He Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays506

He by Mel Tillis is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, F, Dm, Am, E7, Fm, B7, G7, Ab7 and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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  			C               Em                 F      C 
He can turn the tides and calm the ang-ry sea 

Dm         Am                 Dm      E7 
He alone decides who writes a sym-pho-ny 

F               Fm                  C         Am 
He lights every star that makes the dark-ness bright 

B7                 Em                    Dm      G7 
He keeps watch all through each long and lone-ly night 

  
C                  Am             Dm            G7 
He still finds the time to hear a child's first prayer 

Dm              G7               C 
Saint or sinner calls and always finds him there 

Ab7                                C      Em 
Though it makes him sad to see the way we live 

             Dm   G7    C 
He'll always say  I for-give 


               Em             F          C    
He can grant a wish or make a dream come true 

Dm               Am                  Dm      E7   
He can paint the clouds and turn the gray to blue 

F              Fm                C         Am  
He alone knows where to find the rainbow's end 

Bb           Em              Dm       G7 
He alone can see what lies beyond the bend 


C              Am                Dm        G7 
He can touch a tree and turn the leaves to gold 

Dm             G7               C 
He knows every lie that you and I have told 

Ab7                                C      Am 
Though it makes him sad to see the way we live 

             Dm   G7    C 
He'll always say  I for-give 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante