I SOUGHT THE LORD AND AFTERWARD I KNEW
   Words: anonymous, 1878
   Tune: Finlandia, Jean Sibelious, 1899
 
   D    A      Bm    G     D   A     B   G    A   A----D
1  I    Sought the   Lord, and af  - ter-ward I   knew-ew
2  Thou didst  reach forth Thy hand  and mine en -fo---old;
3  I    find,  I     walk, I   love, but O    the who--ole
 
   D  A      Bm  G    D   A    Bm    G     A     D
1  He moved  my  soul to  seek him,  seek -ing   me;
2  I  walked and sank not on   the   storm-vexed sea;
3  Of love   is  but  my  an - swer, Lord, to    Thee;
 
   (D)            Bm            D         A    A---Em
1   It  was  not  I that found, O Sav  -  iour tru-ue;
2  'Twas not  so  much that  I  on Thee   took ho--old,
3   For Thou wert long   before-hand with my   so--oul,
 
   (Em)D      A    D          D---A    F#
1  No, I      was  found, was fou-ound of Thee.
2  As  Thou,  dear Lord,  on  me--e,   on me.
3  A - lways, a  - lways Thou lo--ov - edst me.
 
    D             Bm            D         A    A---Em
1   It  was  not  I that found, O Sav  -  iour tru-ue;
2  'Twas not  so  much that  I  on Thee   took ho--old,
3   For Thou wert long   before-hand with my   so--oul,
 
   (Em)D      A    D          D---A    D
1  No, I      was  found, was fou-ound of Thee.
2  As  Thou,  dear Lord,  on  me--e,   on me.
3  A - lways, a  - lways Thou lo--ov - edst me.

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