Chords for Paul Baloche - Open The Eyes Of My Heart (Song Story)
Tempo:
97.35 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
C
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
Open the eyes [C] of my heart, [F] I want to see.
[E] So, Open the Eyes of My Heart,
again, [B] it just started off as such a [A] simple little prayer, really.
[E] This guy that I used to listen to all the time,
this [E] pastor, I'd get his tapes every month, teaching tapes.
Dr.
Bruce Morgan, he's with the Lord now,
but he would start off [A] a lot of his meetings with,
well, Lord, as we look into your word tonight,
we just ask you to open the eyes of our hearts
and help us to comprehend and understand your mysteries.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
So, that phrase has always kind of stuck out to me.
And so sometimes during times of worship at church,
like maybe during a prayer time or in between songs,
just that phrase, you know,
I'd be playing a song in [B] E, like most guitar players,
key of E, the ultimate guitar key,
and it would just be like a prayer, you know,
[E] God, open the eyes of our hearts, Lord.
Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see you.
Oh, we want to see you, Lord.
Open our eyes, Lord.
And just that kind of [B] a,
again, it wasn't sit down and write a song, just a prayer.
Just over the course of a few months,
it was just every once in a while,
I'd kind of bring that back and just sing that out.
And finally, it just kind of dawned on me
as we were singing that, I thought,
man, this feels like it could be a song.
And I just felt [A] like, you know,
you know, [C#] maybe I'll take [E] this into my quiet time this week
and think of like a B section, you know.
And so the A section was, you know,
open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see you.
I want to see you.
So the first thought is, okay, well, who saw the Lord?
So you go in the word and you're thinking,
well, in Isaiah, it says,
Isaiah saw the Lord and he [B] was high and lifted [C#m] up.
And the train of his road was filling the temple.
You know, that just felt a little,
[B] maybe just a little dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah.
So let's see.
So just with the heart's imagination,
just trying to imagine you are high [C#m] and lifted up.
And imagine like looking at the sun, you know,
just [E] shining in the light of your glory.
[B] Lord pour out your [C#m] power and love
as we sing [F#] holy, holy, [Bm] holy.
[E]
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
[B] Open the eyes of my heart.
I [A] want to see you.
I [E] want to see you.
Again, it's just amazing how just a simple prayer,
you know, it was one of those where I didn't sit down
to write a song per se,
but it was just like something for our church to sing
as we were just [C] crying out to God saying,
God, please come and help us, Lord.
Open our eyes.
We want to be closer to you.
We want to know you more.
[F] Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
Open the eyes of
Open the eyes [C] of my heart, [F] I want to see.
[E] So, Open the Eyes of My Heart,
again, [B] it just started off as such a [A] simple little prayer, really.
[E] This guy that I used to listen to all the time,
this [E] pastor, I'd get his tapes every month, teaching tapes.
Dr.
Bruce Morgan, he's with the Lord now,
but he would start off [A] a lot of his meetings with,
well, Lord, as we look into your word tonight,
we just ask you to open the eyes of our hearts
and help us to comprehend and understand your mysteries.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
So, that phrase has always kind of stuck out to me.
And so sometimes during times of worship at church,
like maybe during a prayer time or in between songs,
just that phrase, you know,
I'd be playing a song in [B] E, like most guitar players,
key of E, the ultimate guitar key,
and it would just be like a prayer, you know,
[E] God, open the eyes of our hearts, Lord.
Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see you.
Oh, we want to see you, Lord.
Open our eyes, Lord.
And just that kind of [B] a,
again, it wasn't sit down and write a song, just a prayer.
Just over the course of a few months,
it was just every once in a while,
I'd kind of bring that back and just sing that out.
And finally, it just kind of dawned on me
as we were singing that, I thought,
man, this feels like it could be a song.
And I just felt [A] like, you know,
you know, [C#] maybe I'll take [E] this into my quiet time this week
and think of like a B section, you know.
And so the A section was, you know,
open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see you.
I want to see you.
So the first thought is, okay, well, who saw the Lord?
So you go in the word and you're thinking,
well, in Isaiah, it says,
Isaiah saw the Lord and he [B] was high and lifted [C#m] up.
And the train of his road was filling the temple.
You know, that just felt a little,
[B] maybe just a little dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah.
So let's see.
So just with the heart's imagination,
just trying to imagine you are high [C#m] and lifted up.
And imagine like looking at the sun, you know,
just [E] shining in the light of your glory.
[B] Lord pour out your [C#m] power and love
as we sing [F#] holy, holy, [Bm] holy.
[E]
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
[B] Open the eyes of my heart.
I [A] want to see you.
I [E] want to see you.
Again, it's just amazing how just a simple prayer,
you know, it was one of those where I didn't sit down
to write a song per se,
but it was just like something for our church to sing
as we were just [C] crying out to God saying,
God, please come and help us, Lord.
Open our eyes.
We want to be closer to you.
We want to know you more.
