TUNING IN
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS | Mitch Bohannon
The faithfulness of God is a truth that needs to be repeated and sung about in our worship. We all need to be reminded regularly about God’ s faithfulness! The first time I heard this new version of“ Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” I was in the middle of transitioning to a new job. The enemy was doing his best to distract and rob me and my wife of our joy, but God kept showing His hand and confirming His work. He is truly faithful from“ Beginning to end!”
This song is really easy to play with the cut capo. It’ s recorded in“ C”( full capo on 3 and cut capo on 5), but I lead it in the key of“ Bb”( full capo on 1 and cut capo on 3) because it just gets too high for me. Move the capos around to other keys to find what fits your voice and your church best.
For dynamics( see video), I use a simple alternating finger-style at the beginning and slowly build to being full strum at the end. Allowing the music to build helps the people you are leading to be more engaged with the song. If you look at the chord shapes on the chorus,“ Beginning to end” goes from a“ C” to a
“ C / E”… I play the“ C” with no 3 rd, which means, mute the 5 th string. That makes that“ C” a onefinger chord( use your 2 nd finger) and the“ C / E” is also a one-finger chord at the 5 th string with
your 1 st finger. Just that little, one-finger move makes a great bit of difference as you walk into the“ F” chord on the word“ Great.”
This is a fun and powerful song to play. I’ ve had several people comment about it at my church! It’ s very well received!
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.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness( Beginning To End) W. M. Runyan, T. O. Chisholm, J. Ingram, and M. Weaver Tempo 100 | Time ¾ | Key C( Full capo on fret 3 / Cut capo on fret 5)
INTRO ||: C | F2 | F2 / G | C:||
VERSE( s) C |
F2 |
F2 / G |
C |
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God, my Father |
F |
C / E |
G / D |
G |
There is no shadow of turning with Thee |
G |
C |
C2 / E |
F |
Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not |
F |
C |
Gsus |
C |
As Thou has been, Thou forever will be |
CHORUS 1 C
C / E Beginning to end, my life in Your hands
F Am G Great, great is Your faithfulness
C
C / E You never let go, this one thing I know F Am G Great, great is Your faithfulness
CHORUS 2 G |
C |
Am |
Dm |
Great is Thy faithfulness, great is Thy faithfulness |
G |
C |
G / D |
G |
Morning by morning new mercies I see |
G |
C |
F |
All I have needed Thy hand has provided |
F |
C |
G |
C |
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me |
C F2 C / E G / D x
G F Gsus Am Dm
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36 July 2018 WorshipMusician. com