Gladness in My Heart — Nashville Number Chart Key: G major | 120 BPM | 4/4 4=C 5=D 6m=Em 1=G 2m=Am Public domain (CC0). Transcribed from the audio — verify by ear. ================================================== [Intro (hushed — one voice, a single strummed guitar)] 1 4 1 1 (Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness,) 6m 5 1 1 (Hear me in the falling night, and be near.) [Verse 1 (intimate, close to the mic)] 1 1 1 1 1 (When the day had pressed me small and the walls came closing in,) 1 1 1 1 1 (You enlarged me in my distress and gave me room again;) 6m 4 1 1 6m (So I lay my head down easy where the trouble used to be —) 1 1 1 1 1 (Commune, O my heart, be still, for the Lord has answered me.) [Verse 2] 6m 1 1 5 1 (O sons of men, how long will you go chasing after wind,) 1 4 1 4 (Turn my glory into shame and love the lie again?) 1 4 1 2m 5 (But the Lord has set the godly apart to be His own,) 5 1 1 4 1 (And He hears me when I call — I am never on my own.) [Pre-Chorus (building — the banjo begins to pick)] 4 1 2m 1 1 (There are many who are asking, "Will there be any good?") 1 4 1 4 4 (Lift the light of Your face upon us, be the sun above the wood;) 4 1 1 1 5 (And I've counted all their harvest, every barn and every vine —) 6m 1 1 5 6m (But I found a deeper gladness, and I'll shout it one more time:) [Chorus (explode — full band, kick-drum stomp, banjo, gang vocals)] 1 4 1 (You have put a gladness in my heart!) 2m 1 2m 1 (More than all their corn and all their wine!) 2m 4 1 6m 4 (More than any harvest that this world could gather in —) 4 1 6m (Oh, this joy in You is mine!) 4 4 5 (So stomp your feet and lift the sound,) 1 4 6m (Let the glad and holy noise resound —) 1 5 1 1 (You have put a gladness, gladness in my heart,) 1 1 6m (And it will not be torn apart!) [Verse 3 (drop back down — hushed, gentle again)] 5 1 5 1 6m (Stand in awe and turn from sin, lay your restless striving down,) 2m 5 5 5 4 (Commune with your heart in the dark, be still and make no sound;) 1 4 1 1 (Offer up the sacrifice of a right and humbled heart,) 4 1 5 4 1 (And put your trust in Him alone who set you here apart.) [Pre-Chorus 2 (building again)] 4 1 4 1 4 (Let the world go chase its vanity, let it run and let it roam,) 5 4 1 4 1 (I have found the only good there is, and He has made me home;) 4 6m 1 1 4 (For a field of grain will wither and a brimming cup runs dry —) 1 4 1 6m 1 (But this gladness that He gave me, it will never say goodbye.) [Bridge (from a whisper to a full-throated shout — stomp on every line)] 4 5 6m (More than corn — (more than corn!)) 4 1 4 (More than wine — (more than wine!)) 1 1 6m 4 (More than all the reaping hands could ever bind —) 1 4 1 (More than gold — (more than gold!)) 1 6m 5 (More than store — (more than store!)) 1 1 1 (You're the very gladness I was aching for!) 1 1 1 (Lift the light! Lift the light!) 1 1 1 (Let it break the coward night —) 1 1 1 (You have put a gladness in my heart,) 6m 4 1 (And it's brighter than the light!) [Breakdown (the band falls away — one voice, one guitar, gang vocals gather)] 1 6m 1 (No lock I own could guard this door,) 1 1 1 (No wall I built would hold the war,) 1 6m 1 (But You are watching through the night —) 1 5 1 1 (I will lay me down in peace (lay me down),) 4 1 4 1 (I will close my eyes and sleep (close and sleep),) 4 1 2m (For You only, Lord, You only) 5 5 (Make me dwell in safety.) [Final Chorus (soaring — everything wide open; softening at the last lines)] 1 1 4 (You have put a gladness in my heart,) 1 4 1 (More than the harvest, more than gold,) 2m 1 1 1 (More than their corn and all their wine —) 4 1 4 (A joy the whole wide world can't hold!) 4 4 1 (So I will lay me down in peace,) 1 1 5 (And I will sleep, and I will sleep,) 6m 1 1 (For You alone, O Lord, You keep,) 5 6m 1 (You only make me dwell in safety.) [Outro (everything settles — one voice, one guitar, the evening coming down)] 4 1 2m (So I lay me down in peace,) 1 2m 1 (And I close my eyes and sleep;) 2m 4 1 (For You only, Lord, You only) 6m 4 (Keep me.) 4 1 (Gladness... gladness in my heart.)