King of My Heart – Bethel Music, John Mark McMillan

In this play through and tutorial, I’m playing in the open key of D, which is suited for a male vocal. The Bethel Music version is in A, and suited for a female lead vocal (although G might be easier).

There are a couple strumming patterns you can use in various places in this song. Here is a basic pattern that will work for the majority of the song:

When a chord changes after just 2 beats (half-measure changes) use this pattern:

If you’re in a bigger section of the song, you can use this pattern for a bit more energy: