Chords for Stuart Townend // How Deep The Fathers Love // New Song Cafe
Tempo:
106.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] Welcome to New Song Cafe at WorshipTogether [F#].com.
Joining us from England is songwriter, [A] worship leader Stuart Townend.
[E] Although Stuart started playing piano at age [C#m] 7, he didn't [F#] write his first [B] song until he was 22.
[E] Digging deep into the scriptures, [F#] Stuart wrote today's [A] song, How Deep the Father's Love.
I'm [E] Rick Kua.
Thanks for joining us for New Song Cafe at WorshipTogether.com.
How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turns his face [B] away.
[E] Stuart, welcome.
Thanks.
Thanks for being with us.
You know, [A] you write such beautiful hymns.
[E] How Deep the Father's Love is a [B] beautiful example of a [E] wonderful melody married to a deep lyric.
Tell us about it.
Yeah, I wrote this a few years ago and really wanted to set out to write a hymn.
I was feeling there were lots of songs around, but there wasn't a lot of [B] content in [E] the songs.
And I really wanted to write something that was more hymn-like.
I was [C#] finding in my own worship leading, I was more and more [E] going back to the hymns
to introduce content.
And I was thinking, why is it that we don't have songs that are full of poetic, powerful
language [B] these days?
So I [E] kind of set out to do that.
Did this song start out with a melody or with a specific lyric?
I think I remember sitting down and just having that feeling, I want to write a hymn.
I'm going to write a hymn.
[F#] And I found the melody came very quickly.
It's one of those things where you feel the melody [A] came so easily, you're thinking, I've
borrowed [E] this from something, you know, from somewhere else.
So I probably spent the first two years of the song's life in panic that someone was
going to come up and say, [A] you stole my melody.
[E] Or did you realize it's exactly the same as this?
And then the lyrics just began to kind of just spill out when you're contemplating the
cross and the power of the cross.
And it [A] came very simply.
[E] Would you teach it to us?
Sure.
There's no chorus in the song, so it's just three verses straight.
And the verse goes like this.
How deep the Father's love [A] for us.
How vast beyond [C#] all [E] measure.
That He should give His [A] only Son.
[B] To make a wretch His [E] treasure.
How great the [A] pain of searing loss.
The [E] Father [B] turns His face away.
[B] [E] As wounds which mar the chosen [A] one.
Bring [E] many sons to [B] [E] glory.
[A#] So basically I'm playing it in [F] E, but I'm using a capo, so [E] the chords are in D.
It's a slightly unusual timing, because technically speaking it's a 6 [A#]-4 bar, and then a 4-4 [E] bar.
So it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [A] 6.
1, 2, 3, [E] 4.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and [F#] so on.
So that's just slightly difficult to, or you need to understand that musically, or a drummer
needs to understand that if he's going to play anything to it.
I'm using very simple chords.
[A] I'm fingerpicking, obviously.
[E] Sometimes inverting bass notes to make them just slightly more interesting.
So it's like a D over F sharp.
As beyond [B] all measure.
That's a sus, an A7 sus4, which then [B] results to an A7.
[E] And then give His, there's a [F#m] kind of a run-up here.
[E] So He should give His [E] only Son.
[F#] So you've got that [E] [A] run-up on the bass.
[B] To make a wretch [B] His [E] treasure.
And D over F sharp.
How great the pain [A] of searing [A] loss.
So that's a G with a B [E] bass.
D with an A bass, and then a G.
Some of these, [C#] they feel slightly complicated for the [N] guitar, but it worked very well, particularly on keyboards.
So keyboard players would find this much easier because there's a kind of a voicing thing
going on with the bass note moving with the top note.
[E] But you can do it on guitar, or you can just play it more straightforwardly on the guitar.
I find the song, in terms of its simplicity, [F#] very accessible to people.
[C#m] Typically the second verse that really [A] focuses on Jesus on the cross.
[E] And realizing that He's carrying [B] our sin on His shoulders.
And I think sometimes it is important for [E] us to consider, not in any kind of morbid
way, because of course Jesus is risen, and we celebrate His victory and His resurrection.
But I think it's important for the [A] Christian to understand what it cost Jesus.
Because then I think we do take sin seriously, and we realize the [E] consequences of sin.
Having understood what it cost Him, I think is a vital part of our Christian life.
Absolutely.
That's wonderful.
Thanks for being with us, Stuart.
Great.
Really appreciate it.
Thanks, Rick.
