Hymn Chords

194. Sing We of the Modern City

Em             Am6    B7
Sing we of the modern city,

Em          C  Am7     B2 B
Scene alike of joy and stress;

Em             Am6      B7
Sing we of its nameless people

Em          C    Em  B7  Em
In their ur-ban  wil-der-ness.

E        C#m  F#m     B7
Into end-less rows of houses

E           C#m A  F#m  B2 B
Life is set a  mil-lion-fold,

E              C#m F#m  B7
Life expressed in human beings

E          C#m7 E   B7  E
Daily born and grow-ing old.


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
Sing we of the modern city,
Scene alike of joy and stress;
Sing we of its nameless people
In their urban wilderness.
Into endless rows of houses
Life is set a million-fold,
Life expressed in human beings
Daily born and growing old.

[Verse 2]
In the city full of people,
World of speed and hectic days,
In the ever-changing setting
Of the latest trend and craze,
Christ is present, and among us;
In the crowd we see Him stand.
In the bustle of the city
Jesus Christ is every man.

[Verse 3]
God is not remote in heaven,
But on earth to share our shame,
Changing graph and mass and number
Into persons with a name.
Christ has shown, beyond statistics,
Human life with glory crowned,
By His timeless presence proving
People matter, people count!