Holy Now chords by Kathy Mattea

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G


Verse 1:
             G
When I was a girl, each week
                    D
On Sunday, we would go to church
                  C
And pay attention to the priest
                      G
And he would read the holy word

                   G
And consecrate the holy bread
                   D
And everyone would kneel and bow
               C
Today the only difference is
              G
Everything is holy now


Refrain:
        Em          D
Everything, everything
              C
Everything is holy now


Riff:
G


Verse 2:
              G
When I was in Sunday school
                D
We would learn about the time
                C
Moses split the sea in two
               G
Jesus made the water wine

               G
And I remember feeling sad
                    D
That miracles don't happen still
          C
But now I can't keep track
                      G
'Cause everything's a miracle


Refrain:
        Em          D
Everything, Everything
               C
Everything's a miracle


Bridge:
D    G               C
Wine   from water is not so small
                   F           C
But an even bigger magic trick
                    G
Is that anything is here at all
D  G                 C
So   the challenging thing becomes
                F          C
Not to look for miracles
                        D
But finding where there isn't one


Verse 3:
                    G
When holy water was rare at best
                 D
It barely wet my fingertips
                  C
But now I have to hold my breath
                       G
Like I'm swimming in a sea of it

                G
I used to see a world half there
                     D
Heaven's second rate hand-me-down
                     C
But I walk it with a reverent air
                     G
'Cause everything is holy now


Refrain:
        Em          D
Everything, everything
              C
Everything is holy now


Instrumental:
G  D  C  G
G  D  C  G


Bridge:
D     G               C
Read    a questioning child's face
                   F           C
And say it's not a testament
               G
That'd be very hard to say
D   G             C
See   another new morning come
                   F         C
And say it's not a sacrament
                   D
I tell you that it can't be done


Verse 4:
                 G
This morning, outside I stood
                 D
And saw a little red-winged bird
              C
Shining like a burning bush
               G
Singing like a scripture verse

                   G
It made me want to bow my head
                D
I remember when church let out
                C
How things have changed since then
                     G
‘Cause everything is holy now

                G
It used to be a world half-there
                     D
Heaven's second rate hand-me-down
                     C
But I walk it with a reverent air
                     G
'Cause everything is holy now


Outro:
        Em          D
Everything, everything
              C
Everything is holy now
        Em          D
Everything, everything
              C
Everything is holy now
Em        D              C
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah holy now
              C
Everything is holy now
C
Holy now
C
Ooohh