[A] [E]
[C#m] [B] [E]
[E] [A]
Joining us from England is songwriter, [A] worship leader Stuart Townend.
[E] Although Stuart started playing piano at age [C#m] 7, he didn't [F#] write his first [B] song until he was 22.
[E] Digging deep into the scriptures, [F#] Stuart wrote today's [A] song, How Deep the Father's Love.
I'm [E] Rick Kua.
Thanks for joining us for New Song Cafe at WorshipTogether.com.
How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turns his face [B] away.
[E] Stuart, welcome.
Thanks.
Thanks for being with us.
You know, [A] you write such beautiful hymns.
[E] How Deep the Father's Love is a [B] beautiful example of a [E] wonderful melody married to a deep lyric.
Tell us about it.
Yeah, I wrote this a few years ago and really wanted to set out to write a hymn.
I was feeling there were lots of songs around, but there wasn't a lot of [B] content in [E] the songs.
And I really wanted to write something that was more hymn-like.
I was [C#] finding in my own worship leading, I was more and more [E] going back to the hymns
to introduce content.
And I was thinking, why is it that we don't have songs that are full of poetic, powerful
language [B] these days?
So I [E] kind of set out to do that.
Did this song start out with a melody or with a specific lyric?
I think I remember sitting down and just having that feeling, I want to write a hymn.
I'm going to write a hymn.
[F#] And I found the melody came very quickly.
It's one of those things where you feel the melody [A] came so easily, you're thinking, I've
borrowed [E] this from something, you know, from somewhere else.
So I probably spent the first two years of the song's life in panic that someone was
going to come up and say, [A] you stole my melody.
[E] Or did you realize it's exactly the same as this?
And then the lyrics just began to kind of just spill out when you're contemplating the
cross and the power of the cross.
And it [A] came very simply.
[E] Would you teach it to us?
Sure.
There's no chorus in the song, so it's just three verses straight.
And the verse goes like this.
How deep the Father's love [A] for us.
How vast beyond [C#] all [E] measure.
That He should give His [A] only Son.
[B] To make a wretch His [E] treasure.
How great the [A] pain of searing loss.
The [E] Father [B] turns His face away.
[B] [E] As wounds which mar the chosen [A] one.
Bring [E] many sons to [B] [E] glory.
[A#] So basically I'm playing it in [F] E, but I'm using a capo, so [E] the chords are in D.
It's a slightly unusual timing, because technically speaking it's a 6 [A#]-4 bar, and then a 4-4 [E] bar.
So it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [A] 6.
1, 2, 3, [E] 4.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and [F#] so on.
So that's just slightly difficult to, or you need to understand that musically, or a drummer
needs to understand that if he's going to play anything to it.
I'm using very simple chords.
[A] I'm fingerpicking, obviously.
[E] Sometimes inverting bass notes to make them just slightly more interesting.
So it's like a D over F sharp.
As beyond [B] all measure.
That's a sus, an A7 sus4, which then [B] results to an A7.
[E] And then give His, there's a [F#m] kind of a run-up here.
[E] So He should give His [E] only Son.
[F#] So you've got that [E] [A] run-up on the bass.
[B] To make a wretch [B] His [E] treasure.
And D over F sharp.
How great the pain [A] of searing [A] loss.
So that's a G with a B [E] bass.
D with an A bass, and then a G.
Some of these, [C#] they feel slightly complicated for the [N] guitar, but it worked very well, particularly on keyboards.
So keyboard players would find this much easier because there's a kind of a voicing thing
going on with the bass note moving with the top note.
[E] But you can do it on guitar, or you can just play it more straightforwardly on the guitar.
I find the song, in terms of its simplicity, [F#] very accessible to people.
[C#m] Typically the second verse that really [A] focuses on Jesus on the cross.
[E] And realizing that He's carrying [B] our sin on His shoulders.
And I think sometimes it is important for [E] us to consider, not in any kind of morbid
way, because of course Jesus is risen, and we celebrate His victory and His resurrection.
But I think it's important for the [A] Christian to understand what it cost Jesus.
Because then I think we do take sin seriously, and we realize the [E] consequences of sin.
Having understood what it cost Him, I think is a vital part of our Christian life.
Absolutely.
That's wonderful.
Thanks for being with us, Stuart.
Great.
Really appreciate it.
Thanks, Rick.
