Gethsemane Chords

KeyAm Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays550

Gethsemane by Jenny Phillips is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Am, G, Em, C, Dm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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        Am         G 
Jesus climbed the hill 
          Em    C 
To the garden still 
      Dm         G        Am 
His steps were heavy and slow 
 Am          G 
Love and a prayer 
 Em        C 
Took Him there 
        Dm         G        D 
To the place only He could go 

 
Am   G  C 
Gethsemane 
  Am    G   C 
Jesus loves me 
       Dm   Am     G 
So He went willingly 
Dm     Em  Am 
To Gethsemane 

    Am           G 
He felt all the sad 
  Em       C 
Wicked or bad 
         Dm            G    D 
All the pain we would ever know 
             Am           G 
While His friends were asleep 
     Em       C 
He fought to keep 

      Dm           G  D 
His promise made long ago 


       C      G         Am       C 
The hardest thing that ever was done 
       Am      G         C        G 
The greatest pain that ever was known 
       C      G          Am       C 
The biggest battle that ever was won 
 Dm       Am       G 
This was done by Jesus 
     Dm       Am       G 
The fight was won by Jesus 



Am   G  C 
Gethsemane 
 Am    G    C 
Jesus loves me 
       Dm       Em     G 
So He gave His gift to me 
Dm     Em  Am 
In Gethsemane 

Am   G   C 
Gethsemane 
 Am     G   C 
Jesus loves me 
       Dm        Am     G 
So He gives His gift to me 
 Dm      Em  Am 
From Gethsemane 
    	

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