Chords for Speak O Lord Instructional - Kristyn Getty (Daniel Choo)

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Alright, hi, this is an instructional video for the song Speak O Lord by Christian Getty.
So first of all for this song, it's played in the key of G sharp.
What you can do is take the capo, put it over here on your first fret, [Gb] and we'll be using
a G [Ab] pattern to play the song.
_ The chords for the intro first of all will be just an E minor, [Fm] _ _ C or C9.
[Bb] _ [Eb] So this E minor here, notice my last two fingers are on the third fret of the first and second
string, this is [Gb] relative to the capo, so 1, 2, [G] 3, third fret.
So over here there's an [Cm] E minor, C or C.
_ Strumming pattern for the intro will just be a simple 4 beat strumming pattern which
is down, down, down, up, down, down, up.
So if you were to count it, 4 beats, it'll sound like this.
1, 2, 3, 4, [Fm] 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm]
Into your verse.
So the chords for the verse, E minor, _ speak, D to F sharp, [Eb] bass, O, [Ab] Lord to G.
So this D to F sharp, you just move [G] your index and your middle finger, so your index you
can move it up to the 6th string, 2nd fret, your middle finger move it down to the _ 3rd
string, 2nd fret, and over [Am] here when you strum it, [Eb] you'll be focusing on the top few strings,
the bass strings.
[Fm] So speak, D to F [Eb] sharp, bass, O, Lord to G, [Ab] _ _ then as we come, [Bb] C, _ C, U, G slash [F] B.
Over
here, what a G slash B is, is just a G, [Gb] but without the middle finger.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ So those are the [Eb] notes that you'll be playing.
[Bb] So as we come to [Ab] U, _ to receive [Fm] C, _ _ food, [Ab] G slash B, _ _ of your holy word, E minor, _ holy
word, D F [Eb] sharp, _ then repeat again, take your [Ab]
truth, [Fm] so it's E minor, [Eb] D F sharp, [Ab] G, _
planted deep, [Db] C, in us, [Ab] G slash B, _ _ shape and fashion, [Bb] C, us, G slash B, _ _ _ C, [Bbm] in your D, [Eb] _ _ likeness,
back to your [Ab] G.
And after that you can get to something like the chorus.
[Eb] So this is how it sounds like for the verse, basically you're just playing a lot of the
beats here, so I'll play it once through and then I'll explain. _
3, 4, [Cm] speak, [Eb] O, [Ab] Lord, I'll slow it down so it's easier to learn, [Cm] speak, [Eb] O, [Ab] Lord, _ [Bb] as we
come _ to U, _ to receive _ _ the food, _ of [Cm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] G, [Eb] take [Ab] your truth, [Bb] planted deep _ [Ab] in us, [Bb] shape and
_ fashion, us, in your D.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ So if you notice there are a lot of one beat chords, [Fm] like speak, [B] _ _
[Ab] O, Lord, so that's your
one [Eb] beat for E minor, one beat for your D F sharp, Lord, you can [Ab] just play Lord, _ down,
down, up, two beats.
[Fm] So it's 1, _ _ [Ab] 1, 2, [Bb] C, _ _ _ _ 2.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Abm] So you notice the other chords are just two beats, and how you play the two beats, how
you strum it is just [E] basically, let's play with G, [Ab] down, down, down, up, so you go 1,
2, down, up, and then you change your next chord.
So one more time, it's just for speak, O, Lord, that's the only two times for the E
[Fm] minor and the D F sharp, that's where you use one beat.
Speak, [Eb] _ [Ab] O, Lord.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] Repeat again.
[Eb] Take [Ab] your truth, _ _
[Db] _ [Ab] deep in us, [Bb] shape and _ fashion, us, in your likeness.
So over here, in your likeness, the in is on one beat as well.
So shape and _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ fashion, _ us, in your [Eb] _ _ likeness.
_ And after that, that the light of Christ, that the light, this is a D, light, your [Bb] C,
of _ [Ab] Christ, G slash B.
So same thing, your D and [Eb] C is one beat each.
Light [Ab] of Christ.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Cm] Light Christ might [Bb] be seen to see, _ _ [Ab] today, G slash B, _ in our acts, [Eb] D, same thing, D and
C is one beat. _
Acts of [Ab] love _ [Eb] and our deeds, [Bb] C, _ _ [Eb] our faith, your D, and repeat almost the first [Cm] line again.
Speak, [Eb] O, [Ab] Lord, that [Bb] fulfills C, _ [Ab] in us, G slash B, [Bb] all your purposes, C, G [Ab] slash B,
_ and then for [Eb] your glory.
_ _ [Ab] _ So this is how the second part [Abm] of the verse sounds like, [Eb] just strumming and singing.
_ That the _ [Bb] light of Christ might be _ seen [Ab]
today, in our [Eb] acts [Bb] of love [Bb] and our _ deeds [Eb] of faith.
Speak, _ [Ab] _ _ _ O, Lord, [Bb] _ that [Ab] fills in us, [F] all your _ _ [Ab] purposes, for [Bb] your glory.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
Into the interlude, before you reach the second verse, you just play [Bb] _ C, four beats,
C, four, [Ab] G slash B, two beats, one, [Eb] two, to your D, two beats.
_ _ _ [F] Repeat the verse [Cm] again, speak, [Ab] O, Lord, and so on. _
So that's basically the whole [Gbm] song, and I hope this video [N] helps. _ _