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In this acoustic guitar tutorial of "Run to the Father" by Cody Carnes, you'll learn how to play the chord progression and strum pattern. This song uses G chord family chords with the capo on the 5th fret, which puts it in the key of C. You can also play it with C chords and no capo. 

This is a great worship song for a beginner. Check out the free charts!   

In this acoustic guitar tutorial of "I Thank God" by Maverick City Music, featuring Aaron Moses you'll learn how to play all of the chords, a strum pattern to keep up with the pace of this song, and how to play the intro lick. This is a highly energetic song that clocks in at 130BPM and is a lot of fun to play! This song is in the key of Db, so in this lesson, we'll focus on the C chord family capo 1.

In this acoustic guitar tutorial of "Hymn of Heaven" by Phil Wickham, you'll learn how to play all of the chords using capo 2 in the D chord family. The strum pattern is relatively easy and focuses on down strums. You can also play this song using E chords instead. This is a fantastic worship song that worth learning.

In this acoustic guitar tutorial of House of the Lord by Phil Wickham, you'll learn how to play the intro lick, the chords, and the easiest strum pattern. This song has an unusual timing; however, once you learn how to follow the chart, you'll be able to play along easily. You'll have a choice of different capo options, but we'll focus on using the G chord family for this lesson.

When it comes to leading worship, the right electric guitar can make or break the song. The sound, durability, and dependability of an electric guitar are all important considerations when performing in a worship setting. If you spend much time with an electric guitarist, you’ll find out quickly how important finding the right tone can be! Let's take a look at how to choose the best electric guitar for worship. 

In this acoustic guitar tutorial of "Christ Be Magnified" by Cody Carnes, you'll learn how to play easy variations of chords that will work well for switching quickly from one chord to another. This song has several quick switches. You'll also learn a strum pattern that will help you switch quickly without missing a beat.

For the bridge, we'll cover how to play the finger picking part, and finally, we'll cover the signature lick. You'll learn how to incorporate the intro lick into the chords as you play. 

Check out the free charts!   

Playing worship songs on the guitar is one of the most effective ways of leading others in worship and connecting with God. This blog post will walk you through the fundamentals as well as advanced strategies for playing worship songs on guitar. We’ll cover some basic guitar techniques, playing worship songs on guitar, and a few advanced techniques.

Download the free chord chart and learn the unique finger picking pattern to the song Make Room, featuring Elyssa Smith and Community Music. This song uses a simple progression that repeats throughout the entire song, so it's perfect if you're a beginner learning the G chord Family. In fact you could just strum once per chord to practice your chord switches. 

Download the free chord charts and learn how to play "I Speak Jesus" by Charity Gayle. This song is in the key of E and is is slow enough to be used as a beginner song for the E chord family. You can use your normal 4/4 strum pattern as well. In the lesson, you'll also learn some very unique gospel style chords. 

Son of Suffering is worship song sung by Matt Redman, Bethel, The Worship Initiative, and others. In this lesson, you'll learn the chords to use, how to play in your preferred key, and how to play the finger picking and flat picking parts. Also check out the free chord charts. 

Download the free chord charts to Great Things by Phil Wickham. For the original key of B, use the G chord chart capo 4; however, this play-along is in the key of G, so there is no capo needed!

Download the free chord charts to Battle Belongs by Phil Wickham. For the original key of Db, use the C chart capo 1 or use the G chart, capo 6; however, this play-along is in the key of B. So to play with the video, use capo 4 for G and capo 2 for A. 

"Holy Forever" is a new Chris Tomlin song that was cowritten by Phil Wickham, Brian Johnson, among others. It's from the "Always" album, released in September 2022. Check out the charts and lesson!

Grab the free chord charts for this Shane and Shane song from the Hymns Live album. This song was originally written by Matt Boswell and Matt Papa and also performed by Keith and Kristyn Getty. Our sins they are many, but His mercy is more. 

Download the free chord charts for this worship song by Israel Houghton and Michael Gungor and also performed by Chris Tomlin.