This is possibly the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard. This song truly broke me down the first time I listened to it. The meaning is so simple, yet SO powerful! and not only that, but the story behind the song is also amazing!! Oh How He Loves Us! It is an absolute honor for me to post the lyrics and chords to How He Loves (Us). P.S. Kim Walker’s version is CAPO 5, if you want to play in that key.

Song: How He Loves (Us)
Written by: John Mark McMillan
Performed By (all seperately): John Mark McMillan, David Crowder Band and Kim Walker

Verse 1:

C
He is jealous for me
Am7
Love’s like a hurricane, I am a tree
G                                                                              Fmaj7
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
C
When all of a sudden,
Am7
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
G
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
Fmaj7
And how great Your affections are for me.

Pre-Chorus:

C                                    Am7
Oh, how he loves us oh,
G
Oh, how he loves us,
Fmaj7
How he loves us all

C Am7 G Fmaj7 (2x)

Chorus:

C
(Yea/That) he loves us,
Am7
Oh how he loves us,
G
Oh how he loves us,
Fmaj7
Oh how he loves.

Verse 2:

C
So we are his portion and he is our prize,
Am7
Drawn to redemption by the grace in his eyes,
G                                               Fmaj7
If grace is an ocean we’re all sinking.
C
So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss,
Am7
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest.
G                                                                                        Fmaj7
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way…

I hope you enjoy the song! the only difference in the versions I noticed is in the second verse lyrics (David Crowder says “unforeseen kiss” instead of “sloppy wet kiss”). I have all three versions from YouTube posted on the sidebar, the one with John Mark McMillan also tells the story behind the song, so I encourage you to listen to that. Oh how amazing He (Jesus) loves.

From the first time I heard Something Beautiful on the radio, I loved the song! I’ve heard it dozens of times since, and each time I hear it I Like it more!

The song is difficult to tab because of how fast the chords change, especially the bridge, but this is my best take at it.  I play it with CAPO 1, but if you would rather not use a capo,  just add (#) to each chord.

Song | Something Beautiful CAPO 1
Album | The Outsiders
Artist | Needtobreathe

Intro:
C   F  C   (2x)

Verse 1:
C                    F        C
In your ocean, I’m ankle deep
C                      F      C
I feel the waves crashin’ on my feet
C                         F          Am
It’s like I know where I need to be
G                                          F
But I can’t figure out, yeah I can’t figure out

C                           F             C
Just how much air I will need to breathe
C               F              C
When your tide rushes over me
C             F        Am
There’s only one way to figure out
G                                           F
Will you let me drown, will you let me drown

Chorus 1:
C                                 F
Hey now, this is my desire
Am                            G
Consume me like a fire, ’cause I just want something beautiful
C                                                F
To touch me, I know that I’m in reach
Am                                              G
‘Cause I am down on my knees, I’m waiting for something beautiful
C         F          Am          G                                      C
Oh oh, Oh oh, oh-oh-oh something beautiful

Verse 2:
And the water is risin’ quick
And for years I was scared of it
We can’t be sure when it will subside
So I won’t leave your side, no I can’t leave your side

Chorus 2:
C                                 F
Hey now, this is my desire
Am                            G
Consume me like a fire, ’cause I just want something beautiful
C                                                F
To touch me, I know that I’m in reach
Am                                              G
‘Cause I am down on my knees, I’m waiting for something beautiful
C         F          Am          G                                      C
Oh oh, Oh oh, oh-oh-oh something beautiful    (Repeat last line)

Bridge:
C       F C               C                    F    C
In a daydream, I couldn’t live like this
C                                  G
I wouldn’t stop until I found something beautiful
C            F    C                   C              F   C
When I wake up, And all I want, I have
C                                     G
You know it’s still all I need something beautiful

Chorus 2

I Hope you enjoy the song! I have Something Beautiful from YouTube on the sidebar, just in case you need to hear it.

This is an amazingly powerful song! Chris Tomlin and the passion band did an amazing job! The message is so great! I especially love the bridge! I am honored to be able to share it with you. I hope you enjoy it!

