The Unseen Hand

Words and Music by A.J. Sims

Arrangement by Jim E. Davis

Public Domain

Key: D^b/D/E^b

Verse I:

          G^b/A^b D^b G^b/D^b                      D^b     G^b/D^b

There is an  un     -     seen hand to me

        F⁷                   B^bm7   E^b7               B     A^b7

That leads through ways          I cannot see

          G^b/A^b D^b          G^b/D^b                   D^b        G^b/D^b

While going through          this world of woe

         A^b/G^b B/A^b B^bm7 E^b7/G      A^b7 D^b

This hand   still    leads          me as I go

Chorus:

 G^b/A^b           D^b2 F^m7 G^b6     F⁷         B^bm7            A^b    G^b  

(I’m trusting to)               the unseen hand (the unseen hand)

                          D^b2          A^b/D^b B^bm7/D^b  E^bm/D^b B^bm7

That guides me through (guides me                       through)

        E^b7     A^b     B^m/A^b A^b7

This weary land (weary land)

 G^b/A^b                   D^b2  F^m7 G^b6  F⁷             B^bm7    B^bm          A^b   G^b

(And some sweet day)         I’ll   reach that strand (I’ll reach that strand)

                   D^b/A^b         B^bm7    A^b7       D^b                  G^b/A^b  D^b               G^b/A^b

Still guided by (guided by) the unseen hand (unseen hand          unseen hand)

Verse II:

       G^b/A^b     D^b  G^b/D^b              D^b           G^b/D^b

His hand has led          through shadows drear

        F⁷        B^bm7    E^b7                 B     A^b7

And while it leads          I have no fear

  G^b/A^b          D^b    G^b/D^b                 D^b        G^b/D^b

I know it will lead          me to that home

            A^b/G^b B/A^b B^bm7     E^b7/G    A^b7        D^b

Where sin     nor    sorrow               e’er can come

Verse III (key change to D):

               D    G/D                       D      G/D

I long to see          my Savior’s face

        F^#7         B^m7    E⁷                    A              B^b

And sing the story          “Saved by Grace”

        A^b/B^b   E^b   A^b/B^b                    E^b         A^b/B^b

And there upon          that Golden Strand

      B^b/A^b  D^b/B^b C^m7                          F⁷/A        B^b7        E^b

I’ll praise Him   for (praise Him [3x])          His guiding hand