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True Peace and Tranquility
intro: E E Asus2 E 453hz capo 4th
E ````````````````````````````````````````````Asus2 ```````````` E
True peace and tranquility will only be realized (when)
B ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````Asus2``````````````````````````````E
when every soul will have become the well-wisher of all mankind.
B ````````````````````````````Asus2``````````````````````E
He Who is the All-Knowing beareth Me witness:
B````````````````````````````````````````````````````F#m7
were the peoples of the world to grasp the true
B````````````````````````````F#m7
significance of the words of God, they would
B`````````````F#m7
never be deprived of their
E``````````````````Bsus2```````````E
portion of the ocean of His bounty.
````````````Asus2``````````E
In the firmament of truth
A sus2 ```````````````E
there hath never been,
F#m7````````````````````````` Asu2````````````````````E
nor will there ever be a brighter star than this.”
F#m7 `````````````````````````Asus2```````````````````E
nor will there ever be, a brighter star than this.”
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`````````````B``````````````````````````````````````````````````Asus2
I want true peace and tranquility, I need true peace and tranquility
````````````````````B
Help me achieve true peace and tranquility,
``````````````````Asus2
don't you want true peace and tranquility, well then
``````````````````````B`````````````````````````````````````````````````E
You must become the well-wisher of all mankind,
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of all mankind of all mankind, of all mankind, all mankind
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Baha'u'llah, Tabernacle of Unity, page 7
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2. |
Incline Your Ears
03:04
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Incline Your Ears
C`````````````````````````````````````G
Incline your ears,,,,,,,, O friends of God,
````````````F``````````````````````````````````C````````````````````G
to the voice of Him,,, Whom the world hath wronged,,,,,,,,,,
``````````C`````````````````````G ``````````````````````````````F```````G
and hold fast unto whatsoever will exalt,,,,, His Cause.
Dm````````````````````````````````C
He, verily, guideth whomsoever He pleaseth
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unto His straight Path. ,,,,,,,,,,,,
C ```````````````````````G````````````````````````F
T h i s is a Revelation,,, that infuseth strength
`````````````Am``````````````G```````````````````````C ````````````G F G C
into the feeble, and crowneth with wealth the destitute.
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3. |
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The Author of All Manifestations
Verse 1
Cadd9`````````````````````G```````````Cadd9```````````G
O God, Who art the Author of all Manifestations,
```````Cadd9 ```````````G
the Source of all Sources,
`````````Cadd9`````````````````````G
the Fountainhead of all Revelations,
```````````````D2``````````````````` Cadd9 G
and the Wellspring of all Lights!
```````````````D2```````````````````` Cadd9 G
{and the Wellspring of all Lights!}
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Verse 2
Cadd9 ````````````````G
I testify that by Thy Name
`````Cadd9```````````````G
the heaven of understanding
```````````````````Cadd9```````````````````` G
hath been adorned, (hath been adorned)
``````````D2```````````````````````````Cadd9 `````G
and the ocean of utterance hath surged,
````````````D2 ``````````````````````````Cadd9 ````G
{and the ocean of utterance hath surged,}
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Verse 3
`````````````````` Cadd9 `````````````` G
and the dispensations of Thy providence
Cadd9 ```````````````G
have been promulgated unto
`````D2`````````````````````Cadd9 ``G
the followers of all religions.
`````D2`````````````````````Cadd9 ```G
{the followers of all religions.}
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Cadd9``````````````````````G
(I testify that by Thy Name)
``````Cadd9 ```````````````G
the heaven of understanding
``````````````Cadd9 ``````````````````````` G
hath been adorned, (hath been adorned)
```````````````D2 `````````` ````````````` Cadd9 ``G
{and the ocean of utterance hath surged,}
````````````````D2````````````````````````` ``Cadd9 ```G
{and the ocean of utterance hath surged,}
``````````````D2```````````````````Cadd9 G
{and the Wellspring of all Lights!}
````````````````D2``````````````````Cadd9 G
{and the Wellspring of all Lights!}
d2 ````````````cadd9 ````g
the ocean,,,,Yeah yeah
d2`````````````````````cadd9 ``` g
the followers of all religions
the ocean has surged
the wellspring of all lights
the ocean of utterance has surged
the ocean of utterance has surged
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4. |
Paradise
02:42
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PLEASURE THE BAB,,,,, SWB p.77
D```````````````````DM7
There is no paradise
`````````Csus2/g
more wondrous for any soul
``````D```````````DM7
than to be exposed
`````Csus2/g
to God's Manifestation
````````````D
in His Day………………
`````Bm```````````````````````````````D
to hear His verses and believe in them,
`````Bm
to attain His presence,
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which is naught but the presence
```````A
of God………………..
```D``````````````````````DM7
to sail upon the sea
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of the heavenly kingdom
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of His good pleasure………………
```````````A
and to partake of the choice fruits
````````````Csus 2/g````````````````````````````````````D
of the paradise of his…. Devine O n e n e s s.
(Repeat the last 2 lines two more x's)
Csus 2/g = 335533 DM7 = xx0222
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5. |
Spreading Rays
02:53
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Spreading Rays
Intro E A C#m A
Verse 1
C#m```````````````````````````` A
This love is not of the body
````````````E ``````````````````` A
but completely of the soul.
