C       F     G        Am
Whate'er my God ordains is right:
    Am   F     C  G
his holy will abideth;
  C       F          G       Am
I will be still, whate'er he doth,
    F      C        G   C
and follow where he guideth.
         Am          F        G
He is my God; though dark my road,
            Am     F         G
he holds me that I shall not fall:
          F     G        Am
And so to him I leave it all.
          F     G        C
And so to him I leave it all.


[Verse 2]
   C        F    G         Am
Whate'er my God ordains is right:
   Am    F      C     G
he never will deceive me;
   C        F      G      Am
he leads me by the proper path;
  F      C         G     C
I know he will not leave me.
           Am         F       G
I take, content, what he hath sent;
             Am       F     G
his hand can turn my griefs away,
           F    G        Am
and patiently I wait his day.
           F    G        C
and patiently I wait his day.


[Verse 3]
     C      F     G       Am
Whate'er my God ordains is right:
       Am        F      C   G
though now this cup, in drinking,
    C      F       G        Am
may bitter seem to my faint heart,
   F       C     G    C
I take it, all unshrinking.
          Am         F     G
My God is true; each morn anew
              Am        F        G
sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,
             F      G     Am
and pain and sorrow shall depart.
              F      G    C
and pain and sorrow shall depart.


[Verse 4]
    C       F     G        Am
Whate'er my God ordains is right:
      Am      F        C   G
here shall my stand be taken;
       C       F        G        Am
though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
    F    C    G    C
yet I am not forsaken.
            Am      F         G
My Father's care is round me there;
            Am     F         G
he holds me that I shall not fall:
          F     G        Am
and so to him I leave it all.
          F     G        C
and so to him I leave it all.