Chords for Meet David Phelps
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82.75 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The cleanup hitter.
We put three people on the base and then we say,
Okay, David, it is your turn to hit the ball.
That brings back some great memories.
And this is going to be a fun time.
You know, everybody knows you've got a fantastic voice
and everybody thrills nightly about you singing,
but you're going to get to know the real David Phelps
during the next few minutes.
If I do my job well, you're going to get to know the real David. David Phelps.
You have been a delight to work with, David.
What was it, 13, 14 years ago when you first came?
Thank you.
Yeah, it was 1997 and I had just moved to Nashville
and living on a prayer.
I had sung solo for about nine years before that
and then decided, it was my wife, Lori,
who has been involved in every decision I've made.
We met in college, decided, we said,
Okay, we're going to move to Nashville,
we're going to make the big jump, okay?
So we moved to Nashville and starved for about six months.
And it seemed like it was a lot longer than that.
And then it was Mark Lowry who made the connection there for us.
God bless Mark.
He was listening that day, wasn't he?
Yes, he's been a great mentor for me all these years.
We had just about closed the door.
We had sung with many tenors, very good tenors.
And it's not a matter, it's just a matter of trying to find the perfect fit.
And we had just about closed that door and Mark said,
Wait, I heard a kid in Nashville.
And so he brought me your tape and to be honest with you,
the tape was so produced that it was difficult for me to find the voice.
Well, yeah, I mean, you put your voice down
and you just keep adding stuff to it.
And that makes it better, doesn't it?
Keep adding instruments and drums and brass and guitars.
I can remember telling Mark,
Tell him just to go in the studio because you're a good keyboard player
and we'll go around the keyboard later on
and just sing some vocal band tunes.
And when I heard that, I went, Wow.
Well, that was real easy for me to do.
You know, you create a demo and you think,
Well, I need something original.
But then when, you know, in our conversations,
the first thing you asked me was go sing.
The king is coming.
There is a river.
Little is much.
And I think there was one other one.
I bow to be the crowd.
Holy probably.
It might have been that or it is finished or something.
Another one of those big, big barn burners.
And so I went into the studio there at the record label in town
and just put them down with no frills, no bells, no whistles.
And from then on, as far as the vocal band was concerned,
you put your stamp on the vocal band.
We've had some great singers and some great tenors,
but you did it at another level.
Well, it has been a dream come true.
I tell you what, this career, this ministry career,
this journey that we've been on has been a lot about dreams.
It's been a lot about going, you know, what if,
what if we take this next step of faith and what's going to happen?
And moving to Nashville was part of that.
And the opportunity to be in the vocal band.
As a kid, everyone around me was saying,
boy, you've just got to work with Bill and Gloria Gaither.
You've got to work with Bill and Gloria Gaither.
And, you know, everybody out there who has a dream knows what that,
you know, well, how's that going to happen?
You start taking steps.
And I really gave up on that dream.
And I was kind of past that point.
And when it snuck around the corner there in 1997,
it was like the light went on again for me.
And I had this opportunity to work, you know,
I was thinking with Bill and Gloria Gaither,
but then I got to work with some other great artists that I was
introduced to for the first time.
But watching that first video, I, you know, Anthony Berger, what,
a talent and a legend.
And Mark and Guy Penryde and, you know, Vestal.
I would have never gotten to know Vestal and J.Kess.
And so it's been quite an amazing journey.
Quite a fraternity.
And one of the joys of doing what we do is we've done it all [F#] over the country
and all over the world.
Memphis, Tennessee.
[D#] And we're going to do a lot of bits and pieces here this afternoon
because you're the cleanup hitter.
Here's the last verse of God is good.
[A]
Well, he's the one you call in the middle of the night when your body
[Am] bones with pain.
Well, [D] don't worry about that wayward child because he's heard you [A] call his name.
He'll put food in your kitchen [D] [A] when you don't have [D] a time.
[A] Because he's not good just [Em] now and then.
[E] He's [A] good.
God is [E] good.
Yes, he is.
He's good all the time.
