My Redeemer Is Faithful and True
Steven Curtis Chapman
Drop tuned a half a step
Not sure if he down tunes all the time, but he was on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpNr1Mjkvow
Intro: D D/F# G D D/F# G
Verse 1:
D D/F# G
As I look back on this road I’ve traveled
D D/F# G
I see so many times He’s carried me through
A A#dim Bm Esus E
And if there’s one thing that I’ve learned in this life
Em A D Dsus4 dsus2 D
My Redeemer is faithful and true
Chorus
D/F# G A D
My Redeemer is faithful and true
D/F# G A A#dim Bm Bm/A
And everything He has said He will do
G(Gmaj7) A A#dim Bm Esus E
And every morning His mercies are new
Em9 A D Dsus4 dsus2 D
My Redeemer is faithful and true
Verse 2
D D/F# G
My heart rejoices when I read the promise
D D/F# G
There is a place that I’m preparing for you
A A#dim Bm Esus E
I know someday I’ll see my Lord face to face
Em A D Dsus4 dsus2 D
‘Cause my Redeemer is faithful and true
Bridge:
D D/C# Bm A7/C# G D/F#
And in every situation He has proved His love to me
Bm Esus E Em9 A13sus A13
When I lack the understanding, He gives more grace to me
Chorus 2:
Jesus is faithful and true
Notes:
The Em9 and A13sus and A13 are very droning chords. He also slips in a Gmaj7 sometimes on the chorus
If the Em9 and A13's are tough for you just sub an Em and A7 for those. With the A#dim just play an A7 chord
and add the 1st fret of the 5th string.
When moving from the A13sus to the A13 he hammers slightly from the 2nd string 3rd fret to the 5th.
These droning string chords really add to the=at SCC sound. The D sue4 to Dsus2 thing is very James Taylor
like. Take a D chord and hammer on the 1st string 3rd fret, pull off and then open 1st string for the Dsus2
\and back on to the 2nd fret for the regular D chord.
Em9
0
0
0
4
2
0
A13sus
0
3
0
4
0
x
A13
0
5
0
4
0
x
A#dim
0
2
0
2
1
x
A7/C#
x
2
2
5
4
x
Dave Byers
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