How Can I Keep From Singing

D                G 
My life flows on in endless song 
  D                 A 
A-bove Earth's lamentation. 
  D                     G 
I hear the real, though far-off hymn 
     D       A      D 
That hails a new creation. 

  D               Bm 
A-bove the tumult and the strife 
  D               A 
I hear that music ringing. 
   D              G     D 
It sounds an echo in my soul; 
Bm        A         D 
How can I keep from singing? 

     D                  G 
What though the tempest loudly roars, 
  D                  A 
I hear the truth: it liveth! 
     D                     G 
What though the darkness 'round me close, 
      D       A       D 
Songs in the night it giveth. 

   D                  Bm 
No storm can shake my inmost calm 
  D                     A 
Whilst to that rock I'm clinging 
      D               G          D 
Since Love is Lord of Heaven and Earth 
Bm        A         D 
How can I keep from singing? 

     D                G 
When tyrants tremble, sick with fear 
    D                       A 
And hear their death-knells ringing; 
     D                     G 
When friends rejoice both far and near, 
    D     A         D 
How can I keep from singing? 

   D               Bm 
In prison cell and dungeon vile, 
  D                     A 
Our thoughts to them are winging. 
      D               G          D 
Since Love is Lord of Heaven and Earth 
Bm        A         D 
How can I keep from singing?