Worship Musician August 2020 | Page 90
CUT CAPO
FAITHFUL NOW BY VERTICAL WORSHIP | Mitch Bohannon
2020, the year of COVID. These times can
be synonymous with fear, anxiety, unknown,
depression… the list can go on. As I was
working in my yard, I had a worship mix playing
from my phone and this song came up. I know
I had heard it when it first came out, but it
seemed to speak to me differently this week.
When the song finished playing, I hurried off my
gloves to get to my phone and hit repeat. I really
needed that reminder of God’s faithfulness.
Right now with all that’s going on, I believe the
church as a whole needs the reminder of His
faithfulness. It’s so easy to lose sight of God
and get focused on the situations around us.
We’re supposed to learn those lessons! If
you’re not familiar with this song, sit back and
listen… then, let’s get the church resonating
with the sound of God’s faithfulness!
As with many of the songs from Vertical
Worship, the chord progression is fairly simple
and it lends itself beautifully to the cut capo.
If you’re new to the cut capo, look up other
lessons I have on YouTube and I believe you’ll
find a place for it on your worship platform.
The song is in the key of “B,” but is more
comfortable to me in the key of “A.” To play with
the recording, you’ll use the same fingerings I
show you in the video and add a full capo on
fret 2 and move the cut capo to fret 4.
In the video, I’ll show you playing the song with
the cut capo in standard position on fret 2 and
then also playing with capos on frets 5 and
7 (still the key of “A”). With the second guitar
having capos higher up the neck, it can give a
great mandolin effect. There, I started the song
with fingerpicking so to stay away from the main
acoustic. When the song builds, I used a fuller
strum in order to double the main guitar. I even
added a third guitar playing standard tuning in
the last build. If you have any questions, please
holler to me at [email protected].
E F#m D A Asus. E/G# C#m
FAITHFUL NOW
Eddie Hoagland, Hank Bentley, Jonathan Smith, & Mia Fieldes Tempo: 148
VERSE 1
E F#m D E F#m D
I am holding on to faith. Cause I know You’ll make a way
E F#m D
I don’t always understand, I don’t always get to see
E F#m. D
But I will believe it – I will believe it
CHORUS
A
Asus A
You make mountains move You make giants fall
A
E
You use songs of praise To shake prison walls
F#m E/G# A
I will speak to my fear, I will preach to my doubt
D A E A
That You were faithful then, You’ll be faithful now
D A E A
(You were faithful then, You’ll be faithful now)
VERSE 2
E F#m D E F#m D
I am standing on Your word Calling heaven down to earth
E F#m D
You will fight my enemies and this will end in victory
E F#m D
And I will believe it – I will believe it
BRIDGE
D
I know that I know You never fail
F#m
I know that I know You never will
D
I know that I know You never fail
F#m
I know that I know You never will
E
C#m
E
E
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Mitch Bohannon
Mitch Bohannon and his wife, Noelle have been
married for over 27 years with three adult kids. Mitch
developed the Short-Cut capo for Kyser and is a
teacher/coach in Louisiana
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