It Is Well Chords
It Is Well by Jimmy Needham is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em, A7, Dsus2 and D/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
G D –Dsus2 C G
When peace like a river attendeth my way
Em A7 D Em A7
When sorrows like sea billows roll
G C A7 Dsus2
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say
G C Dsus2 G C G
It is well, it is well, with my soul
C D
?It is well, (it is well)
G C G
With my soul, (with my soul)?
C Em D/F# Dsus2 G C G
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
verse 2
G D –Dsus2 C G
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
Em A7 D Em A7
?My sin, not in part but the whole
G C A7 Dsus2
?Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more
G C Dsus2 G C G
?Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
C D
?It is well, (it is well)
G C G
With my soul, (with my soul)?
C Em D/F# Dsus2 G C G
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
verse 3
G D –Dsus2 C G
Oh Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight
Em A7 D Em A7
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll
G C A7 Dsus2
?The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend
G C Dsus2 G C G
Even so, it is well with my soul
C D
?It is well, (it is well)
G C G
With my soul, (with my soul)?
C Em D/F# Dsus2 G C G
It is well, it is well, with my soul.