Jesus Will Meet You There Chords

KeyEb Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays428

Jesus Will Meet You There by Steven Curtis Chapman is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Eb with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, G, Em, Cm, Em7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Eb
Text
16
Speed
  			 
Intro D  G  D  G  

D 
When you think you've hit the bottom 
And the bottom gives way  
Em 
And you fall into a darkness 
No words can explain 
Cm                 D              G     D     Em 
And you don't know how you make it out alive 
                    D       G 
Jesus will meet you there 

D 
When the doctor says, I'm sorry 
We don't know what else to do 
Em7 
And you're looking at your family 
Wondering how they'll make it through 
Cm       A             G            D   Em 
Whatever road this life takes you down 
                    D        
Jesus will meet you there 

G                                    A  Cm    
He knows the way to wherever you are 
                        A  
He knows the way to the depths of your heart 
G            D    Em                D 
He knows the way cause he's already been 
             Em    A 
Where you're going 
                    D     G 
Jesus will meet you there 

D 
When the jury says, Guilty 
And the prison doors close 
Em7                         Em 
When the one you love says nothing 
Just packs up and goes 
Cm                 A             G                D   Em 
When the sunlight comes and your world's still dark 
                    D     G 
Jesus will meet you there 

D 
When you've failed again and all your 
Second chances have been used 
Em 
And the heavy weight of guilt and shame 
Is crushing down on you 
Cm          A              G            D     Em 
And all you have is one last cry for help 
                    D        
Jesus will meet you there 

G                                    A  Cm    
He knows the way to wherever you are 
                        A  
He knows the way to the depths of your heart 
G            D    Em                D 
He knows the way cause he's already been 
             Em    A 
Where you're going 

D 
When you realize the dreams you've had 
For your child won't come true 
Em 
When the phone rings in the middle 
Of the night with tragic news 
Cm            D     G         D        Em 
Whatever valley you must walk through 
                    D     G 
Jesus will meet you there 

                 D     G 
He will meet you there 
                    D    G  D 
Jesus will meet you there 
    	

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