Hymn For The 81 chords by Daniel Deitrich

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Standard Tuning
No Capo
Easy Difficulty

(Brackets indicate other instructions that may be helpful)

(Daniel jumps right into verse 1 with no intro)

Verse 1:
 D MajorD
I grew up in your churches
    G+G
Sunday morning, evening service
D MajorD                     A augmentedA
Knelt in tears at the foot of the rugged cross
       D MajorD
You taught me every life is sacred
     G+G
feed the hungry, clothe the naked
 D MajorD          A augmentedA       D MajorD
I learned from you the highest law is Love

(1 Measure of D MajorD between these parts of Verse 1)

 D MajorD
I believed you when you said
       G+G
that I should trust the words in red
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
To guide my steps through a wicked world
B minorBm
I assumed you’d do the same
  G+G
so imagine my dismay
    D MajorD           A augmentedA      D MajorD
When I watched you lead the sheep to the wolves


(Daniel adds an extra measure of D MajorD after this verse and before the chorus)


Chorus:
      G+G    D MajorD
You said to love the lost
    A augmentedA     B minorBm
So I’m loving you now
      G+G     D MajorD
You said to speak the truth
    A augmentedA
So I’m calling you out

       G+G    D MajorD
Why don’t you live the words
     A augmentedA     B minorBm
That you put in my mouth
  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA      B minorBm
May love overcome and justice roll down

Verse 2:
       B minorBm
They started putting kids in cages
    G+G
Ripping mothers from their babies
   D MajorD                 A augmentedA
And I looked to you to speak on their behalf
  B minorBm
But all I heard was silence
  G+G
Or worse you justify it
    D MajorD     A augmentedA        D MajorD
Singing glory hallelujah raise the flag

(Daniel adds an extra measure of D MajorD)

   B minorBm
Your fear had turned to hatred
    G+G
But you baptized it with language
D MajorD                A augmentedA
torn from the pages of the good book
B minorBm
You weaponized religion
    G+G
And you wonder why I’m leaving
    D MajorD      A augmentedA         D MajorD
To find Jesus on the wrong side of your walls

Chorus:
      G+G    D MajorD
You said to love the lost
    A augmentedA     B minorBm
So I’m loving you now
      G+G     D MajorD
You said to speak the truth
    A augmentedA
So I’m calling you out

       G+G    D MajorD
Why don’t you live the words
     A augmentedA     B minorBm
That you put in my mouth
  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA      B minorBm
May love overcome and justice roll down

Interlude:
(The measure of B minorBm that ends the Chorus is also the first chord/measure of the interlude)

B minorBm - F# minorF#m – G+G – A augmentedA

Bridge: (4x)

(1st starts out somber, 2nd builds, 3rd builds more, 4th time go back to somber.
On the 4th time Daniel only sings the first two lines of the bridge but plays the whole thing.)

   B minorBm
Come home
   F# minorF#m
Come home
    G+G
You’re better than this
       A augmentedA
You taught me better than this

Chorus:

(Intensity increases when he hits the word "mouth" and doesnt chill out till the last line)

      G+G    D MajorD
You said to love the lost
    A augmentedA     B minorBm
So I’m loving you now
      G+G     D MajorD
You said to speak the truth
    A augmentedA
So I’m calling you out
       G+G    D MajorD
Why don’t you live the words
     A augmentedA     B minorBm
That you put in my mouth
  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA      B minorBm
May love overcome and justice roll down
  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA      B minorBm
May love overcome and justice roll down
  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA      B minorBm
May love overcome and justice roll down

(softer)
  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA      B minorBm
May love overcome and justice roll down