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
X
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