Song Title | OUR GOD (IS GREATER)
Performed By Chris Tomlin & The Passion Band
Composed By Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves & Jonas Myrin
ALBUM | PASSION: AWAKENING

CAPO 4

INTRO 2x: Em C G D

VERSE 1:
Em                  C                    G
Water you turned into wine
Em                 C                       G
opened the eyes of the blind
Am
there’s no one like you
D
none like you

VERSE 2:
Em              C                         G
Into the darkness you shine
Em                C              G
out of the ashes we rise
Am
there is no one like you
D
none like you

CHORUS:
Em
Our God is greater
C
Our God is stronger
G                                              D
God you are higher than any other
Em
Our God is Healer
C
Awesome in power
G                         D
Our God, Our God

INTRO:

VERSE 2:

CHORUS x2:

INTRO x2:

Bridge x2:
Em
and if our God is for us
C
then who could ever stop us
G
and if our God is with us
D
then what could stand against

BUILD x2: Em C Bm D

CHORUS x2:

BRIDGE x2:

BUILD x2:

OUTRO CHORUS x2:
Em
Our God is greater
C
Our God is stronger
G                                              D
God you are higher than any other
Em
Our God is Healer
C
Awesome in power
G                         D
Our God, Our God

I Posted the song from youtube on the sidebar to the right if you need to hear it. I Hope You Enjoy the Song! Also the whole album is available just above the video on the sidebar, all passion CD’s are amazing!

I have noticed that many people who come to this site are looking for the lyrics to the hymn Living For Jesus. I personally had never heard or read it until the other day, but when I did, I found that it captures the very essance of my heart for this site, which is to encourage people to live their lives for Jesus. So I thought I would share this hymn with you that touched me so. If you don’t know how the music goes, I encourage you to just read it like a poem, it is still just a beautiful.

Living For Jesus (words by Thomas O. Chisholm, music by Carl H. Lowden)

1.    Living for Jesus a life that is true;

        Striving to please him in all that I do,

        yielding allegiance, glad hearted and free,

        this is the pathway of blessing for me.

Refrain:

        O Jesus, Lord and Savior, I give myself to thee;

        for thou, in thy atonement, didst give thyself for me;

         I own no other master, my heart shall be thy throne,

        My life I give, henceforth to live, O Christ for thee alone.

2.      Living for Jesus who died in my place,

          bearing on Calvary my sin and disgrace,

          such love constrains me to answer his call,

          follow his leading and give him my all.

           (Refrain)

3.      Living for Jesus wherever I am,

          doing each duty in his holy name,

          willing to suffer affliction or loss,

          deeming each trial a part of my cross.

          (Refrain)

4.      Living for Jesus through earth’s little while,

          my dearest treasure, the light of his smile,

          seeking the lost ones he died to redeem,

          bringing the weary to find rest in him.

I hope you found this hymn inspiring as I did. Christ gave his life for us, and took our debt upon himself. We owe it to Him…even more, it is our obligation to live our lives for Him. (Click here to hear the song on YouTube.)

This Song is by Tenth Avenue North, written by Mike Donehey

This song does an excellent job at describing God’s unconditional love for us. And wonderfully expressess just how wide, and how deep that love actually is. It starts out with a person realizing how far they have been from God, they understand that they need Him, but they have been blocking Him out of their life… then they hear what God has to say about that.

TIMES

I know I need You, I need to love You

I’d love to see You but it’s been so long

I long to feel You, I feel this need for You

I need to hear You, Is that so wrong?

Now You pull me near You, When we’re close I fear You

Still I’m afriad to tell you all that I’ve done

Are You done forgiving? Can You look past my pretending?

I’m so tired of defending what I’ve become

What have I become?

But I hear you say:

My love is over, it’s underneath, it’s inside, it’s in between

The times you doubt me, and when you can’t feel. The times that you question “is this for real?”

The times that you’re broken, the times that you mend, the times you hate me, the times that you bend

My love is over, it’s underneath, it’s inside, it’s in between

The times that you’re healing, and when your heart breaks, the times that you feel like you’ve fallen from grace

The times that you’re hurting, the times that you heal, the times you go hungry and are tempted to steal

in times of confusion, in chaos and pain, I’m there in your sorrow under the weight of your shame

I’m there through your heart-ache, I’m there through the storm, my love i will keep you by my power alone

I don’t care where you’ve fallen or where you have been I’ll never forsake you, My love never ends

 it never ends.

It’s a beautiful song, and manages to capture a small glimps of God’s Love for us.

It will get rough to follow You

but I won’t give in

no matter what the cost may be

I will live for You

Though it might get hard, You are all I need

Life lived is one completely surrendered to You

so what else can I strive for

Nothing worth having comes without struggles

So I will press on with joy

knowing that what i strive for is the greatest thing to do

…that is to die to myself and find life in you

It will get rough to follow you

but I won’t give in

No matter what the cost may be

I will live for you

Things of this world are lost, broken or stolen

here one day, gone the next

So why should I spend my life working for such things

when I can strive for something that is eternal

a life surrender to Christ is a life truly lived

Through Your example, I’ve decided to live life Your way

Though you were the King of kings, with all life under your control

You lived Your life for me…

How does that work?…I do not understand…

But what I can do is commit my life to You in return

So I will live for You

This is true fulfillment, and a joy comes from it that lasts

through and through.

-Colton Jansen