How To Play Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Cover of All I Have Needed

I have been thinking of this song all morning. This strong hymn with comforting lyrics is an all-time favorite with many. Our church body is praying for a woman named Sally who has Altzheimer's and wandered from a campground in the mountains. We hope for her safety and return to her family. She has been missing for 7 days now.

I wondered if you had a memorable traditional song that is one of your favorite's in addition to Amazing Grace? Perhaps it is, What a Friend We Have In Jesus.

 Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Words by Thomas O. Chisholm
Music by William M. Runyan

Song in the Key of C

VERSE 1

C            Fmaj7   Dm/F  F/G   G7 F/C C
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father, 

 F    G/F F  Em7   Am D            G
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
              C           Gm7       C7  Fmaj7 F6
Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not
D/F#         C/G         Dm9   G   C
As Thou has been Thou forever wilt be.

CHORUS 

 G            Csus    C
Great is Thy faithfulness!
 A            Dsus    Dm
Great is Thy faithfulness!
 G      G/F C/E C  Am/E G/D Am7 D7 G
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
G/F         C/E G F   C7/E  Bb/D C7 Fmaj7 F6
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
D/F#          C/G          Dm9   G7  C
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me.

VERSE 2
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

VERSE 3
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide. 
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside.

Chords I Like

VERSE 1:
             
C/GCE Great is thy 

F/FAE faithful-

F/FAD ness, 

G/ACF O God 

G/BDF my 

C/ACF Fa-

C/GCE ther.
 
F/CFA There 

F/DGB is 

F/CFA no 

E/BDG shadow 

A/ACE of 

D/F#D turn-

D/GE ing 

D/AF# with 

G/ABG Thee; 

G/BG Thou 

G/CA chang-

G/DB est 

C/EGC not, Thy com-

GF/BbDG passions 

C/GBbE they 

F/ACE fail not

 
F#/DA As Thou has 

G/EGC been Thou 

G/CEG for-

D/FACE ever 

G/GBD wilt 

C/EGC be.

CHORUS:
 
G/BDG Great is 

G/GBD Thy 

C/GCF faith-

C/GCE fulness!
 
A/C#EA Great is 

A/AC#E Thy 

D/ADG faith-

D/ADF fulness!
 
G/BDG Morn-

G/CDA ing 

F/DGB by 

E/CGC morn-

C/CEG ing 

E/CEA new 

D/DGB mer-

A/EGC cies 

D/CF#A I 

G/BDG see. 

F/BDG All I 

F/DGB have 

E/CGC need-

G/DGB ed 

F/CFA Thy 

E/BbCG hand 

D/BbDF hath 

C/BbCE pro-

F/ACE vi-

F/ACD ded

F#/DA Great is Thy 

G/EGC faith-

G/CEG fulness, 

D/ACE Lord 

D/ACF un-

G/FGB to 

C/EGC me.

Song in the Key of D

VERSE 1:
  D           G           A7         D
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
 G            D        Em            A
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
 A7            D           D            Em7
Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not
G            D         A       A7  D
As Thou has been Thou forever wilt be.

CHORUS:
 A            D
Great is Thy faithfulness!
 Bm            Em
Great is Thy faithfulness!
 A7         D             Em      A
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
A7          D          D           Em7
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
G             D            A     A7  D
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me.

VERSE 2:
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

VERSE 3:
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide. 
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside.

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Primary and Secondary Triads Figured Bass

 A triad can be built on each note of the scale.

When building triads on scale tones, all of the sharps or flats that are in the key being used must be added to the chords which have those notes.

Example: D Major Scale has F# and C#. When writing the triads of D Major, every time an F or C appears in a chord, a sharp must be added to it. (See example below.)

Triads of the scale are numbered using Roman Numerals. Upper case Roman Numerals are used for Major triads, lower case Roman numerals are used for minor triads, upper case Roman Numerals with "+" are used for Augmented triads, and lower case Roman Numerals with "o" are used for diminished triads. These are called the FIGURED BASS SYMBOLS.

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

I (Major) = DF#A                                ii (minor) = EGB

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

 iii (minor) = F#AC#                             IV (Major) = GBD

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

V (Major) = AC#E                                 vi (minor) = BDF#

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

 viio (diminished) C#EG                            I (Major) = DF#A

 All of the above charts are for the...
PRIMARY and SECONDARY TRIADS IN THE KEY OF D MAJOR

I, IV and V are the PRIMARY TRIADS. In Major keys, these three triads are Major and are the most commonly used chords for harmonizing tonal melodies. The chords are labelled with upper case Roman Numerals.

ii, iii, vi and viio are the SECONDARY TRIADS. In Major keys, iii, and vi are minor and viio is diminished. The chords are labelled with lower case Roman Numerals, and the viio chord has a small circle beside the Roman Numeral.

The qualities of the triads in minor keys are different from those for Major keys. When using harmonic minor, the triads have the following qualities:

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

i (minor) = DFA                               iio (diminished) = EGBb

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

III+ (Augmented = FAC#                  iv (minor) = GBbD

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

V (Major) = AC#E                     VI (Major) = BbDF

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

viio (diminished) = C#EG                  i (minor) = DFA

The above charts are for....
PRIMARY and SECONDARY TRIADS in the KEY of D MINOR

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