Am                         Cmaj7
Since disappointment and despair
Am                         Cmaj7
The vainness of al hopes declare
Am                             Cmaj7
Since toss'd upon this restless main
Am                                Cmaj7
I strive 'gainst wind and waves in vain
Am                          Cmaj7
The more I struggle for the shore
Am                         Cmaj7
Misfortunes overwhelm the more
Am                         Cmaj7
Then since I struggle to maintain
Am                         Cmaj7
And strive alas to live in vain
Am                                 Cmaj7
I'll hope no more--since prov'd and tried
Am                         Cmaj7
The feeble light she once supplied
Am                      Cmaj7
Resembled but a taper's ray
Am                       Cmaj7
That only burns to die away
Am                            Cmaj7
And leave one lost in endless night
Am                          Cmaj7
(My follies but exposed to sight)
Am                          Cmaj7
Then come misfortunes as you will
Am                         Cmaj7
Oppressions sink we lower still
Am                           Cmaj7
Haste keen despair and urge my doom
Am                             Cmaj7
And all that haunt the wretched come
Am                            Cmaj7
Fate from my heart all fears expunge
Am                           Cmaj7
I stand resolv'd to take the plunge
Am                         Cmaj7
Oh thou great Being who resides
Am                         Cmaj7
Far above where yon ether glides
Am                         Cmaj7
Whose power almighty piercing eye
Am                           Cmaj7
Marks all on earth in air and sky
Am                            Cmaj7
Who oft (such care we ought to praise)
Am                             Cmaj7
This sand-grain call'd a world surveys
Am                         Cmaj7
Nor deems unworthy of thy care
Am                         Cmaj7
Vain men as worthless as we are
Am                         Cmaj7
Wh ooft with liberal hands bestows
Am                      Cmaj7
Thy guiding mercy here below
Am                         Cmaj7
And while our sins so multiply
Am                              Cmaj7
Like mountains heap'd before thee lie
Am                         Cmaj7
So loath - so tempted to chastize
Am                         Cmaj7
And then to bless us in disguise
Am                          Cmaj7
To disappoint our restless schemes
Am                          Cmaj7
Our airy hopes and foolish dreams
Am                         Cmaj7
Is but to prove the empty shew
Am                    Cmaj7
Or painting happiness below
Am                             Cmaj7
Oh thou that hears the wretched call
Am
Thou universal friend to all...