Christ Be Magnified

Intro (2x)
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[Verse 1]
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Were cre - ation suddenly ar - ticulate
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With a thousand tongues to lift one cry
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From north to south and east to west
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We’d hear Christ be magni - fied


[Intro]
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[Verse 2]
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Were the whole earth echoing His eminence
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His name would burst from sea and sky
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From rivers to the mountaintops
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We’d hear Christ be magni - fied


[Chorus]
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O Christ be mag – ni - fied
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Let His praise a - rise
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Christ be magni - fied in me
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O Christ be magni - fied
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From the altar of my life
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Christ be magni - fied in me

[Intro]
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[Verse 3]
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When every creature finds its inmost melody
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And every human heart its native cry
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Then in one enraptured hymn of praise
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We’ll sing Christ be magni - fied


[Chorus]
Ab          Bbm         Db
O Christ be mag – ni - fied
         Eb         Fm
Let His praise a - rise
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Christ be magni - fied in me
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O Christ be magni - fied
               Eb     Fm
From the altar of my life
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Christ be magni - fied in me


Interlude (2x)
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[Bridge]
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 I won’t bow to idols
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I’ll stand strong and worship You
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If it puts me through the fire
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I’ll re - joice cause You’re there too
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I won’t be formed by feelings
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I’ll hold fast to what is true
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‘Cause if the cross brings transformation
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You can hang me there with You
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‘Cause death is just the doorway
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Into resurrection life
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And if I join You in Your suffering
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then I’ll join You when You rise
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And when You return in glory
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With all the angels and the saints
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My heart will still be singing
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My song will be the same


[Chorus 2]
Ab          Bbm         Db
O Christ be mag – ni - fied
         Eb         Fm
Let His praise a - rise
          Eb       Db     Eb
Christ be magni - fied in me
Ab          Bbm       Db
O Christ be magni - fied
               Eb     Fm
From the altar of my life
           Eb      Db     Eb
Christ be magni - fied in me