“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” – three keys
we did this song recently, and the key changes were so powerful that i thought i’d share the chordings with you. there were no modulation chords linking the keys, we just jumped right up to the next key each time:
PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY – Words: Joachim Neander, 1680. Music: Erneuerten Gesangbuch, 1665. – public domain
C …………………………………..F/C……………………… G/C ….C
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
………………………………………F/C ……………………………G/C ..C
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
C/E………….. F ………………………………………….G
All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;
C7……………… F/C …..Fm/C ..C
Praise Him in glad adoration.
C ………………………………………F/C………………………………. G/C… C
Praise to the Lord, who over all things so wondrously reigneth,
……………………………………F/C…………………………… G/C… C
Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
C/E……………… F………………………………………….. G
Hast thou not seen how thy desires all have been
C7 ……………F/C………. Fm/C ..C
Granted in what He ordaineth?
D………………………………………… G/D ……………………………A/D… D
Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
……………………………………..G/D……………………. A/D….. D
Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
D/F# ………G …………………………………. A
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
D7 …………G/D ………. Gm/D .. D
If with His love He befriend thee.
E………………. A/E…………………………………… B/E… E
Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him!
……………………………………..A/E………………………………….. B/E….. E
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him.
E/G#…… A…………………………………………. B
Let the Amen sound from His people again,
E7………. A/E… Am/E.. E
Gladly forever adore Him.
sorry for the dots, its the only way i can get the chords to stay in the correct spots over the lyrics.






very cool…Ill try it
Sounds like a cool song. Where do I hear a version of it?
Thank you for this post. I’ve never thougth about doing this song with two key changes. I can’t wait to try it on my guitar. I enjoy your blog. God bless.
Wow..I just stumbled onto your site and was so blessed. Had to laugh, I too was looking for “modern” communion songs for a special service and my name is Mandy, too. FUNNY! Thanks for all the helpful insight. Abiding in His grace- Mandy
I’m totally going to use this in our international fellowship in Taiwan! Thanks!