O SACRED HEAD NOW WOUNDED
Available worship resources for O Sacred Head Now Wounded include: chord chart, multitrack, backing track, lyric video, and streaming. This hymn was written by Bernard of Clairvaux, 1153. Modern arrangement and recording by Nathan Drake, Reawaken Hymns. CCLI# 7197465
FULL BAND
O Sacred Head Now Wounded Chords
from "Hymns of the Son"
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Intro: Am F
Am C G
F G C
O sacred head, now wounded,
Am E Am
With grief and shame weighed down.
F G C
Now scornfully surrounded
Am E Am
With thorns, Thine only crown.
G F C
O sacred head, what glory,
F Am
What bliss till now was Thine.
G C D
Yet, though despised and gory,
F G Am
I joy to call Thee mine.
INTERLUDES: Am C G
F G C
What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered,
Am E Am
Was all for sinners' gain.
F G C
Mine, mine was the transgression,
Am E Am
But Thine the deadly pain.
G F C
Lo, here I fall, my Savior
F Am
'Tis I deserve Thy place;
G C D G
Look on me with Thy favor,
F G Am
and grant to me Thy grace.
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F G C
What language shall I borrow
Am E Am
to thank thee, dearest Friend,
F G C
for this, thy dying sorrow,
Am E Am
thy pity without end.
G F C
Oh, make me thine forever,
F Am
and should I fainting be,
G C D
Lord, let me never, never
F G Am
outlive my love to thee.
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F G C
The joy can never be spoken,
Am E Am
Above all joys beside,
F G C
When in Thy body broken
Am E Am
I thus with safety hide.
G F C
O Lord of Life, desiring
F Am
Thy glory now to see,
G C D G
Beside Thy cross expiring,
F G Am
I’d breathe my soul to Thee.
ACOUSTIC
O Sacred Head Now Wounded Chords (Acoustic)
Intro - Am
F G C
O sacred Head, now wounded,
Am E Am
With grief and shame weighed down,
F G C
Now scornfully surrounded
Am E Am
With thorns, Thine only crown.
G F C
O sacred Head, what glory,
F Am
What bliss till now was Thine!
G C D G
Yet, though despised and gory,
F G Am
I joy to call Thee mine.
F G C
What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered,
Am E Am
Was all for sinners' gain;
F G C
My sin was the transgression,
Am E Am
But Thine the deadly pain:
G F C
Lo, here I fall, my Savior!
F Am
'Tis I deserve Thy place;
G C D G
Look on me with Thy favor,
F G Am
Vouchsafe to me Thy grace.
F G C
The joy can never be spoken,
Am E Am
above all joys beside,
F G C
When in Thy body broken
Am E Am
I thus with safety hide.
G F C
O Lord of Life, desiring
F Am
Thy glory now to see,
G C D G
Beside Thy cross expiring,
F G Am
I’d breathe my soul to Thee
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