (B7)blooming (E7)in (A)me.

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