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Text:Guide My Feet
Tune:[Guide my feet while I run this race]
Harmonizer:Wendell Whalum

155. Guide My Feet

1 Guide my feet while I run this race,
Guide my feet while I run this race,
Guide my feet while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain.

2 Hold my hand while I run this race,
Hold my hand while I run this race,
Hold my hand while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain.

3 Stand by me while I run this race,
Stand by me while I run this race,
Stand by me while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain.

4 I'm your child while I run this race,
I'm your child while I run this race,
I'm your child while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain.

5 Search my heart while I run this race,
Search my heart while I run this race,
Search my heart while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain.

6 Guide my feet while I run this race,
Guide my feet while I run this race,
Guide my feet while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain.

Text Information
First Line: Guide my feet while I run this race
Title: Guide My Feet
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Seeking guidance
Source: African-American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: [Guide my feet while I run this race]
Harmonizer: Wendell Whalum
Key: A♭ Major
Source: African-American spiritual from the collection of Willis Laurence James, 1900



Media
MIDI file: WiS 155 Guide My Feet.mid
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