His Eye is on the Sparrow

Key: C C F C Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come? A7 Dm G C Why should my heart be lonely And long for heaven and home, C G7 C F When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He: G C G C His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. C C7 F F7 C G C His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. G C G C I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm free, C C7 F F7 C G7 C For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. "Let not your heart be troubled," His tender word I hear, And resting on His goodness I lose my doubts and fears, Tho' by the path He leadeth, But one step I may see, His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm free; For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. Whenever I am tempted, Whenever doubts arise, When songs give place to sighing, When hope within me dies, I draw the closer to Him, From cares He sets me free, His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He cares for me; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He cares for me. I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm free; For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.