Higher Ground
Chords and Lyrics
Song Info
SDA Hymnal number: 625
Key: D (A♭ in SDA Hymnal)
Credit: Lyrics: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Tune: Charles H. Gabriel
D
Intro: 4/4
D G
1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
2. My heart has no desire to stay
3. I want to live above the world,
4. I want to scale the utmost height
D A
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though Satan’s darts at me are hurled;
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
D G
Still praying as I’m onward bound,
Though some may dwell where those abound,
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
But still I’ll pray till heaven I’ve found,
D A D
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.
The song of saints on higher ground.
“Lord, lead me on to higher ground.”
A
Lord, lift me up, and I shall stand
A7 D
By faith, on heaven’s tableland;
Bm Em
A higher plane than I have found;
D A D
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.