NOTE: This play through was done using the Fractal Axe-FX III, but the FM3 and Helix patches use the same snapshots and scenes, and will sound very similar.
Song Info
Arrangement
Artist: Kari Jobe, Passion, many others 🙂
Album: Gateway Worship – Living For You
album info: Album Key: D Mixolydian (or G), TIME 63 BPM
For chord charts and more tutorials for this song (including drums, bass, vocals, and more), visit Worship Artistry.
Song Info & Resources
Play it yourself
Acoustic tutorial info here
Chord Diagrams
Strumming Pattern
To clarify, the strumming pattern is: d, d, d, u, u, d, d, d, u, u?
I talk about the strumming pattern at about 1:10 in the video. I think it’s D, D, D-U, U-D, D, D-U
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what is the chords for this song
D, Am, C, and G. (In order)
woohh thats great!! you are really so good to play that song and i love it.. same with the song OUR GOD super thanks!! GOD BLESS!! 😀
Hmmm, maybe this song is in G? G feels like the “home” chord to me. It just starts on the “five” chord. And from a music theory pov, all the chords fit G major.
But whatever, it’s still a good song, and you do a great job on the tutorial. That’s a valuable service you are providing. The key is not really that important.
Hey Mark!
I’m pretty sure this is in the key of D. I’ve looked around a bit, and most places I’ve found list this key as D. Ha – I suppose it’s not all that important so long as the chords are right.
Thanks for writing in!
Hi Brian,
This song is actually in the key of G. It begins on the 5th chord (D) of the key G which is why some think it is in the key of D. The Am chord is the clue. If it was in the key of D, the song would have an Em chord.
Regards,
CIndy
Hi Cindy – the key of Revelation Song seems to be hotly debated, ha. According to the author (Jennie Lee Riddle), it’s written in D Mixolydian, which makes sense. In the Mixolydian mode, the 7th is flatted, so in the case of D, the 7th is C#. Because it’s Mixolydian mode, the C# becomes C major, which is found in the song. You could think of it as key of G (G and D Mixolydian are related scales), but the D chord feels like the 1 chord in the song (it’s where the song feels like it resolves). Another cool thing about the version of the song that contains the guitar solo – the solo section goes to Dorian mode, which contains a flattened 3rd.
Either way, this is all very boring, but I find music theory to be pretty interesting.
So if I want to play pads in the background of D mixolodian scale, I’d play pads in G?
Really thanks, gretings from chile, you tutorials in youtube are very usefull,,, really thanks… god bless you brian..
Thanks Brain, I like the way you teach songs on your website. I love it, you really make it simple to play and sing. By the way, i like your voice. God bless you. Keep up the faith. Dannyron from Hull UK
Thanks!
Hello Brian,
Thanks a lot for the ‘revelation song’ video!
I just started playing the guitar.
It is really cool that I can learn to play with a song to worship the Lord.
Thanks!
Rebekka from the Netherlands
Hi Brian, I love this song and cannot sing it without being move to tears every time.
The chords are great and I need to practice much more before I can lead. My heart is in this song..
Thank you for the excellent video. BTW, I attend Calvary Chapel South Bay (Steve Mays’ church, Los Angeles)….have you ever heard of Kevin Click? He’s a good friend and another amazing musician.
hey Brian really like this song I’m pretty much learning guitar here and the chords are easy enough for me to get them
Hi brian can you do a tutorial on the song love is war by hillsong , hightly suggested plz 🙂 , thx
Thank you for this great lesson! I’m a beginner and am having problems with learning this strumming pattern; are there any tips or tutorials to help me master it? Aslo which strumming do we accent? The first Down and also there seems to be an accent closer to the end, but I don’t quite catch it.
Hi Anastasia,
This song is slow enough that you can actually accent the 1, 2, 3, and 4 if you want, but I’d land more on 1 and 3 personally.
Hie Brian. But when strumming using the pattern DDDUUDDDU won’t you be change too early….like when counting 1 &2 a3 &4e don’t need one more strum for either & or a to change to the next chord .thanks