[D] [N]
We put three people on the base and then we say,
Okay, David, it is your turn to hit the ball.
That brings back some great memories.
And this is going to be a fun time.
You know, everybody knows you've got a fantastic voice
and everybody thrills nightly about you singing,
but you're going to get to know the real David Phelps
during the next few minutes.
If I do my job well, you're going to get to know the real David. David Phelps.
You have been a delight to work with, David.
What was it, 13, 14 years ago when you first came?
Thank you.
Yeah, it was 1997 and I had just moved to Nashville
and living on a prayer.
I had sung solo for about nine years before that
and then decided, it was my wife, Lori,
who has been involved in every decision I've made.
We met in college, decided, we said,
Okay, we're going to move to Nashville,
we're going to make the big jump, okay?
So we moved to Nashville and starved for about six months.
And it seemed like it was a lot longer than that.
And then it was Mark Lowry who made the connection there for us.
God bless Mark.
He was listening that day, wasn't he?
Yes, he's been a great mentor for me all these years.
We had just about closed the door.
We had sung with many tenors, very good tenors.
And it's not a matter, it's just a matter of trying to find the perfect fit.
And we had just about closed that door and Mark said,
Wait, I heard a kid in Nashville.
And so he brought me your tape and to be honest with you,
the tape was so produced that it was difficult for me to find the voice.
Well, yeah, I mean, you put your voice down
and you just keep adding stuff to it.
And that makes it better, doesn't it?
Keep adding instruments and drums and brass and guitars.
I can remember telling Mark,
Tell him just to go in the studio because you're a good keyboard player
and we'll go around the keyboard later on
and just sing some vocal band tunes.
And when I heard that, I went, Wow.
Well, that was real easy for me to do.
You know, you create a demo and you think,
Well, I need something original.
But then when, you know, in our conversations,
the first thing you asked me was go sing.
The king is coming.
There is a river.
Little is much.
And I think there was one other one.
I bow to be the crowd.
Holy probably.
It might have been that or it is finished or something.
Another one of those big, big barn burners.
And so I went into the studio there at the record label in town
and just put them down with no frills, no bells, no whistles.
And from then on, as far as the vocal band was concerned,
you put your stamp on the vocal band.
We've had some great singers and some great tenors,
but you did it at another level.
Well, it has been a dream come true.
I tell you what, this career, this ministry career,
this journey that we've been on has been a lot about dreams.
It's been a lot about going, you know, what if,
what if we take this next step of faith and what's going to happen?
And moving to Nashville was part of that.
And the opportunity to be in the vocal band.
As a kid, everyone around me was saying,
boy, you've just got to work with Bill and Gloria Gaither.
You've got to work with Bill and Gloria Gaither.
And, you know, everybody out there who has a dream knows what that,
you know, well, how's that going to happen?
You start taking steps.
And I really gave up on that dream.
And I was kind of past that point.
And when it snuck around the corner there in 1997,
it was like the light went on again for me.
And I had this opportunity to work, you know,
I was thinking with Bill and Gloria Gaither,
but then I got to work with some other great artists that I was
introduced to for the first time.
But watching that first video, I, you know, Anthony Berger, what,
a talent and a legend.
And Mark and Guy Penryde and, you know, Vestal.
I would have never gotten to know Vestal and J.Kess.
And so it's been quite an amazing journey.
Quite a fraternity.
And one of the joys of doing what we do is we've done it all [F#] over the country
and all over the world.
Memphis, Tennessee.
[D#] And we're going to do a lot of bits and pieces here this afternoon
because you're the cleanup hitter.
Here's the last verse of God is good.
[A]
Well, he's the one you call in the middle of the night when your body
[Am] bones with pain.
Well, [D] don't worry about that wayward child because he's heard you [A] call his name.
He'll put food in your kitchen [D] [A] when you don't have [D] a time.
[A] Because he's not good just [Em] now and then.
[E] He's [A] good.
God is [E] good.
Yes, he is.
He's good all the time.
[D] [N]
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The cleanup hitter.