[A] [E]
[C#m] [B] [E]
[E] [A]
Key:
E
A
B
F#
C#m
E
A
B
[Em] Welcome to New Song Cafe at WorshipTogether [F#].com.
Joining us from England is songwriter, [A] worship leader Stuart Townend.
[E] Although Stuart started playing piano at age [C#m] 7, he didn't [F#] write his first [B] song until he was 22.
[E] Digging deep into the scriptures, [F#] Stuart wrote today's [A] song, How Deep the Father's Love.
I'm [E] Rick Kua.
Thanks for joining us for New Song Cafe at WorshipTogether.com.
How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turns his face [B] away.
[E] Stuart, welcome.
Thanks.
Thanks for being with us.
You know, [A] you write such beautiful hymns.
[E] How Deep the Father's Love is a [B] beautiful example of a [E] wonderful melody married to a deep lyric.
Tell us about it.
Yeah, I wrote this a few years ago and really wanted to set out to write a hymn.
_ I was feeling there were lots of songs around, but there wasn't a lot of [B] content in [E] the songs.
And I really wanted to write something that was more hymn-like.
I was [C#] finding in my own worship leading, I was more and more [E] going back to the hymns
to introduce content.
And I was thinking, why is it that we don't have songs that are full of poetic, powerful
language [B] these days?
So I [E] kind of set out to do that.
Did this song start out with a melody or with a specific lyric?
I think I remember sitting down and just having that feeling, I want to write a hymn.
I'm going to write a hymn.
[F#] _ And I found the melody came very quickly.
It's one of those things where you feel the melody [A] came so easily, you're thinking, I've
borrowed [E] this from something, you know, from somewhere else.
So I probably spent the first two years of the song's life in panic that someone was
going to come up and say, [A] you stole my melody.
[E] Or did you realize it's exactly the same as this?
And then the lyrics just began to kind of just spill out when you're contemplating the
cross and the power of the cross.
And it [A] came very simply.
[E] Would you teach it to us?
Sure.
There's no chorus in the song, so it's just three verses straight.
And the verse goes like this.
How deep the Father's love [A] for us.
How vast beyond [C#] all [E] measure.
_ That He should give His [A] only Son. _
[B] To make a wretch His [E] treasure.
_ _ How great the [A] pain of searing loss.
The [E] Father [B] turns His face away.
[B] _ [E] As wounds which mar the chosen [A] one.
Bring [E] many sons to [B] _ [E] glory.
_ _ _ _ [A#] So basically I'm playing it in [F] E, but I'm using a capo, so [E] the chords are in D.
It's a slightly unusual timing, because technically speaking it's a 6 [A#]-4 bar, and then a 4-4 [E] bar.
So it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [A] 6.
1, 2, 3, [E] 4.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and [F#] so on.
So that's just slightly difficult to, or you need to understand that musically, or a drummer
needs to understand that if he's going to play anything to it.
_ I'm using very simple chords.
[A] I'm fingerpicking, obviously.
_ [E] Sometimes inverting bass notes to make them just slightly more interesting.
So it's like a D over F sharp.
As beyond [B] all measure.
That's a sus, an A7 sus4, which then [B] results to an A7. _
[E] And then give His, there's a [F#m] kind of a run-up here.
[E] So He should give His [E] only Son.
[F#] So you've got that [E] _ _ [A] run-up on the bass.
[B] To make a wretch [B] His [E] treasure.
And D over F sharp.
How great the pain [A] of searing [A] _ loss.
So that's a G with a B [E] bass.
D with an A bass, and then a G.
Some of these, [C#] they feel slightly complicated for the [N] guitar, but it worked very well, particularly on keyboards.
So keyboard players would find this much _ easier because there's a kind of a voicing thing
going on with the bass note moving with the top note.
[E] But you can do it on guitar, or you can just play it more straightforwardly on the guitar.
I find the song, in terms of its simplicity, [F#] very accessible to people.
_ [C#m] Typically the second verse that really [A] focuses on Jesus on the cross.
_ [E] And realizing that He's carrying [B] our sin on His shoulders.
And I think sometimes it is important for [E] us to consider, not in any kind of morbid
way, because of course Jesus is risen, and we celebrate His victory and His resurrection.
But I think it's important for the [A] Christian to understand what it cost _ Jesus.
Because then I think we do take sin seriously, and we realize the [E] consequences of sin.
Having understood what it cost Him, I think is a vital part of our Christian life.
Absolutely.
That's wonderful.
Thanks for being with us, Stuart.
