I Love to Tell the Story (UMH #156)
Video
We will play it at a slightly faster tempo than this recording.
Chords
We’ll play this in the Key of G#. A guitarist can capo on the first fret and play it in G.
Lyrics
I love to tell the story
Of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory,
Of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story,
Because I know ’tis true;
It satisfies my longings
As nothing else can do.
[Chorus 1]
I love to tell the story,
’Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story
Of Jesus and His love.
[Verse 2]
I love to tell the story;
More wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies
Of all my golden dreams,
I love to tell the story,
It did so much for me;
And that is just the reason
I tell it now to thee.
[Chorus 2]
I love to tell the story,
’Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story
Of Jesus and His love.
[Verse 3]
I love to tell the story;
’Tis pleasant to repeat
What seems each time I tell it,
More wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story;
For some have never heard
The message of salvation
From God’s own holy Word.
I love to tell the story,
’Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story
Of Jesus and His love.
[Verse 4]
I love to tell the story;
For those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting
To hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory,
I sing the new, new song,
’Twill be the old, old story,
That I have loved so long.
[Chorus 4]
I love to tell the story,
’Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story
Of Jesus and His love.