Hymn For The 81 chords by Daniel Deitrich

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

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


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


Chorus:
            G        D
You said to love the lost
       A          Bm
So I’m loving you now
            G         D
You said to speak the truth
       A
So I’m calling you out

              G        D
Why don’t you live the words
         A         Bm
That you put in my mouth
    G        D        A            Bm
May love overcome and justice roll down

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

(Daniel adds an extra measure of D)

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

Chorus:
            G        D
You said to love the lost
       A          Bm
So I’m loving you now
            G         D
You said to speak the truth
       A
So I’m calling you out

              G        D
Why don’t you live the words
         A         Bm
That you put in my mouth
    G        D        A            Bm
May love overcome and justice roll down

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

Bm - F#m – G – A

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.)

     Bm
Come home
     F#m
Come home
       G
You’re better than this
              A
You taught me better than this

Chorus:

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

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

(softer)
    G        D        A            Bm
May love overcome and justice roll down