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CUT CAPO
“GOD SO LOVED” BY ED CASH, SCOTT CASH, FRANNI CASH,
MARTIN CASH, ANDREW BERGTHOLD | Mitch Bohannon
What do “How Great Is Our God,” “Living EP full of their own gritty, amazing tunes that “God
Hope,” and “Victory (Bethel Music)” have in are befitting to their collective resumes. When I congregational song celebrating the truth of
common? Ed Cash. Well, this past month, Ed saw the announcement of the release, I jumped John 3:16. I totally dig heavy acoustically driven
Cash along with Scott Cash, Franni Rae Cash, over to iTunes and bought it immediately. I was tunes. Churches seem to grab ahold of them
Martin Cash and Andrew Bergthold released an drawn to “God So Loved” and “Holy Water.” pretty quickly. This song would be great to lead
is
a
super-singable
and an acoustic or two. Playing with the cut
By Ed Cash, Scott Cash, Franni Rae Cash, Martin Cash and Andrew Bergthold
Key: G (Original Key Bb) | Tempo: 100
Capo 3 / Cut Capo 5
| G / / / | G / / C/G | G / / / | G / / C/G |
capo allows you to play kind of a sloppy, full-on
rhythm and not be playing out of tune.
B R I D G E (2x):
G/B
C
Praise God, praise God
G/D
Dsus D
From whom all blessings flow
G/B
C
Praise Him, praise Him
G/D
Dsus D
For the wonders of His love
V E R S E 1 :
G
G
Come all you weary, come all you thirsty
G
G
Come to the well that never runs dry
Dsus
C
Drink of the Water, come and thirst no more
T U R N A R O U N D : | G Gsus G Gsus | G Gsus G Gsus |
V E R S E 2 :
G
G
Come all you sinners, come find His mercy
G
G
Come to the table, He will satisfy
Dsus
C
Taste of His goodness, Find what you’re looking for
( C H O R U S 2 )
If you struggle with playing a syncopated
rhythm, you can just play straight 8ths and it
can work just fine. To play with the recording,
I’m following a strum pattern of down-down-up
/ down-down-up through the verses and more
driving for the chorus. The bridge of the song is
a nice dynamic break that sets up the kick back
VE R S E 3 :
G
G
Bring all your failures. Bring your addictions
N.C.
Come lay them down at the foot of the cross to chorus nicely.
Jesus is waiting. God so loved the world your failures, Bring your addictions, Come lay
TURNAROUND: | G Gsus G Gsus | G Gsus G / |
Lyrically, the song is brilliant, especially verse 3
(and the repeat of verse 3 at the end). “Bring all
them down at the foot of the Cross. Jesus is
waiting there with open arms.” This song could
C H O R U S 1 : (N.C. as recorded)
G
G
For God so loved the world that He gave us
G
G
His one and only Son to save us
D
C
Whoever believes in Him will live forever
easily fit at the start or end of a worship set. It
could also be fitting in many churches during
a response time by starting
T U R N A R O U N D : | G Gsus G Gsus | G Gsus G / |
G
Gsus
Full Capo 3 | Cut Capo 5
C/G
C
D | Dsus
G/B
G/D
X
V E R S E 3 :
G
G
Bring all your failures. Bring your addictions
G
G
Come lay them down at the foot of the cross
Dsus
C
Jesus is waiting there with open arms
on verse 3 and then going
into a down chorus and the
bridge. So many possibilities!
Give the song a listen and try
it out. I’d love to hear how it
works with those you lead!
C H O R U S 2 :
G
G
For God so loved the world that He gave us
G
G
His one and only Son to save us
D
C
| G Gsus G Gsus | G Gsus G / |
Whoever believes in Him will live forever
G
G
The power of Hell forever defeated
G
G
Now it is well, I’m walking in freedom
D
C
For God so loved, God so loved the world
T U R N A R O U N D : | G Gsus G Gsus | G Gsus G / |
©2019 Andrew Bergthold Designee | Capitol CMG Genesis | Capitol CMG Paragon | We The
Kingdom ASCAP Designee | We The Kingdom Music
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Loved”
with a little stomp-box or even a cajon, a bass
God So Loved
I N T R O :
So
December 2019
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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