How To Play Something Beautiful: Gaither

Gaither and his wife, Gloria, have written many songs including:

 "The Longer I Serve Him,"

 "Because He Lives," 

"The King Is Coming,"

 "Sinner Saved By Grace", 

"Something Beautiful,"

 "He Touched Me", "It Is Finished," 

"Jesus, There's Something About That Name" 

"I'm Gonna Sing"

 and "Let's Just Praise The Lord." 

Do you have a favorite?

Gloria Gaither often writes the lyrics while Bill writes the music, although composing is usually a collaborative project between the two. As of 2005, they had composed 600 songs and by 2012, that number had increased to over 700. For more information, visit Bill Gaither (gospel_singer).

Something Beautiful

Words and Music by William J. and Gloria Gaither

Key: Eb

Time: 4/4

Chorus

Eb       Ebdim   Eb           Bb7     Bbdim  Bb7
Something beautiful, something good

  Fm(maj7) Fm7 Bb7  Eb    Eb7
All my confusion He understood;

Ab                                           Eb/Ab    Eb   D/G7  Cm
All I had to offer Him was brokenness and strife

Bb/Eb Ab6     Bb/Eb             Bb7                     Eb  Ab  Eb
But he made something beautiful of my life

Verse

               Eb                Ebmaj7
If there ever were dreams
                     Eb6          Ebdim
That were lofty and noble
Fm7                                                Bb7
They were my dreams at the start
                                       Fm (maj7)            Fm7
And the hopes for life's best were the hopes
             Bb7           Eb/Ab            Eb   Ebdim  Eb
That I harbored down deep in my heart
                Eb                            Ebmaj7
But my dreams turned to ashes
                Eb7                                         Ab                           Ab6
And my castles all crumbled, my fortune turned to loss
         Cm               F7              Cm7      F7
So I wrapped it all in the rags of life
        Bb/Fm7 Bb6  Bb/Fm  Bb/Eb  Bb7
And laid it at the cross

Chorus

(C) 1971 by William Gaither. Administered by Gaither Music Company

Chord Breakdown in the Song

Eb = Eb/BbEbG and EbBbEb/GBb

Ebdim = bb/AEbF#

Eb7 = EbBbEb/DbFBb and EbGBb/FBb

Eb/Ab = EbEb/CEbAb

Ebmaj7 = EbBbD/GBb

Bb7 = BbBb/AbDF and BbAb/DbF and BbAbBb/DFG

Bbdim = F/GC#E

Bb/Fm7 = Bb/EbAbC

Bb/Fm = Bb/CFAb

Bb/Eb = Bb/BbEbG

Bb6 = Bb/DGBb

Fm = FC/AbCFAb FC/FAb

Fm(maj7) = FCAb/CEAb

Fm7 = FC/CEbAb FEbF/AbC

F7 = FC/AEbF

Ab = AbEb/CEbBb

Ab6 = AbEbC/F

Cm = CBb/CEbG

Cm7 = CBb/EbG

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