May The Words Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays536

May The Words by Ellie Holcomb is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, F#m, D, B, Bm and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Verse 
A    E  F#m          D 
May the words of my mouth 
A            D             B          E 
and the meditations of my heart 
Bm     Bm7  F#m             Bm7 
  Be acceptable in Your sight 
  D          A 
Oh, Lord, my rock 
  D          A 
You are my rock 
    D                      E    A 
Oh, Lord, my rock and my redeemer 


           D                                 A 
Oh, the heavens, they declare what You have done 
         D                          A      E 
And the dark is chased away by the rising sun 
     D                             F#m         E 
But even in the darkest nights the stars shine on 
Bm             E 
Creation sings redemption's song 

Verse 
A    E   F#m         D 
May the words of my mouth 
A            D             B          E 
and the meditations of my heart 
Bm     Bm7  F#m             Bm7 
  Be acceptable in Your sight 
  D          A 
Oh, Lord, my rock 
  D          A 
You are my rock 
    D                      E     A 
Oh, Lord, my rock and my redeemer 


          D                               A 
Oh, You shine Your perfect light into my soul 
     D                            F#m      E 
Restoring all the innocence transgression stole 
  D                          F#m      E 
Covering my brokenness with all Your love 
Bm               E 
So I can join redemption's song 

Verse 
A    E   F#m         D 
May the words of my mouth 
A            D             B          E 
and the meditations of my heart 
Bm     Bm7  F#m             Bm7 
  Be acceptable in Your sight 
  D          A 
Oh, Lord, my rock 
  D          A 
You are my rock 
    D                       E   A 
Oh, Lord, my rock and my redeemer 

Outro 
    F#m      A 
Oh, Lord, my rock 
D          A 
You are my rock 
    D                       E   A 
Oh, Lord, my rock and my redeemer 
    	

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