O SACRED HEAD NOW WOUNDED
   Words: Bernard of Clairveaux
   Tune: Passion Chorale by Hans Leo Hassler
   Season: Lent, Holy Week, Good Friday

   C    F     Am7/E Dm7/A C    F6  G    C
1  O    sa  - cred  head, now  wou-ound-ed,
2  What Thou, my    Lord  hast su--uf - fered
3  What lan - guage shall I    bo--or - row

   E    Am    C     Em    E       Am
1  With grief and   shame weighed down;
2  Was  all   for   sin - ners'   gain;
3  To   thank Thee, dear -est     Friend,

   C     F     Am7/E Dm7/A C     F6  G    C
1  Now   scorn-ful - ly    sur - rou-ound-ed
2  Mine, mine  was   the   trans-gre-es - sion,
3  For   this  Thy   dy  - ing   so--or - row,

   E    Am      C     Em   E   Am
1  With thorns, Thine on - ly  crown;
2  But  Thine   the   dead-ly  pain.
3  Thy  pi   -  ty    with-out end?

   Am  G/D  Em   F     G    Csus4* C
1  How art  Thou pale  with an  -  guish,
2  Lo, here I    fall, my   Sav  - ior,
3  O   make me   Thine for  ev  -  er;

   (C)  F      C  Dm7   F   A
1  With sore   a -buse  and scorn;
2  ‘Tis I      de-serve Thy place
3  And, should I  faint-ing be,

   D7    G-Gsus4 Em7  Am   G   F - D  G/B
1  How   does    that vis -age la-an -guish,
2  Look  on      me   with thy fa--a -vor,
3  Lord, let     me   nev -er, ne--ev-er

   C     F/A  C/G Dm7    G   C
1  Which once was bright as  morn!
2  Vouch-safe to  me     Thy grace.
3  Out - live my  love   to  Thee.


 
Notes: This is a tough one! Probably better on a classical, or at 
       least in a classical style.

       All the chords with an alternate bass note (Am7/E, e.g.) follow
       the music I was looking at. You may leave out those bass notes
       if you want to focus on the upper part of the melody & harmony

 F6     xx3231
*Csus4  x32011 
 Play it this way (you'll recognize the "tag" once you try it).
  Csus4                C
  x32011 x32010 x32030 x32010
   1  &     2      &    3  &
  a---------a------an -guish

There are two bass note runs I do here's the tab for it:
Bass note run #1
e--0----0-----0-----0-----0--------0---
B--0----1-----1-----0--0--0--------1---
G--1----2-----0-----0--2--1--------2---
D--2----2-----2--0--2-----2--------2---
A--2----0--2--3-----x-----x--------0---
E--0----x-----------0-----x--------x---
   E    Am    C     Em    E       Am
   With grief and   shame weighed down;
(Also use this for "With thorns, Thine on - ly  crown;")

Bass note run #2
e---0---1----0--1-----1----0------------------------------------------------- 
B---1---1----1--1-----1----2------------------------------------------------- 
G---0---2----0--2-----2--0-2-------------------------------------------------- 
D---2---3----2--0--2--3----2-------------------------------------------------- 
A---3---3----3--x-----x----0------------------------------------------------- 
E---x---x----x--x-----x----x------------------------------------------------- 
   (C)  F    C  Dm7   F    A
   With sore a -buse  and  scorn;


Chords courtesy www.guitarhymns.com

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