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Chords and Lyrics for It Is Well With My Soul

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Music by Philip Bliss
Words by Horatio Spafford

VERSE 1

C                     G7  C G7         C 
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

     Am                G  D    G 
When sorrows, like sea billows roll;

G7  C       F         A7   Dm        D7 G 
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, 

       C        F  C    G7      C 
"It is well, it is well with my soul." 

          G                C 
It is well__ with my soul.___

      F           C    G       C 
It is well, it is well with my soul. 

  
VERSE 2

C                      G7   C      G7            C 
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,

    Am              G    D  G 
Let this blest assurance control,

G7   C             F      A7 Dm       D7 G 
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,

         C        F   C     G7     C 
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

          G                C 
It is well__ with my soul.___

      F           C    G       C 
It is well, it is well with my soul. 

  
VERSE 3

C                    G7 C    G7       C 
My sin, O, the bliss of this glorious thought!

   Am               G   D   G 
My sin, not in part but the whole,

G7 C             F          A7 Dm      D7 G 
Is nailed to His cross, and I  bear it no more,

           C            F   C     G7   C 
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

          G                C 
It is well__ with my soul.___

      F           C    G       C 
It is well, it is well with my soul. 

  
VERSE 4

C                        G7   C   G7             C 
And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,

    Am                    G  D G 
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,

G7  C             F          A7  Dm         D7 G 
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, 

      C       F  C    G7      C 
"Even so," it is well with my soul.

          G                C 
It is well__ with my soul.___

      F           C    G       C 
It is well, it is well with my soul. 

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