[Verse 1]
You know people told me all of my life
True friendships hard to come by
But I had to find out for myself
Now I've finally come to realize (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

[Chorus]
What a friend we have in Jesus
(What a friend) All of our sins and griefs he’ll bare
(What a privilege) What a privilege, (Oh) To carry
Everything to God in prayer
Everything to God in prayer (Prayer)

[Verse 2]
All my strength in never ending loss
Friends with limited warranties (Yeah, oh)
Until you I never knew a lifetime guaranteed
Friend could really be my reality (Oh)

[Chorus]
What a friend we have in Jesus
(All our sins) All of our sins and griefs he’ll bare
(What a friend, what a friend) What a privilege to carry
(Everything) Everything to God in prayer
(In prayer) Everything to God in prayer, (Oh)
[Bridge]
Everything to God in Prayer (Oh-oh, oh)
Everything to God in Prayer (Oh)
Everything to God in Prayer
Everything to God in Prayer (Oh)

[Chorus]
What a friend we have in Jesus (Friend we have, woah)
All of our sins and griefs he’ll bare
(What a friend) What a privilege it is, to carry
Everything to God

[Chorus]
(Oh-oh), What a friend we have in Jesus (What a friend we have, oh)
All of our sins and griefs he’ll bare (Oh-oh, oh)
(What a privilege) What a privilege it is, (Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh, yeah, yeah) Everything to God, (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]
(Yeah) What a friend we have in Jesus, (Woah, oh)
All of our sins and griefs he’ll bare (He’ll bare, yes, he will)
What a privilege (Take it), it is (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Everything to God (In prayer)

[Outro]
All of our sins and griefs he’ll bare
What a privilege