Bowed My Head Cried Holy Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays589

Bowed My Head Cried Holy by Gene Clark is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, F#m and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
       D             A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
A                   F#m 
If I could I surely would 
A 
Stand on that rock 
E           A 
Where Moses stood 
 
banjo break 
 
A 
Lord I ain't no stranger now 
       D                 A 
Lord I ain't no stranger now 
A 
I been introduced 
                      F#m 
To the father and the son 
A            E           A 
Lord I ain't no stranger now 
A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
       D             A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
A                   F#m 
If I could I surely would 
A 
Stand on that rock 
E           A 
Where Moses stood 
 
SOLO 
 
A 
Sinner run and hide your face 
       D                 A 
Sinner run and hide your face 
A                              F#m 
Run to the rock sayin' hide my face 
A 
The rocks don't have 
E         A 
No hiding place 
A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
       D             A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
A                   F#m 
If I could I surely would 
A 
Stand on that rock 
E           A  
Where Moses stood 
 
-Banjo- break 
 
A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
       D             A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
A                   F#m 
If I could I surely would 
A 
Stand on that rock 
E           A 
Where Moses stood 
A 
Well Lord I ain't no stranger now 
       D                  A 
Lord I ain't no stranger now 
A 
I been introduced 
                      F#m 
To the father and the son 
     A          E        A 
Lord I ain't no stranger now 
A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
       D             A 
Cryin' Holy unto the Lord 
A                   F#m 
If I could I surely would 
A 
Stand on that rock 
E           A 
Where Moses stood 
A 
Stand on that rock 
E            D      A 
Where Moses stood 
 
 
from Dillard & Clark: Through the Morning, Through the Night 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante