Hymn Chords

255. I Cannot Tell Why

Bb Ab Bb  Eb   Bb7 Eb Ab   Eb     Ab
I can-not tell why He whom angels wor-ship

       Bb  Ab  Eb Fm7 Eb Cm Bb Eb      F7 Bbsus Bb
Should set His love    up-on the souls of men,

Bb7 Cm Bb Eb   Bb7  Eb Ab     Eb   Eb7 Ab        Eb Fm7
Or why as Shep-herd He should seek the wanderers,

Bb7 Ab   Fm7  Eb Cm Ab   Fm       Bb7     Eb Fm7 Eb Ab
To bring them back, they know not how nor when.

Bb7 Cm7  Bb7 Eb Fm7 Eb Gm7 Ab   Gm   Cm Eb Gm Cm7
But this I  know,   that He was born of Mary

Eb   Ab   G7      Cm Bb Cm Gm     Bb7 Gm7  Cm Bbsus Bb
When Beth-lehem’s man  -  ger was His on- ly  home,

Bb  Cm7  Bb Eb    G  Bb7 Eb Ab  Fm7 Eb Gm Cm Cm7 F7
And that He lived at Naz-a-reth and la - bored;

    Abm    Eb  Ab   Eb  Eb7 Fm Cm  Fm     Bb7 Eb
And so the Sav-ior, Sav-ior of the world, has come.


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
I cannot tell why He whom angels worship
Should set His love upon the souls of men,
Or why as Shepherd He should seek the wanderers,
To bring them back, they know not how nor when.
But this I know, that He was born of Mary
When Bethlehem’s manger was His only home,
And that He lived at Nazareth and labored;
And so the Savior, Savior of the world, has come.

[Verse 2]
I cannot tell how silently He suffered
As with His peace He graced this place of tears,
Nor how His heart upon the cross was broken,
The crown of pain to three and thirty years.
But this I know He heals the broken hearted
And stays our sin and calms our lurking fear,
And lifts the burden from the heavy laden;
For still the Savior, Savior of the world, is here.

[Verse 3]
I cannot tell how He will win the nations,
How He will claim His earthly heritage,
How satisfy the needs and aspirations
Of east and west, of sinner and of sage.
But this I know, all flesh shall see His glory,
And He shall reap the harvest He has sown,
And some glad day His sun will shine in splendour
When He the Savior, Savior, of the world, is known.

[Verse 4]
I cannot tell how all lands shall worship,
When at His bidding every storm is stilled,
Or who can say how great the jubilation
When all our hearts with love for Him are filled.
But this I know the skies shall sound His praises,
Ten thousand thousand human voices sing,
And earth to heaven, and heaven to earth will answer,
At last the Savior, Savior of the world, is King!