CUT CAPO
MASH UP: “MAJESTY” MEETS “I EXALT THEE” | Mitch Bohannon
Do you ever have a song from years past just CCLI gathers reports from churches twice each As a worship leader, I have tried to bring some
seem to pop into your head and instantly you year, once in February and again in August. So, hymns into our song sets because some of
can sing it like it was yesterday? Last week in this week, I’ve been studying a bi-annual, Top them I really consider timeless and they are also
rehearsal, my electric guitar player was testing 25 song list that spans 29 years! important to our senior members here in South
a new pedal and played a progression that
Louisiana. However, I’ve really overlooked most
immediately had me singing “My Redeemer What song stayed in the Top 25 the longest? all of the songs we were singing in churches
Lives” by Hillsong from twenty years ago. Once You guessed it! “Lord I Lift Your Name On High” from the time contemporary services began to
I began to sing, the whole band just filled in. It by Rick Founds stayed in the Top 25 for 37 grow in popularity.
was a great memory of a great song. cycles…that’s over 18 years! For 15 of those cycles it stayed at the number-one spot. You I’ve been specifically sorting through the CCLI
It got me wondering just how influential different know, those songs were popular in churches Top 25 lists from just the 1990’s. Strangely
songs have been. I contacted CCLI and got a for a reason; God was working through them. enough, there was not a clear winner, if you will,
list of the top 25 reported songs since 1989.
of the most played song. There are five songs
that made the lists 20 times and another 8
Majesty songs that made the lists 19 times. It sounds
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Majesty
worship His majesty
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Unto Jesus be all glory honor and praise
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Majesty
Kingdom authority
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Flow from His throne unto His own
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His anthem raise songs! Among those top 14 are songs like,
I Exalt Thee our churches 20-30 years ago. This week, I’ve
like a lot of churches were playing the same
Jack Hayford
Pete Sanchez Jr.
“We Will Glorify”, “Majesty”, “I Exalt Thee”, “As
The Deer”, “He Has Made Me Glad”, and “Give
Thanks”.
As I consider the impact at my church in leading
the new Passion song, “God You’re So Good”,
the familiarity of the chorus just seems to draw
people into worship. The same could work for
many of these songs that were widely sung in
been playing around with putting “Majesty” and
CHORUS
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I exalt Thee, I exalt Thee
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I exalt Thee Oh, Lord
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I exalt Thee, I exalt Thee
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I exalt Thee Oh, Lord
“I Exalt Thee” together. They both work so well
with the cut capo. Check out the video, grab a
cut capo, and strum through these tunes!
Mitch Bohannon
Developed the Short-Cut Capo for Kyser. Worship
Leader in Louisiana. Married to his beautiful
wife, Noelle, for 23 years and they have three
awesome kids.
VERSE
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For Thou oh Lord art high
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Above all the earth
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Thou art exalted far above all gods
(REPEAT)
Cut Capo Lesson | Majesty / I Exalt Thee
December 2018
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