HE REIGNS
Ed’s preference = CAPO IV (V to match CD, III to match piano/bass arrangement)
(at beginning, only keyboard, bass, and drums)
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Peter Furler & Steve Taylor
© 2003 Ariose Music
It's the song of the redeemed rising from the African plain
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It's the song of the forgiven drowning out the Amazon rain
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The song of Asian believers filled with God's holy fire
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It's every tribe, every tongue, every nation, a love song born of a grateful choir
CHORUS (x2 – no counter melody – add all instruments)
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It's all God's children singin'
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Glory, glory, hallelujah
(counter melody: Every tribe, every tongue, every nation)
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He reigns, He reigns
(counter melody: Hallelujah, He reigns, hallelujah, He reigns)
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Let it rise above the four winds caught up in the heavenly sound
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Let praises echo from the towers of cathedrals to the faithful gathered underground
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Of all the songs sung from the dawn of creation some were meant to persist
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Of all the bells rung from a thousand steeples, none rings truer than this
CHORUS (x4 – with counter melody, then…)
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And all the powers of darkness tremble at what they've just heard
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’Cause all the powers of darkness can't drown out a single word
CHORUS (x2 – with counter melody, then…)
CHORUS 2 (x2 – with counter melody)
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All God's people sing out, glory, glory, hallelujah, He Reigns, He reigns
TAG (x2 – NO counter melody – only bass)
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Glory, glory, hallelujah, He Reigns, He reigns