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Jesus The Very Thought Of Thee by Misc Praise Songs/Bernard of Clairvaux, Edward Caswall & John Bacchus Dykes Jesus The Very Thought Of Thee Tuning:E A D G B E Capo:no capo [Verse 1] G D C D G Jesus, the very thought of Thee, G A D With sweetness fills my breast; C D A D But sweeter far Thy face to see, G C G D G And in Thy presence rest. [Verse 2] G D C D G No voice can sing, no heart can frame, G A D Nor can the mem’ry find C D A D A sweeter sound than Jesus’ name, G C G D G The Saviour of mankind. [Verse 3] G D C D G O hope of every contrite heart! G A D O joy of all the meek, C D A D To those who fall, how kind Thou art! G C G D G How good to those who seek! [Verse 4] G D C D G But what to those who find? Ah! This G A D Nor tongue nor pen can show; C D A D The love of Jesus—what it is, G C G D G None but His loved ones know. [Verse 5] G D C D G Jesus, our only joy be Thou, G A D As Thou our prize wilt be; C D A D In Thee be all our glory now, G C G D G And through E-ter-ni-ty ------------------ version 2 Tuning:E A D G B E Key:G Capo:no capo [Verse 1] G G/B Am/C G/B Am D G Jesus, the ve - ry. thought of thee D7/A G D G A7/E D With sweetness fills the breast; A Fdim7/A G#dim/A Am A D C#dim/D D D/C But sweet - er far thy face to see, G/B C9 C/E G/D D7 G And in thy pre - sence rest. [Verse 2] G G/B Am/C G/B Am D G O hope of ev - ery contrite heart, D7/A G D G A7/E D O joy of all the meek, A Fdim7/A G#dim/A Am A D C#dim/D D D/C to those who fall, how kind thou art! G/B C9 C/E G/D D G How good to those who seek! [Verse 3] G G/B Am/C G/B Am D G But what to those who find? Ah, this D7/A G D G A7/E D Nor tongue nor pen can show; A Fdim7/A G#dim/A Am A D C#dim/D D D/C the love. of Jesus, what it is, G/B C9 C/E G/D D7 G None but his loved ones know. [Verse 4] G G/B Am/C G/B Am D G Jesus, our on - ly joy be thou, D7/A G D G A7/E D As thou our prize wilt be; A Fdim7/A G#dim/A Am A D C#dim/D D D/C Je - sus, be thou our glo - ry now, G/B C9 C/E G/D D7 G And through e - ter - ni - ty. [Outro] C G A - MEN. ------------------ version 3 Tuning:E A D G B E Capo:4th fret [Intro] D A G A7 D E7sus4 B11 A7 A7 A5 G6 Em6add9 A7 D [Verse 1] D Dmaj9 G A7 D Jesus, the very thought of thee E7sus4 B11 A7 With sweetness fills my breast; A7 A5 But sweeter far thy face to see G6 Em6add9 A7 D And in thy presence rest. [Verse 2] D A G A7 D Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, E7sus4 B11 A7 Nor can the mem’ry find A7 A5 A sweeter sound than thy blest name, G6 Em6add9 A7 D O Savior of mankind! [Bridge] D A G A7 D E7sus4 B11 A7 A7 A5 G6 Em6add9 A7 D [Verse 3] D A G A7 D O hope of ev’ry contrite heart, E7sus4 B11 A7 O joy of all the meek, A7 A5 To those who fall, how kind thou art! G6 Em6add9 A7 D How good to those who seek! [Verse 4] D A G A7 D Jesus, our only joy be thou, E7sus4 B11 A7 As thou our prize wilt be; A7 A5 Jesus, be thou our glory now, G6 Em6add9 A7 D And thru eternity. ------------------ version 4 Tuning:E A D G B E Key:F Capo:3rd fret [Verse 1] D G Em A D Jesus, the ve - ry thought of thee A D A D E7 A With sweetness fills the breast; Em B/E Em E7 A E7 A But sweet - er far thy face to see, D G D/A A7 D And in thy pre - sence rest. [Verse 2] D G Em A D O hope of ev - ery contrite heart, A D A D E7 A O joy of all the meek, Em B/E Em E7 A E7 A to those who fall, how kind thou art! D G D/A A7 D How good to those who seek! [Verse 3] D G Em A D But what to those who find? Ah, this A D A D E7 A Nor tongue nor pen can show; Em B/E Em E7 A E7 A the love of Je - sus, what it is, D G D/A A7 D None but his loved ones know. [Verse 4] D G Em A D Jesus, our on - ly joy be thou, A D A D E7 A As thou our prize wilt be; Em B/E Em E7 A E7 A Je - sus, be thou our glo- ry now, D G D/A A7 D And through e - ter - ni - ty. ----------