Sacris Solemnis

[Intro]
N.C
At this our solemn feast
Let holy joys abound
And from thy inmost place
Let songs of praise resound
 
[Instrumental]
 
C  Em  G Dm
Am  G  F  G
 
[Verse 1]
C                Em
Remembering that eve
G                    Dm
When the Last Supper spread
Am                G
Christ, as we all believe
    F                    G
The Lamb with leavenless bread
C                  Em
Among His brethren shared
G                Dm
And thus the law obeyed
Am              E    Am
Of all unto the sire declared
 
[Pre-Chorus]
    F          Dm
The typic Lamb consumed
    G           C
The legal Feast complete
    Dm            G
The Lord unto the twelve
    Am           C
His Body gave to eat
    Dm               G
The Whole to all, no less
    Em                F
The whole to each did meet
     Dm                E  Am
With His own hands, as we confess
 
[Chorus]
C      G         Am          F
Sacris Solemnis, iuncta sint gaudia
   C      G        Am         F
Et ex praecordiis, Sonent praeconia
  C      Bb      Am        F
Recedant vetera, nova sint omnia;
Am     G         F    C
Corda, voces, et opera
 
[Instrumental]
Am   G   F   C
 
[Verse 2]
C                      Em
He gave them, weak and frail
    G                 Dm
His Flesh and Food to be;
    Am                  G
On them who's joy would fail
    F              G
His Blood bestowed He;
    C               Em
And thus to them He spoke,
   G                   Dm
"Receive this Cup from me,
    Am            E     Am
And all of you of this partake"
 
[Pre-Chorus]
   F            Dm
So He this sacrifice
    G            C
To institute did will
    Dm                   G
And charged His priests alone
     Am          C
That office to fufill
   Dm          G
To them He did confide;
   Em               F
To whom it pertains still
   Dm            E    Am
To take, and the rest divide
 
[Chorus]
C      G         Am          F
Sacris Solemnis, iuncta sint gaudia
   C      G        Am         F
Et ex praecordiis, Sonent praeconia
  C      Bb      Am        F
Recedant vetera, nova sint omnia;
Am     G         F    C
Corda, voces, et opera
 
[Chorus]
C      G         Am          F
Sacris Solemnis, iuncta sint gaudia
   C      G        Am         F
Et ex praecordiis, Sonent praeconia
  C      Bb      Am        F
Recedant vetera, nova sint omnia;
Am     G         F    C
Corda, voces, et opera
 
Am     G         F    C
Corda, voces, et opera
 
[Outro](Ring out each chord)
 
Am  G  F  C