Higher Ground
Chords and Lyrics
Song Info
SDA Hymnal number: 625
Key: D (A♭ in SDA Hymnal)
Credit: Lyrics: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Tune: Charles H. Gabriel
          D
Intro: 4/4
                D                G
1. I’m pressing on the upward    way,
2. My heart has no desire to     stay
3. I want to    live above the   world,
4. I want to    scale the utmost height
                D                 A
New heights I’m gaining every     day;
Where doubts   arise and fears dismay;
Though Satan’s  darts at me are   hurled;
And catch a     gleam of glory    bright;
                D                     G
Still praying   as I’m onward         bound,
Though some may dwell where those    abound,
For faith has   caught the joyful     sound,
But still I’ll  pray till heaven I’ve found,
                D             A  D
“Lord, plant my feet on   higher ground.”
My prayer, my   aim, is   higher ground.
The song of     saints on higher ground.
“Lord, lead me  on to     higher ground.”
                                  A
    Lord, lift me up, and I shall stand
                 A7            D
    By faith, on heaven’s tableland;
             Bm                Em
    A higher plane than I have found;
                   D           A  D
    Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.