Gethsemane
LDS Children's Hymns
From "Stories of Jesus" by Melanie and Roger Hoffman
The original version of this song has:
"Jesus loves me, so he went willingly"
in the chorus
We felt that the song was more mature (less childish?) with
"Jesus trembling, yet he went willingly".
So those are the lyrics below.
[Intro]
Bm A/B Bm A/B Bm A/B Bm A/C#
[Verse 1]
Bm A
Jesus climbed the hill
F#m G
To the garden still
(Em) A G
His steps were heavy and slow
Bm A
Love and a prayer
F#m G
Took Him there
(Em) A Bm
To the place only He could go
[Chorus]
Bm A D
Geth-se-ma-ne
D A D
Jes-us trembl-ing
G A
Yet He went willing-ly
G A Bm
To Geth-se-ma-ne
[Verse 2]
Bm A
He felt all that was sad,
F#m7 G
wicked or bad
(Em) A G
All the pain we would ever know
Bm A
While His friends were asleep
F#m G
He fought to keep
(Em) A Bm
His promise made long ago
[Chorus]
D A D
Geth-se-ma-ne
Bm A D
Jes-us trembl-ing
G D A
Yet He went willing-ly
G A Bm
To Geth-se-ma-ne
[Bridge]
G A D A
The hardest thing That ever was done
G A D A
The greatest pain that ever was known
G A Bm A
The biggest battle that ever was won
G D A
This was done by Jesus.
G D A
The fight was won by Jesus.
[Chorus]
(reprise)
Bm D G
Geth-se-ma-ne
G A D
Jes-us loves me
G D A
So he gave His gift to me
G A Bsus4 Bm
In Geth-se-ma-ne
[Chorus]
(reprise v2)
G A D
Geth-se-ma-ne
G A D
Jes-us loves me
G D A
So he gives His gift to me
G A Bsus4 Bm
From Geth-se-ma-ne
G A Bsus4 B
