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Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

Alan Jackson

CountryEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
G
A×
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro D G D A D 
 
Verse 
 
D                   G                   D                     E        A 
What a fel-low-ship, what a joy di-vine, lean-ing on the ev-er-last-ing arms, 
D                    G                     D                     A        D 
What a bless-ed-ness, what a peace is mine, lean-ing on the ev-er-last-ing arms 
 
D        G         D                     E    A 
Lean-ing, lean-ing, safe and se-cure from all a-larms,  
D        G         D                     A        D 
Lean-ing, lean-ing, lean-ing on the ev-er-last-ing arms. 
 
Verse 
 
D                    G                    D                     E        A 
What have I to dread, what have I to fear, lean-ing on the ev-er-last-ing arms? 
D                    G                     D                     A        D 
I have bless-ed peace with my Lord so near, lean-ing on the ev-er-last-ing arms. 
 
D        G         D                     E     A 
Lean-ing, lean-ing, safe and se-cure from all a-larms,  
D        G         D                     A        D 
Lean-ing, lean-ing, lean-ing on the ev-er-last-ing arms. 
          
 

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Chord set

D · G · A · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.