_ We put three people on the base and then we say,
Okay, David, it is your turn to hit the ball.
That brings back some great memories.
And this is going to be a fun time.
You know, everybody knows you've got a fantastic voice
and everybody thrills nightly about you singing,
but you're going to get to know the real David Phelps
during the next few minutes.
If I do my job well, you're going to get to know the real David. David Phelps.
You have been a delight to work with, David.
What was it, 13, 14 years ago when you first came?
Thank you.
Yeah, it was 1997 and I had just moved to Nashville _ _
and living on a prayer.
_ I had sung solo for about nine years before that
and then decided, it was my wife, Lori,
who has been involved in every decision I've made.
We met in college, decided, we said,
Okay, we're going to move to Nashville,
we're going to make the big jump, okay?
So we moved to Nashville and starved for about six months.
And it seemed like it was a lot longer than that.
And then it was Mark Lowry who made the connection there for us.
God bless Mark.
He was listening that day, wasn't he?
Yes, he's been a great mentor for me all these years.
_ We had just about closed the door.
We had sung with many tenors, very good tenors.
_ And it's not a matter, it's just a matter of trying to find the perfect fit.
And we had just about closed that door and Mark said,
Wait, I heard a kid in Nashville. _
And so he brought me your tape and to be honest with you,
the tape was so produced that it was difficult for me to find the voice.
Well, yeah, I mean, you put your voice down
and you just keep adding stuff to it.
And that makes it better, doesn't it?
_ Keep adding instruments and drums and brass and guitars.
I can remember telling Mark,
Tell him just to go in the studio because you're a good keyboard player
and we'll go around the keyboard later on
and just sing some vocal band tunes.
And when I heard that, I went, Wow.
Well, that was real easy for me to do.
You know, you create a demo and you think,
Well, I need something original.
But then when, you know, in our conversations,
_ the first thing you asked me was go sing.
The king is coming.
There is a river.
Little is much.
And I think there was one other one.
I bow to be the crowd.
Holy probably.
It might have been that or it is finished or something.
Another one of those big, big barn burners.
And so I went into the studio there at the record label in town
and just put them down with no frills, no bells, no whistles.
And from then on, as far as the vocal band was concerned,
you put your stamp on the vocal band.
We've had some great singers and some great tenors,
but you did it at another level.
Well, it has been a dream come true.
I tell you what, this career, this ministry career,
this journey that we've been on has been a lot about dreams.
It's been a lot about going, you know, what if,
what if we take this next step of faith and what's going to happen?
And moving to Nashville was part of that.
And the opportunity to be in the vocal band.
As a kid, everyone around me was saying,
boy, you've just got to work with Bill and Gloria Gaither.
You've got to work with Bill and Gloria Gaither.
And, you know, everybody out there who has a dream knows what that,
you know, well, how's that going to happen?
You start taking steps.
And I really gave up on that dream.
And I was kind of past that point.
And _ when it snuck around the corner there in 1997,
it was like the light went on again for me.
And I had this opportunity to work, you know,
I was thinking with Bill and Gloria Gaither,
but then I got to work with some other great artists that I was
introduced to for the first time.
But watching that first video, I, you know, Anthony Berger, what,
a talent and a legend.
And Mark and Guy Penryde and, you know, Vestal.
I would have never gotten to know Vestal and J.Kess.
And so it's been quite an amazing journey.
Quite a fraternity.
And one of the joys of doing what we do is we've done it all [F#] over the country
and all over the world.
Memphis, Tennessee.
[D#] And we're going to do a lot of bits and pieces here this afternoon
because you're the cleanup hitter.
Here's the last verse of God is good.
[A] _ _
Well, he's the one you call in the middle of the night when your body
[Am] bones with pain.
Well, [D] don't worry about that wayward child because he's heard you [A] call his name.
He'll put food in your kitchen [D] [A] when you don't have [D] a time.
[A] Because he's not good just [Em] now and then.
[E] He's [A] good. _ _
_ God is [E] good.
Yes, he is.
He's good all the time.
