what a beautiful name chords, D You were the Word at the beginning G Bm A One With God the Lord Most High Bm A/C# D Your hidden glory in creation G Bm A Now revealed in You Our Hey, this is Brian with WorshipTutorial.com. This is a tutorial for the song “What a Beautiful Name” by Hillsong Worship from their brand-new album, Let There Be Light, which was released today. This is probably my favorite song on the album. It’s the first single they released, and I think it’s going to be a really big song for the church.
And, uh, on the album, it’s in the key of D, and it’s a female Le song in the key of D. So if you’re going to do this, uh, with a female lead like to do on the album, uh, key of D is what you want. But if you.
what a beautiful name chords, I want to do it as a mail Le song; the key of A works well. Typically, if it’s a female Ed song, you can take the key’s five or four chords. So, in the key of D, it would be a, uh, so G or A would be a good key for a male Le version. So that’s what I’m going to show you today. I’m going to show you the key to G chords. You could play open G if this is a little high for you, or I’ve got a capo on the second fret going key of G chords.
Now, if you head to worship tutorial.com, you can download the chord chart for this song and see the acoustic playthrough, where I play the music and the chords follow me. If you don’t need the full tutorial, that might be all you need to learn the song and all the other resources we have for this song there.
But it says 68 BPM 44 times. The chords we will use in this song are G, C, D, and E minor, and I would like to play it like this. You can certainly play it like this, as well. There’s a G over B, and there’s a B minor in this song, and when that shows up, I like to play it like this kind of an open variation of B minor.
Strumming Pattern
Okay, so the strumming pattern in this song, the basic pattern you can use, goes like this:
Down up down up down up down up down down up
1 2 3 4
Down up down up down up down up down down up
And that will get you in the verses. In the Chorus, I like to do the following:
Down down down down up down up down down down up
1 2 3 4
Down down down down up down up down down down up
Uh, this is a long, slow song, so there will be specific points where you don’t want to play much. For the first verse example, maybe you want to go:
You were the word at the beginning —strum it once —
With God the Lord Most High.
You might not want to play much strumming there to keep it open and give yourself somewhere to go toward the End.
Verse Explanation
So, let’s talk about the verse. The song starts right on the verse, so there’s no intro. So, if you’re playing this on acoustic, it’s probably a good idea to strum the chord so you know where to go. It’s
often hard if the song starts on a lyric. So this song begins:
You are the word at the beginning
If you don’t have that chord in your head or that note where you want to come in, it’s hard to come in on the right note. So the easy way to do this is just strum:
You are the word at the beginning
Okay, so it’s:
G: You are the word at the beginning
C: One with God the Lord
E minor: Most high
D to E minor: Your hidden glory in
D over F#: Creation
G: Now revealed is
C: In you
E minor: Are Christ
D and then you’re into the
Chorus 1
G: You are the word at the beginning
One with God the Lord Most High
To E minor: Your hidden glory in creation
D over F#: Now revealed in You are Christ
Chorus:
G: What a beautiful name it is
D: What a beautiful name it is
E minor: The name of Jesus
D: Christ Our King
C: What a beautiful name it is
G over B: Nothing compares to this
D: What a beautiful name it is
E minor: The name
D: Of Jesus
C: (Hold for two measures)
Verse 2
Verse two is the same as verse one:
You didn’t want heaven without us…
Chorus 2
Same as the first Chorus, but there’s a tag at the End:
What a beautiful name it is
The name of Jesus
You play through to:
D: What a beautiful name it is
E minor: The name
D: Of Jesus
(tag again)
E minor: The name
D: Of Jesus
C — and then you’re into the…
Solo Section
C → D → E minor → B minor
Then again: C → D → E minor → B minor
Third time slightly different: C → D → E minor → D
Then you’re into the…
Bridge
C: Death could not hold you
D: The veil tore before you
E minor: You silence the boast
B minor: Of sin and grave
C: The heavens are roaring
D: The praise of your glory
E minor: For you are raised
D: To life again
C: You have no rival
D: You have no equal
E minor: Now and forever
B minor: God, you reign
C: Yours is the kingdom
D: Yours is the glory
E minor: Yours is the name
D: Above all names
Chorus 3 What a Powerful Name
After the Bridge:
What a powerful name it is…
Album version:
➡️ Chorus
➡️ Repeat the second half of Bridge (You have no rival…)
➡️ Chorus again with two tags at the End
If you want a shorter version:
➡️ Bridge
➡️ Chorus 3
➡️ Tags
➡️ End
Final Words
But if you’d like to play it longer like on the album, do the third Chorus, play the second half of the Bridge again, then another chorus, and then the song. It’s really up to you. However, you’d like to do it, whatever fits your band and your personal best or your congregation and church best. But it’s a simple song and another great song from Hillsong. These guys pump out great songs all the time. So, I am so grateful for their church, their Ministry, and their songwriting. See you next time. Bye. Yeah
