Thy Word Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays322

Thy Word by Michael W. Smith is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, A, F#m, C#m, Am, C#sus, C# and Esus. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			E              B            E          A      B      E
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.  (2x)

VERSE 1:
B             F#m
When I feel afraid,
C#m                Am 
think I've lost my way,
A             B             A   E
still you're there right beside me.
     B             F#m
And nothing will I fear
   C#m             Am 
as long as you are near.
 A         B     C#sus   C#
Please be near me to the end.


VERSE 2:
B            F#m
I will not forget
     C#m             Am 
your love for me and yet
    A       B        A    E
my heart forever is wandering.
 B           F#m
Jesus be my guide,
    C#m             Am 
and hold me to your side,
A       B      C#sus  C#
I will love you to the end.


ENDING:
 B             F#m     C#m             Am 
Nothing will I fear as long as you are near.
 A         B     C#sus  C#
Please be near me to the end.
 E             B            E          A      B      E
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
 E             B            E          A      B     Esus  E
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path,
       A      B     Esus  E
and a light unto my path.
            A      B      E
You're the light unto my path.
    	

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