What A Friend We Have In Jesus Chords

KeyC# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays576

What A Friend We Have In Jesus by Alan Jackson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#. It uses the chords C#, F#, G#, D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro - C# F# G# C# 
 
C#                       F# 
What a friend we have in Jesus, 
C#                          G# 
All ours sins and griefs to bear, 
C#                  F# 
What a privilege to carry 
G#                   C# 
Everything to God in prayer! 
G#                    C# 
O what peace we often forfeit, 
F#     C#               G# 
O what needless pain we bear, 
C#                    F# 
All because we do not carry 
G#                   C# 
Everything to God in prayer! 
 
D                      G 
Have we trials and temptations? 
D                    A 
Is there trouble anywhere? 
D                     G 
We should never be discouraged; 
A                      D 
Take it to the Lord in prayer. 
A                       D 
Can we find a friend so faithful 
G        D               A 
Who will all our sorrows share? 
D                     G 
Jesus knows our every weakness; 
A                      D 
Take it to the Lord in prayer. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante