Piano Demo
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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
Ab
About this Hymn
Taking his inspiration from an older gospel song, Andraé Crouch was a teenager visiting the home of gospel legend James Cleveland when he hashed out this adaptation on the piano with his friend Billy Preston. "In my mind's eye, I could see Jesus carrying his cross up to Calvary, and I saw his blood. I saw people following him up the hill where he was to be crucified," he once recalled. Over time the song has become a gospel classic.
Lyrics
Verse 1
The blood that Jesus shed for me, way back on Calvary; the blood that gives me strength from day to day, it will never lose its pow'r.
Chorus
It reaches to the highest mountain. It flows to the lowest valley. The blood that gives me strength from day to day, it will never lose its pow'r.
Verse 2
It soothes my doubts and calms my fears, and it dries all my tears; the blood that gives me strength from day to day, it will never lose its pow'r.
The blood that Jesus shed for me, way back on Calvary; the blood that gives me strength from day to day, it will never lose its pow'r.
Chorus
It reaches to the highest mountain. It flows to the lowest valley. The blood that gives me strength from day to day, it will never lose its pow'r.
Verse 2
It soothes my doubts and calms my fears, and it dries all my tears; the blood that gives me strength from day to day, it will never lose its pow'r.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words & Music: Andraé Crouch © 1966 Manna Music (Capitol CMG Publishing / www.capitolcmgpublishing.com)