Build Us Back Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays539

Build Us Back by Newsboys is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D 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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  			Intro: A
 
A 
We've been crumbled, we've been crushed 
        D  
City walls have turned to dust  
            A                E 
Uh oh oh, Uh oh oh 
             A 
Broken hands and blistered feet 
       D 
We walk for miles to find relief  
            A                E 
Uh oh oh, Uh oh oh 

A                                    D 
When the thief takes, when our hopes cave  
A                               E 
You build us back, You build us back  
A                                        D 
When the earth shakes, when the world breaks  
A                                E 
You build us back, You build us back  

(intro) 

            A 
We are scared, we are poor 
             D  
All our safety nets are torn  
            A                E 
Uh oh oh, Uh oh oh 
                    A 
We've been humbled to our knees  
                    D 
From these ruins, we believe  
            A                E 
Uh oh oh, Uh oh oh 
  
(chorus) 

A 
Redeemer, redeem us  
D                               A 
Restorer, restore us 
                      E  
Oh build us back 
                     A                           D 
Though the mountains be shaken, the hills be removed  
          A                      E 
Your unfailing love remains    
         A                                         D                                        
After all that's been taken, Your promise, still sacred  
 A                                   E 
You build us back with precious stones  

(chorus) 
    	

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