Verse 1:
G2
When you're up against the struggle
C/G
That shatters all your dreams
G2
When your hopes have been cruelly crushed
C/G
At Satan's manifested schemes
G2 C/G
And when you feel the urge within you to submit to earthly fears
G2 C/G
And the faith that you've been standin' in just seems to disappear
Chorus 1:
Am - /G# - /G C/D
Praise the Lord, He can work through those who praise Him
G -D Bm7 E7
Praise the Lord, for our God inhabits praise
Am7 - /G# Am7 D
Praise the Lord, for the chains that seem to bind you
Am7 D
Serve only to remind you
C/E D/F#
That they drop powerless behind you
C/G G
When you praise Him
Verse 2:
C/D G2 C/G
Now, Satan is a liar and he wants to make us think
G2
That we are paupers, when he knows himself
C/G
We are children of the King
G
So lift up the mighty shield of faith
Am7
For the battle must be won
Bm7
We know that Jesus Christ is risen
C
So the work's already done
Chorus 2:
Am - /G# - /G C/D
Praise the Lord, He can work through those who praise Him
G -D Bm7 E7
Praise the Lord, for our God inhabits praise
Am7 - /G# Am7 D
Praise the Lord, for the chains that seem to bind you
Am7 D
Serve only to remind you
C/E D/F#
That they drop powerless behind you
C/G G
When you praise Him
Instrumental :
Chords same as chorus
Chorus 3:
Am - /G# - /G C/D
Praise the Lord, He can work through those who praise Him
G -D Bm7 E7
Praise the Lord, for our God inhabits praise
Am7 - /G# Am7 D
Praise the Lord, for the chains that seem to bind you
Am7 D
Serve only to remind you
C/E D/F#
That they drop powerless behind you
C/G G
When you praise Him
F
Praise Him
C/E
Praise Him
Cm/Eb
When you praise Him
G/D - A7/C#
When you praise Him
Am7 C/D Gsus - G
When you praise... the Lord