Be Thou My Vision [Verse 1] D Bm G D Be Thou my vision O Lord of my heart A Bm G A Nought be all else to me, save Thou art Bm D Bm G Thou my best thought, by day or by night D Bm G A D Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. [Verse 2] D Bm G D Be Thou my wisdom, Thou my true word A Bm G A I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord Bm D Bm G Thou my great Father and I Thy true son; D Bm G A D Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one. [Verse 3] D Bm G D Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise A Bm G A Thou mine inheritance now and always Bm D Bm G Thou and Thou only, first in my heart D Bm G A D High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art. [Chorus] A Bm G A O God be my everything, be my delight A Bm G A Be Jesus my glory, my soul satisfied (2x) A Bm G A My Jesus, You satisfy (4x) [Verse 4] D Bm G D High King of heaven, after vict’ry won, A Bm G A May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun! Bm D Bm G Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, D Bm G A D Still be my vision, O Ruler of all. (line x2) [Chorus] A Bm G A O God be my everything, be my delight A Bm G A Be Jesus my glory, my soul satisfied (x2)
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The term "Contemporary Christian Music" originated in the late 1960s in reference to the emerging pop and rock "Jesus music", the musical product of the Jesus Movement of the time.[3] The Mind Garage is considered the first Christian Rock band, with documentation going back to 1967 in local media and national magazines and newspapers such as The Village Voice, Billboard and Rolling Stone magazine. The Electric Liturgy (RCA Victor LSP-4319), recorded 1969 and released 1970, was the first Christian Rock album recorded in Nashville in RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studio A, on Music Row which was under the management of Chet Atken. Studio A is now a museum.
There is also a great deal of popular music which lyrically identifies with Christianity but is not normally considered Contemporary Christian Music.[3] For example, many punk, hardcore, and holy hip-hop groups deal explicitly with issues of faith but are not a part of the Nashville industry[citation needed] (e.g., Seattle-based Tooth and Nail Records). Also, several mainstream music artists sometimes deal with Christian themes in their work, such as Creed, Lifehouse, and Switchfoot, but fall outside of the CCM genre though they may receive airplay on CCM radio stations.[3]
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