O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded Chords

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O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded by Johann Sebastian Bach is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords C, D, G, Em, Bm, Am 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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G
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16
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  			Verso 1:
    C         C          D       G 
O   sac - red  Head, now wound - ed 
     Em        Bm            Em 
With grief and shame weighed down 
    C                      D       G 
Now scorn - ful - ly sur - round - ed 
     Em            Bm   Em 
With thorns, Thine only crown 
    D         C        G 
How pale Thou art with anguish 
     C         Am       E 
With sore  a - buse and scorn 
     D         G          Em     D 
How  does that vis - age  lang - uish 
      C        D         G 
Which once was bright as morn 

Verso 2:
     C           C        D       G 
What Thou, my  Lord, hast suf - fered 
    Em      Bm        Em 
Was all for sinners’ gain 
     C                      D       G 
Mine, mine was  the trans - gres - sion 
    Em        Bm     Em 
But Thine the deadly pain 
    D      C        G 
Lo, here I fall, my Savior 
     C        Am       E 
’Tis I  de - serve Thy place 
      D        G         Em     D 
Look  on   me with Thy   fa - vor 
         C        D         G 
Vouch - safe  to  me  Thy grace  

Verso 3:
     C         C          D      G 
What lang - uage shall I  bor - row 
    Em         Bm       Em 
To thank Thee, dearest friend 
    C                  D      G 
For this Thy  dy - ing sor - row 
    Em   Bm      Em 
Thy pity without end 
    D      C          G 
O make me Thine for - ever 
     C        Am       E 
And should  I fainting be 
      D         G          Em    D 
Lord, let   me  ne - ver,  ne - ver 
      C       D         G 
Out - live my love  to Thee 
    	

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100 BPM Andante