Show Me Chords
by Audrey Assad
Show Me by Audrey Assad is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Am, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro G C G Am
Verse 1
G C G Am
You could plant me like a tree beside a river
G C Em G C
You could tangle me in soil and let my roots run wild
G C G Am
And I would blossom like a flower in the desert
C G Am
But for now just let me cry
Verse 2
G C G Am
You could raise me like a banner in a battle
G C Em G C
Put victory like a fire behind my shining eyes
G C G Am
And I would drift like falling snow over the embers
C G Am
But for now just let me lie
Chorus
C G D
Bind up these broken bones
Em C D
Mercy bend and breathe me back to life
C G D
But not before You show me how to die
Instrumental: G C G Am
G C G Am
Set me like a star before the morning
G C Em G C
Like a song that steals the darkness from a world asleep
G C G Am
And I'll illuminate the path You've laid before me
C G Am
But for now just let me be
Chorus 2
C G D
Bind up these broken bones
Em C D
Mercy bend and breathe me back to life
C G D
But not before You show me how to die
C G D
Oh, not before You show me how to die
Verse 3
G C G Am
So let me go like a leaf upon the water
G C Em G C
Let me brave the wild currents flowing to the sea
G C G Am
And I will disappear into a deeper beauty
G C G Am
But for now just stay with me
G C D G
God, for now just stay with me
Ending: G C G D G