Holy Is The Lord

Andrew Peterson

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro: D A D G (2x) 
 
D          A 
Wake up little Isaac 
    D        A    G 
And rub your tired eyes 
       A            D 
Go and kiss your mama 
         G        A 
We?ll be gone a little while 
G    A   D 
Come and walk beside me 
              A      G 
Come and hold your papa?s hand 
        A       D 
I go to make an altar 
       G     A     D 
And to offer up my lamb 
 
D A D G 
 
D               A 
I waited on the Lord 
         D      A        G 
And in a waking dream He came 
       A    D               G 
Riding on a wind across the sand 
            A 
He spoke my name 
G       A      D  
?Here I am?, I whispered 
             A      G 
And I waited in the dark 
           A     D 
The answer was a sword 
               G    A       D 
That came down hard upon my heart 
 
G    Bm       D 
Holy is the Lord 
     A      G 
Holy is the Lord 
        D      G    A 
And the Lord I will obey 
      G               A        D 
Lord, help me I don?t know the way 
 
D  AG  D  AG   A DG DA DG AD 
HoHo 
 
D                 A 
So take me to the mountain 
       D      A         G 
I will follow where You lead 
        A          D 
There I?ll lay the body 
       G               A 
Of the boy You gave to me 
G        A          D 
And even though You take him 
             A    G 
Still I ever will obey 
          A       D         G 
But Maker of this mountain, please 
G    A       D 
Make another way 
 
Chorus x2

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Chord set

D · A · G · Bm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.