E `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` A ``````````````````````````E
And those souls whose inner being is lit by the love of God
E ````````````````````````````````````````````````A `````````````````````E
are even as spreading rays(rays ,rays, rays) of light,
Chorus
````````````````D ``````````````````A `````````````E
and they shine out like stars of holiness
```````D `````````````` A ````````` E -----------D--A--E,,,D--A--E
in a pure and crystalline sky.
Verse 2
```````````Bm`````````` A `````````````````````````` E
For true love, real love, is the love for God,
``````````````````Bm`````````````A `````````````````E
and this is sanctified beyond the notions
`````````D `````````A`````` E
and imaginings of men.
````D ```````A```````````` E
{and imaginings of (women.)}
{Instrumental}
E------A------E
E------A------E
Chorus (LOUD AND PROUD!!!!!)
````````````````` D ``````````````` A `````````````E
{and they shine out like stars of holiness
```````D ```````````A``````````````` E
in a pure and crystalline sky.}
`````````````````D ``````````````````A `````````````````E
{and they shine out like stars of holiness
````````D ```````````````A``````````````E
in a pure and crystalline sky.}
SWA PAGE 203
ABDUL BAHA
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6. |
Heavenly Confirmation
03:06
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INTRO : Am F Am
````````````````Am
O Thou kind Lord! …
F```````````````````````````````````````````G
Bestow heavenly… confirmation….
Am ```````````````````````````````````````````````C
upon this…. daughter of the kingdom,
````````Am
and graciously aid her that she may
G ``````````````````````````````````Am
remain firm…….. and steadfast
`````````````F
in Thy Cause
``````````````````G
and that she may, ……
```````````````````Am
even as a nightingale….
````````````G`````````````````````````````````Am
of the rose g a r d e n… of mysteries,
``````````````G ````````````````````````````````````````````Am
warble melodies…….. in the Abhá Kingdom
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Gsus```````````````````````````````````````C bar
in the most……. wondrous tones,
Gsus ````````````````````````````````````````````````````C bar
thereby bringing………. happiness to everyone.
````````````````````F```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Am
Make her exalted among……. the daughters of the kingdom
```````````G```````````````````````````````````````C`````````````G
and enable her……. to attain life…… eternal.
`````````````````````````````F ````````````````````````````````Am G
Thou art the Bestower,……. the All-Loving.
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Make her exalted among……. the daughters of the Kingdom ``
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and enable her……. to attain life…… eternal.
`````````````````````````````F```````````````````````````````````Am G C
Thou art the Bestower,……. the All-Loving.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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7. |
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Prisoner Prayer
Am
Dear Friends
Dm
We Pray for you
Am
Dear Friends
F`````````````````````````````````````````````````Am
Remember the words of your Lord
Am
Dear Friends
Dm
Strength be with you
Am
Dear Friends
Gm ```````````````````````````````````````Am
Only God knows what you've been through
Gm ````````````````````````````````Am
What can I do here for you
Dm````````````````````````Am
All I know how to do
Dm ```````````````````````````````Am
Is teach the Faith like you………
Bb````````````````````````````````````````````````````````C
Going to teach the Faith, Don't hesitate
Bb````````````````````````````````````````````C
This is the time, this is the place
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I'm going to teach my Faith
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I’m going to teach my Faith
````````````````````````````D``````````````````````````````````````A
God give you strength, God give you strength
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From here to L.A.
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Up to New York State
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Philadelphia P.A.
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The San Francisco Bay
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The Bahai Faith, The Bahai Way
D```````````````````````A``````````````````````````D``````````````````````````````````````````A
Dear Friends we pray for you, Dear friends thanks be to you
D```````````````````````A````````````````````````````````````D
Dear Friends, God speed with you, Dear Friends
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8. |
Morning Prayer
03:16
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Spanglish Morning Prayer
E```````````````````C#m```````A ```````````````C#m A
Heeeeee despertado bajo tu amparo
````````````E`````````````````A
Oh my God ,Oh Mi Dios
E```````````````````````````C#m ````A````````````````````C#m A
Yyyyyyyy Corresponde a quien busca
``````````````E```````````````A
that the shelter to abide,,,,,,
```````````````B`````````````````````````````A
within the sanctuary of thy protection
``````````````C#m``````````````````````A```````````````````````E
and the stronghold of thy defense of thy defense.................................
B `````````````````````````A````````````````````````E``````````````````````A
Illumina my inner being ,,,,,,,Oh my Lord ,, Oh mi Dios
B````````````````````A```````````````````E```````````````````A
Con los esplendores de la aurora de la aurora,,,,,,
B``````````````A``````````````````E
De tu revelacion,,, asi como
``````````A```````````````E```````````````A ``````````````````````````````````E
Illuminaste, illuminaste.........aaaaaaaaaa........... Illuminaste
``````````````B `````````````````A ``````````````````````````````E
My outer being with the morning light of the favor.........................