[F] Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
Open the eyes of
Key:
E
B
A
C
C#m
E
B
A
_ Open the eyes of my heart, Lord. _
_ Open the eyes [C] of my heart, [F] I want to see.
[E] _ _ _ So, Open the Eyes of My Heart,
again, _ [B] _ _ it just started off as such a [A] simple little prayer, really.
[E] This guy that I used to listen to all the time,
this [E] pastor, I'd get his tapes every month, teaching tapes.
Dr.
Bruce Morgan, he's with the Lord now,
but he would start off [A] a lot of his meetings with,
well, Lord, as we look into your word tonight,
we just ask you to open the eyes of our hearts
and help us to comprehend and understand your mysteries.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
So, _ that phrase has always kind of stuck out to me.
And so sometimes during times of worship at church,
like maybe during a prayer time or in between songs,
just that phrase, you know,
I'd be playing a song in [B] E, like most guitar players,
key of E, the ultimate guitar key,
and it would just be like a prayer, you know,
[E] God, open the eyes of our hearts, Lord.
Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see you.
Oh, we want to see you, Lord. _ _
Open our eyes, Lord.
And just that kind of [B] a,
again, it wasn't sit down and write a song, just a prayer.
Just over the course of a few months,
it was just every once in a while,
I'd kind of bring that back and just sing that out.
And finally, it just kind of dawned on me
as we were singing that, I thought,
man, this feels like it could be a song.
And I just felt [A] like, you know,
you know, [C#] maybe I'll take [E] this into my quiet time this week
and think of like a B section, you know.
And so the A section was, you know,
open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see you.
I want to see you.
So the first thought is, okay, well, who saw the Lord?
So you go in the word and you're thinking,
well, in Isaiah, it says,
Isaiah saw the Lord and he [B] was high and lifted [C#m] up.
And the train of his road was filling the temple.
You know, that just felt a little,
[B] maybe just a little dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah.
So let's see.
So just with the heart's imagination,
just trying to imagine you are high [C#m] and lifted up.
And imagine like looking at the sun, you know,
just [E] shining in the light of your glory. _
[B] Lord pour out your [C#m] power and love
as we sing [F#] holy, holy, [Bm] holy.
_ [E] _
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
[B] Open the eyes of my heart.
I [A] want to see you.
I [E] want to see you.
Again, it's just amazing how just a simple prayer,
you know, it was one of those where I didn't sit down
to write a song per se,
but it was just like something for our church to sing
as we were just [C] crying out to God saying,
God, please come and help us, Lord.
Open our eyes.
We want to be closer to you.
We want to know you more.
_ [F] Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
_ Open the eyes of
_ Open the eyes [C] of my heart, [F] I want to see.
[E] _ _ _ So, Open the Eyes of My Heart,
again, _ [B] _ _ it just started off as such a [A] simple little prayer, really.
[E] This guy that I used to listen to all the time,
this [E] pastor, I'd get his tapes every month, teaching tapes.
Dr.
Bruce Morgan, he's with the Lord now,
but he would start off [A] a lot of his meetings with,
well, Lord, as we look into your word tonight,
we just ask you to open the eyes of our hearts
and help us to comprehend and understand your mysteries.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
So, _ that phrase has always kind of stuck out to me.
And so sometimes during times of worship at church,
like maybe during a prayer time or in between songs,
just that phrase, you know,
I'd be playing a song in [B] E, like most guitar players,
key of E, the ultimate guitar key,
and it would just be like a prayer, you know,
[E] God, open the eyes of our hearts, Lord.
Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see you.
Oh, we want to see you, Lord. _ _
Open our eyes, Lord.
And just that kind of [B] a,
again, it wasn't sit down and write a song, just a prayer.
Just over the course of a few months,
it was just every once in a while,
I'd kind of bring that back and just sing that out.
And finally, it just kind of dawned on me
as we were singing that, I thought,
man, this feels like it could be a song.
And I just felt [A] like, you know,
you know, [C#] maybe I'll take [E] this into my quiet time this week
and think of like a B section, you know.
And so the A section was, you know,
open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see you.
I want to see you.
So the first thought is, okay, well, who saw the Lord?
So you go in the word and you're thinking,
well, in Isaiah, it says,
Isaiah saw the Lord and he [B] was high and lifted [C#m] up.
And the train of his road was filling the temple.
You know, that just felt a little,
[B] maybe just a little dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah.
So let's see.
So just with the heart's imagination,
just trying to imagine you are high [C#m] and lifted up.
And imagine like looking at the sun, you know,
just [E] shining in the light of your glory. _
[B] Lord pour out your [C#m] power and love
as we sing [F#] holy, holy, [Bm] holy.
_ [E] _
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
[B] Open the eyes of my heart.
I [A] want to see you.
I [E] want to see you.
Again, it's just amazing how just a simple prayer,
you know, it was one of those where I didn't sit down
to write a song per se,
but it was just like something for our church to sing
as we were just [C] crying out to God saying,
God, please come and help us, Lord.
Open our eyes.
We want to be closer to you.
We want to know you more.
_ [F] Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.
_ Open the eyes of