True Love
D Bm A G
Come close listen to the story
D Bm A
about a love more faithful than the morning
D/F# G Bm Asus A
The Father gave his only Son just to save us
D D/F#
The earth was shaking in the dark
Bm A G
All creation felt the Fathers broken heart
D D/F#
tears were filling heavens eyes
Bm A G
The day that true love died, the day that true love died
D D/F#
When blood and water hit the ground
Bm A G
Walls we couldn’t move came crashing down
D D/F#
We were free and made alive
Bm A G
The day that true love died, The day that true love died
D Bm A G
Search your heart you know you can’t deny it
D Bm A
Cmon Lose your life just so you can find it
D/F# Bm Asus A
The Father gave his only son just to save us
G
Now Jesus is alive, Jesus is alive
Bm A
Jesus is alive, Jesus is alive
Em D/F#
Jesus is alive, Oh He is alive
Asus A
He rose again
Enjoy
-phil
Is there any kind of projected or estimated time of arrival for the live CD? I was at the recording and I cant wait, so I check everyday, but an estimate would be sweet. Thanks Phillip.
Cool instruction! My daughter’s going to practice it for Beach Camp worship with youth group~
Thank you for taking your time to share this with us.
I want my sister to nearn how to play it
so we can sing it for Church.
Thanks Phil! I starting learning guitar a couple of years ago and then kinda stopped. After seeing you at Frenzy, you really inspired and encouraged me to just pick it up again! I’ve already learnt ‘Cannons’ as that is probably the easiest for me to play and sing. I’m hoping to learn some more. So thanks again Phil. The way you do the videos just makes it so much easier for poeple like me (who haven’t played guitar in aaaaaages) to pick it up, start again and play some amazing songs!
God bless.
Faye. x
i really like this song. My sister just finished learning a really hard way to play it then I showed her this post and we laughed at the inconvenient irony.
I’m seeing you today! I’m heading out 1 so I can get something to eat and then go to the center, I want to make sure I get a good view!
hey thanks bro. that D/F# was throughin me off when i was tryn to play it by ear. so i just played it in the 1/2 dadgad. thanks for showing us so we dont have to tune down now.haha. thanks.
-elijah
Thanks for the lesson Phil, now if only I had a guitar…. Oh yeah, and thanks for coming out to Tucson last month, I’m a new fan! You guys can check it out at http://www.pastpresentfuture.org and then click on “Watch Archives”!
thanks phil :]
if i knew how to play the guitar, i would totally rock out to this!! haha.
god bless,
amanda**
True Love >>> Owning a red panda bear (check one out)
When I (God willing) start taking guitar classes in the fall, I want to play True Love! >.< ^_^ Thanks for the chords and the lesson!
^_^
you make me smile.
Thank you so much for these.. I have a spanish acoustic guitar so I will see if I can get it to sound good playing that song.. It sounds different then the classical acoustic guitars..
Also when you have a chance do you think you could do the HOME song like this.. I would apperciate it so much..
~Christina~
Christina let me know if you want me to record a lesson on Home or give you chords or something..message me KidShanrock on youtube
Phil, thank you so much for seeing the importance of blogging, I have learned so much from this video, not to mention the great song!…I have been searching for a bm variation for the longest for smoother chord transitions. Now I get to use this and engage others in a worship experience like no other, thanks and continue to be used by God.
Thank you so much for making this video!!! I’m a fairly new fan. The first time I ever heard your music was on a friends blog who had posted the video of you playing True Love live in studio with Digital Resources Delivered…Its been my favorite song ever since. I love that version of the song more than any other because you play it (in that video) with so much emotion, its just so powerful to me.
Anyways, I’ve been dying to learn it ever since I heard it, but on that particular video you use different fingering and I haven’t been able to figure it out. So thank you so much for making it easier!!! Oh! Good luck, and may God bless your upcoming marriage!
Much Love,
Janie
Thank you. I am trying to learn, but it is great when someone takes the time to really show you some tricks and techniques. If you weren’t already engaged and I weren’t 40ish and married, I’d marry you just for that video. Ha.
No, no, I won’t leave him. You’ll have to do without me.:)
Phil, I love your music and how meaningful it is. I like Switchfoot, but their music is usualy about the worlds problems, not about God and the Gospel. Thanks for the chords; I realy wanted to learn them! You are probably my favorite musician, becuase of your love for God and showing it in your music.
-Kole
Brilliant - thanks so much for doing this.
[...] Here’s another great lesson from Phil Wickham, this time for the song True Love. You can find the chords for the song on his blog. [...]
I was crying in my car tonight, singing this song on the way home from work. I’m a Newbie on the guitar, but the video explains it all. Can’t wait to learn it. Our church is looking for people to join the worship team - Phil, you have inspired my heart to give my all to God.
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much! It’s awesome when people take the time to show me how to play. I’ve been playing the guitar for some time, but I am bad. I can play, it’s just that I can’t do it by myself. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!=)
P.S. Congrats on your engagement=)
this is one of the most awesome songs I have ever heard. I thank you so much for it.
Hi again! I was trying to play along but I can’t get your strumming pattern. Can you tell me?
P.S. Is D the only string you strum in the beginning?
~Thanks~
Sonya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gU-ejQxEXk
is the version I usually look to. He uses DADGAD tuning (and then tuning it down another half step)..but you’re only asking about the strumming pattern.
In the link I sent (and probably this one) I hear
123 123 12 - 123 123 12
in a series of repeated down strums. In the beginning he’s half muting the strings with his strumming hand, so it sounds like he’s only playing one or two strings, however this is not so.
I hope this helps, and if you wanna learn how to play it in DADGAD tuning, the way he truly plays it (provided his preceding song in a concert isnt in normal tuning), just message me.
God Bless!
Sonya:
Actually to add,
What i meant by
123 123 12
was that 1’s are the accented strums followed by the other 2.
Also, some choruses (but you can do it for all of them) he changes his pattern to
D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-8-9-10
D/F# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-8-9-10
B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-8-9-10
A 1 2 3-4-5-6
G 7 8 9-10-12-13
with the numbers without dashes being powerful downstrums, and the quadruplet numbers being down-up-down-up, all falling right before the chord changes. ..He may also just have the shorter, down-up version at the very end of the chord instead of the longer quadruplet down-up-down-up (this down-up pattern also goes for the second verse).
..Sorry if I went a little overboard but haha..happy to help!