Sweet Loving Word Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays460

Sweet Loving Word by Hank Locklin is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G7, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			G                 G7                 C 
Sweet loving word that cast away the fear 

                                 G 
Unchanging hand that’s always so near 

                G7         C 
Promises of God won’t ever fail 
  
             G       D7        G     G7 
Sweet loving word of hope He unveils  


   C                              G 
He wakes me every morning and His sweet words on my mind 

       C                     G              D7 
With a heart full of joy and bigger all the time 

  G                         G7                C 
I know He’ll never leave me He calls me by my name 

             G       D7          G 
Sweet loving word of truth of proclaim  


                  G7                   C 
Sweet loving word that holds me in His will 

                                     G 
He gave His life that everyone might live 

                   G7            C 
He’s the open gate so man can be free 

             G       D7             G  G7 
Sweet loving word of peace lives in me 


    C                             G 
I’m walking in a new life and His treasures are all mine 

  C                      G             D7 
I ask in His name and He answers every time  

     G               G7            C 
With His mighty arms my Lord is in command 

             G       D7           G 
Sweet loving word on faith I will stand 


C            G       D7           G 
Sweet loving word on faith I will stand  

C            G      C            G 
Sweet loving word   sweet loving word 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante