Instrument Chords
by Matt Maher
Instrument by Matt Maher is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Em, G, Cmaj7/E, D, C, Cadd9, G/B and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em ||| G ||| Em ||| G
Verso 1:
Em G
Where there is hatred, Lord
Em G
Let me sow Your love
Cmaj7/E G
Where there’s injury
D
Let forgiveness be enough
C
Forgiveness be enough
Verso 2:
Cadd9 G
Are we giving up
Cadd9 G
Fighting the good fight
Cadd9 G
Where there is despair
D
Just a flicker in the flame
C
Could break the veil of night
C G D
To the Father and the Son
C G D
And the Holy Spirit, three in One
C D Em G/B Am7
I offer You myself, though I’m broken and spent
C G
Let me be Your instrument
C G C
Let me be Your instrument
Verso 3:
Em G
May I never seek
Em G
To be consoled as to console
Cmaj7/E G
May I understand
D
To be loved is to love
C
To be loved is to love
C G D
To the Father and the Son
C G D
And the Holy Spirit, three in One
C D Em G/B Am7
I offer You myself, though I’m broken and spent
C G
Let me be Your instrument
C G D
Oh praise Him, Hallelujah
C G D
Oh praise Him, Hallelujah
C D Em G/B Am7
I offer You myself, though I’m broken and spent
C G
Let me be Your instrument
Final:
C
Let there be peace
Am7
Pardoned in the pardoning
G
Born again when we die
D
You have raised us to new life
Am7
Let there be peace
C
Pardoned in the pardoning
G
Born again when we die
D Am7
You have raised us to new life