``````````````B ```````````````A`````````````````````````````````E`````````````````````A````````````````E
con la luz of the morning light of thy favor,,,, de tu favor de tu favor
A``````````````````````````E
Ooooo De Tu Favor
`````````````B``````````````A ```````````````````````````````````````E
con la luz of the morning light of thy the favor,,
```````````B````````````````A ```````````````````````````````````E``````````````````A```````````````````E
con la luz of the morning light of thy favor ,,de tu favor de tu favor
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9. |
Indomitable Power
02:01
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A``````````````````````````````D sus 2``````````````````````` A
O Thou Who art the Lord of indomitable power
C sus2``````````````````````````````````````D sus2
To transform us through Thy bounty into
````````````````````````A
That which Thou Thyself dost posses
`````````D sus 2`````````C sus 2````````````````````````````A
And Enable us to become fountains of thy light
A```````````````````````````Dsus2```````````` A
And graciously vouchsafe unto us
``````````````````````C sus 2
that which beseemeth the
D sus 2`````````````````A
majesty of the t r a n s c e n d e n t dominion
C sus 2```````````````````D sus 2``````````A
(the majesty of the transcendent dominion)
Selections of the writings of The Bab, pages 233-234
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10. |
Ridvan
03:37
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RIDVAN
A ````````````````````````````````````C#m
12 days in the garden of Ridvan
D`````````````````````````E
Full of joy and praise
A```````````````````````````````````````````````C#m
They came from near and far to Ridvan
D``````````````````````````````````````E
Bagdad the city of God's Gift
A`````````````````````````````````````````````C#m
The trumpet sounded loud in Ridvan
D```````````````````````````````E
God's promise had arrived
A```````````````````````````````````````````````C#m
It happened in the garden of Ridvan
D `````````````````````````````````````````````E
His light brightened up our sky
F#m``````````E
April 21, 1863
A ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````C#m
The time was right in the garden of Ridvan
D`````````````````````````````````````````E
Oh how we waited for that day
F#m`````````````````````````````````````E
They prepared for the great journey
D````````````````````````````````````E
Exhiled to the promised land
F#m``````````````````````````E
This is the holiest of days
D```````````````````````````````````E
The foundation of our Faith
A`````````````````C#m
Never forget Ridvan
D````````````````````````````````E
The hope for a better day
D``````````````````````````````````E
Join us on the 2nd of May
A``````````````````````````````````````````````C#m
He revealed unto us his great purpose
D`````````````````````````````````E
Mankind must live as one
D````````````````````````E
All religions are one
D``````````````````````````````````E`````````````````````A
The grace of God is one………….In RIDVAN
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11. |
The Master
04:03
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The Master
(Verse 1)
Bm`````````````````````G``````````````````````A
This story is of a man we call the Master
Bm `````````````G```````````````A
Servant and Son of The Glory of God
Bm```````````````````````G````````````````A
The shining light in times of uncertainty
``````Bm```````````````````````G```````````````A```````````````D ````````A
To spread God's new word was his destiny (his destiny)
Bm`````````````````G```````````````A
No matter how tough the adversity
Bm``````````````````````````````````````G ``````````````````````````A
he persevered through peace-love and joy and unity
(help me sing the praises of)
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(Chorus)
`````````D```````````````Gsus``````A
The Exemplar ---Abbas Effendi`
```````Bm```````````G```````````A
The Master ---Adbul Bahaaaaaaaa
D```````````````Gsus```````A
A builder, a teacher, a prisoner
Bm```````````````````````G```````````````A
He called him 'The Mystery of God”
Bm``````````````````````G````````````````A
He called him “The apple of mine eye”
(Verse 2)
````````````````````Bm`````````G````````````````````````A
He spoke in churches, temples and universities
````````````````Bm````````G`````````````````A
To priests,pastors,rabbis and dignities
Bm`````````````````````````````````````G ````````````````````````````````A
He revealed The Promulgation of Universal Peace`
````````````Bm``````````````G``````````````````A````````````````````````D``````````` A
No more war-crimes,, hate-lies,,, or poverty (no more poverty)
Bm`````````````````G````````````````````A
Soooo many battles had he fought
`````````````````Bm`````````````````````G`````````````````A
But by the Father's hand he overcame them all
(that's why we sing the praises of)
(back to chorus)
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12. |
Traveling Prayer
02:08
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Traveling Prayer
`````````````E`````````````A````````````````````E
I have risen this morning by Thy grace,
`````````B7
O my God,
E ```````````````````A `````````````````E
and left my home trusting wholly
````B7
in Thee,
E````````````````````````A````````````````E
and committing myself to Thy care.
D```````````````````````````````E
Send down, then, upon me,
D`````````````````````````````````````E
out of the heaven of Thy mercy,
G#m ```````````````````````A
a blessing from Thy side,
G#m`````````````````````A`````````````````````B7
and enable me to return home in safety
E `````````````````````A``````````````E
even as Thou didst enable me
B7``````````````````````````````E
to set out under Thy protection
D````````````````````````````````````````````````E
with my thoughts fixed steadfastly upon Thee.
D`````````````````````````````````````````E
There is none other God but Thee,
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the One, the Incomparable, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Bahá’u’lláh
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