_ [D] _ [N] _
_ We put three people on the base and then we say,
Okay, David, it is your turn to hit the ball.
That brings back some great memories.
And this is going to be a fun time.
You know, everybody knows you've got a fantastic voice
and everybody thrills nightly about you singing,
but you're going to get to know the real David Phelps
during the next few minutes.
If I do my job well, you're going to get to know the real David. David Phelps.
You have been a delight to work with, David.
What was it, 13, 14 years ago when you first came?
Thank you.
Yeah, it was 1997 and I had just moved to Nashville _ _
and living on a prayer.
_ I had sung solo for about nine years before that
and then decided, it was my wife, Lori,
who has been involved in every decision I've made.
We met in college, decided, we said,
Okay, we're going to move to Nashville,
we're going to make the big jump, okay?
So we moved to Nashville and starved for about six months.
And it seemed like it was a lot longer than that.
And then it was Mark Lowry who made the connection there for us.
God bless Mark.
He was listening that day, wasn't he?
Yes, he's been a great mentor for me all these years.
_ We had just about closed the door.
We had sung with many tenors, very good tenors.
_ And it's not a matter, it's just a matter of trying to find the perfect fit.
And we had just about closed that door and Mark said,
Wait, I heard a kid in Nashville. _
And so he brought me your tape and to be honest with you,
the tape was so produced that it was difficult for me to find the voice.
Well, yeah, I mean, you put your voice down
and you just keep adding stuff to it.
And that makes it better, doesn't it?
_ Keep adding instruments and drums and brass and guitars.
I can remember telling Mark,
Tell him just to go in the studio because you're a good keyboard player
and we'll go around the keyboard later on
and just sing some vocal band tunes.
And when I heard that, I went, Wow.
Well, that was real easy for me to do.
You know, you create a demo and you think,
Well, I need something original.
But then when, you know, in our conversations,
_ the first thing you asked me was go sing.
The king is coming.
There is a river.
Little is much.
And I think there was one other one.
I bow to be the crowd.
Holy probably.
It might have been that or it is finished or something.
Another one of those big, big barn burners.
And so I went into the studio there at the record label in town
and just put them down with no frills, no bells, no whistles.
And from then on, as far as the vocal band was concerned,
you put your stamp on the vocal band.
We've had some great singers and some great tenors,
but you did it at another level.
Well, it has been a dream come true.
I tell you what, this career, this ministry career,
this journey that we've been on has been a lot about dreams.
It's been a lot about going, you know, what if,
what if we take this next step of faith and what's going to happen?
And moving to Nashville was part of that.
And the opportunity to be in the vocal band.
As a kid, everyone around me was saying,
boy, you've just got to work with Bill and Gloria Gaither.
You've got to work with Bill and Gloria Gaither.
And, you know, everybody out there who has a dream knows what that,
you know, well, how's that going to happen?
You start taking steps.
And I really gave up on that dream.
And I was kind of past that point.
And _ when it snuck around the corner there in 1997,
it was like the light went on again for me.
And I had this opportunity to work, you know,
I was thinking with Bill and Gloria Gaither,
but then I got to work with some other great artists that I was
introduced to for the first time.
But watching that first video, I, you know, Anthony Berger, what,
a talent and a legend.
And Mark and Guy Penryde and, you know, Vestal.
I would have never gotten to know Vestal and J.Kess.
And so it's been quite an amazing journey.
Quite a fraternity.
And one of the joys of doing what we do is we've done it all [F#] over the country
and all over the world.
Memphis, Tennessee.
[D#] And we're going to do a lot of bits and pieces here this afternoon
because you're the cleanup hitter.
Here's the last verse of God is good.
[A] _ _
Well, he's the one you call in the middle of the night when your body
[Am] bones with pain.
Well, [D] don't worry about that wayward child because he's heard you [A] call his name.
He'll put food in your kitchen [D] [A] when you don't have [D] a time.
[A] Because he's not good just [Em] now and then.
[E] He's [A] good. _ _
_ God is [E] good.
Yes, he is.
He's good all the time.
_ [D] _ [N] _