How To Play King of Glory: Jesus Culture

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I'm home now. I am refreshed and encouraged by the youth of America, seeing young people worship at Jesus Culture. It was an amazing time for so many! I wanted to introduce a fairly easy song to play, along with the harmonizing of the melody with vocals. The intro starts out with a straight forward beat and then the pattern of the rhythm changes with the verse. You will be recycling the chorus pattern over and over.

If you're not familiar with the song, here it is on YouTube.

Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter. Who is the King of glory? The LORD of Heaven's Armies--he is the King of glory. Psalm 24:9-10, NLT

 

King of Glory (Jesus Culture)

INTRO:

Am D2 Am Em 
Am D2 X4      (on keyboard, check other tabs for Guitar intro)


VERSE 1:
     Am                            F
Your face outshines the brightest sun
                C                   Em
Jesus, You're glorious, You are so glorious
      Am                           F
With eyes that blaze like burning fire
                C                   Em
Jesus, You're glorious, You are so glorious

Am F D2 Am F G Em 


Repeat Verse 1, Then:


CHORUS: (X2)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jesus-culture/280840.html ]
Am                    F
King of Glory, have Your glory
D2             Am    F    G Em    
King of Glory, have Your glory


VERSE 2:
      Am                        F
Your voice like rushing waters sounds
              C                    Em
Jesus You're powerful, You are so powerful
    Am                           F
And in Your Hands you hold the stars
              C                    Em
Jesus You're powerful, You are so powerful


CHORUS:

Am                    F
King of Glory, have Your glory
D2             Am    F    G Em
King of Glory, have Your gloryHold Chorus pattern until the end of the song, and end on Am.

I found the guitar and bass chords online:

Intro (repeat this part once more) (Guitar)
e -------12----------------10--------|
b -10------13-----8-10--------8------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (count for timing, but slow)

Verse

Dm_________________Bb________
Your face outshines the brightest sun
________F__________Am____________
Jesus, You're glorious, You are so glorious
__Dm_______________Bb_______
With eyes that blaze like burning fire
________F_________Am_____________
Jesus, You're glorious, You are so glorious

Chorus

Dm________Bb___________
King of Glory, have your glory
Dm/B______Dm__Bb__C/B_C_
King of Glory, have your glo - ry

Verse 2 (Play the same chords as first verse)

Your voice like rushing waters sounds
Jesus, You're powerful, You are so powerful
And in Your hands You hold the stars
Jesus, You're powerful, You are so powerful

The king referred to in Psalm 24 is repeatedly described as the King of glory. Glory means the state of being magnificent, splendid, extraordinary, and praiseworthy. Still, the psalmist does not name this King. Who is this King of glory?

You'll find Spanish words to the song, here.
Also, a slow version with tutorial of the song found here. 
If you need to change the key for your worship team and want an easy way to do it, see
Instant Transposer Software 

Chord Breakdown

Basically, your right hand is playing Dm (DFA), then change the chord to AM (CEA)
Then play, C/AM and back to D/DFA

D/ D,F,G,A (single r.h. notes)
Bb/ D,E,G,A
B/ D,E,G,A
D/ D,E, G, E, D

Now, if you want to invest in some software to learn about changing keys and modulating, this resource is for PC and MAC...It's called Instant Transposer Software and you can learn all about it.

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Blessings,


 "The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

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