O Sacred Head Now Wounded

Intro: Am  F | Am  C  G

   F               G   C          Am        E             Am
O sacred head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down,
    F            G    C          Am      E        Am
Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown.
   G     F          C           F                  Am
O sacred head, what glory, what bliss till now was Thine.
     G        C          D  G     F      G        Am
Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine.

Interludes: Am  C  G


   F                      G   C        Am       E       Am
What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners' gain.
      F          G      C        Am        E      Am
Mine was the transgression, but Thine the deadly pain.
    G       F        C           F               Am
Lo, here I fall, my Savior, 'Tis I deserve Thy place;
     G      C       D  G        F       G       Am
Look on me with Thy favor, and grant to me Thy grace.


   F                  G   C      Am         E        Am
What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest Friend,
     F              G   C       Am     E      Am
for this, thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end.
    G        F      C           F                Am
Oh, make me thine forever, and should I fainting be,
      G       C     D G      F        G       Am
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to thee.


    F                 G  C    Am        E      Am
The joy can never be spoken, above all joys beside,
     F           G   C    Am        E      Am
When in Thy body broken I thus with safety hide.
   G       F      C          F            Am
O Lord of Life, desiring Thy glory now to see,
  G          C    D   G          F         G      Am
Beside Thy cross expiring, I’d breathe my soul to Thee.