Great.
Really appreciate it.
Thanks, Rick. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
Joining us from England is songwriter, [A] worship leader Stuart Townend.
[E] Although Stuart started playing piano at age [C#m] 7, he didn't [F#] write his first [B] song until he was 22.
[E] Digging deep into the scriptures, [F#] Stuart wrote today's [A] song, How Deep the Father's Love.
I'm [E] Rick Kua.
Thanks for joining us for New Song Cafe at WorshipTogether.com.
How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turns his face [B] away.
[E] Stuart, welcome.
Thanks.
Thanks for being with us.
You know, [A] you write such beautiful hymns.
[E] How Deep the Father's Love is a [B] beautiful example of a [E] wonderful melody married to a deep lyric.
Tell us about it.
Yeah, I wrote this a few years ago and really wanted to set out to write a hymn.
_ I was feeling there were lots of songs around, but there wasn't a lot of [B] content in [E] the songs.
And I really wanted to write something that was more hymn-like.
I was [C#] finding in my own worship leading, I was more and more [E] going back to the hymns
to introduce content.
And I was thinking, why is it that we don't have songs that are full of poetic, powerful
language [B] these days?
So I [E] kind of set out to do that.
Did this song start out with a melody or with a specific lyric?
I think I remember sitting down and just having that feeling, I want to write a hymn.
I'm going to write a hymn.
[F#] _ And I found the melody came very quickly.
It's one of those things where you feel the melody [A] came so easily, you're thinking, I've
borrowed [E] this from something, you know, from somewhere else.
So I probably spent the first two years of the song's life in panic that someone was
going to come up and say, [A] you stole my melody.
[E] Or did you realize it's exactly the same as this?
And then the lyrics just began to kind of just spill out when you're contemplating the
cross and the power of the cross.
And it [A] came very simply.
[E] Would you teach it to us?
Sure.
There's no chorus in the song, so it's just three verses straight.
And the verse goes like this.
How deep the Father's love [A] for us.
How vast beyond [C#] all [E] measure.
_ That He should give His [A] only Son. _
[B] To make a wretch His [E] treasure.
_ _ How great the [A] pain of searing loss.
The [E] Father [B] turns His face away.
[B] _ [E] As wounds which mar the chosen [A] one.
Bring [E] many sons to [B] _ [E] glory.
_ _ _ _ [A#] So basically I'm playing it in [F] E, but I'm using a capo, so [E] the chords are in D.
It's a slightly unusual timing, because technically speaking it's a 6 [A#]-4 bar, and then a 4-4 [E] bar.
So it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [A] 6.
1, 2, 3, [E] 4.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and [F#] so on.
So that's just slightly difficult to, or you need to understand that musically, or a drummer
needs to understand that if he's going to play anything to it.
_ I'm using very simple chords.
[A] I'm fingerpicking, obviously.
_ [E] Sometimes inverting bass notes to make them just slightly more interesting.
So it's like a D over F sharp.
As beyond [B] all measure.
That's a sus, an A7 sus4, which then [B] results to an A7. _
[E] And then give His, there's a [F#m] kind of a run-up here.
[E] So He should give His [E] only Son.
[F#] So you've got that [E] _ _ [A] run-up on the bass.
[B] To make a wretch [B] His [E] treasure.
And D over F sharp.
How great the pain [A] of searing [A] _ loss.
So that's a G with a B [E] bass.
D with an A bass, and then a G.
Some of these, [C#] they feel slightly complicated for the [N] guitar, but it worked very well, particularly on keyboards.
So keyboard players would find this much _ easier because there's a kind of a voicing thing
going on with the bass note moving with the top note.
[E] But you can do it on guitar, or you can just play it more straightforwardly on the guitar.
I find the song, in terms of its simplicity, [F#] very accessible to people.
_ [C#m] Typically the second verse that really [A] focuses on Jesus on the cross.
_ [E] And realizing that He's carrying [B] our sin on His shoulders.
And I think sometimes it is important for [E] us to consider, not in any kind of morbid
way, because of course Jesus is risen, and we celebrate His victory and His resurrection.
But I think it's important for the [A] Christian to understand what it cost _ Jesus.
Because then I think we do take sin seriously, and we realize the [E] consequences of sin.
Having understood what it cost Him, I think is a vital part of our Christian life.
Absolutely.
That's wonderful.
Thanks for being with us, Stuart.
Great.
Really appreciate it.
Thanks, Rick. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _