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God Of Our Salvation

• Ab

Tuning:Standard  
Key: Ab (Chances are, most churches will play it in G, transpose down 1 half step)  


Intro (pitches played in 16th notes):  
    Ab                           Db  
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2  
D|-------------------------------44444444444....-----------------------------|  
A|---44444444.....-----------------------------------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  


verse 1:  

*A second guitar and/or the bass should be continuing playing the roots of the chords at 16th notes through  
 the entirety of verse 1  
   Ab             Db                  Fm                  Eb  
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|------------------------TACET FIRST TIME-----------------------------------|  
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  

  (trill)  Ab             Db                  Fm                   Eb  
e|8p6h8p6--8----------11--4-------------------8---------------=11--6---------|  
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  

Chorus:  

   Ab                 Db               Fm             Eb    Db  
e|-----------------------------11------13---------11-------------------------|  
B|-----------------------11-13------------------------11----9----------------|  
G|-13-12-13-12-13-----13-----------------------------------------------------|  
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  


Lead over Instrumental following first Chorus:  
*The first Db in this portion is really like the last chord in the Chorus. Left in  
to indicate that the first few beats were pick up notes  
     
   Db        Ab             Db            Eb        Db  
e|------11---8---------11---9--8-----11---6---8-9----------------------------|  
B|---------9--------------9------6-----9------------6---8-9------------------|  
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  

verse 2:   
(he plays just arpeggios of the chord, I'll write voicings that are close)  
   Ab             Db                  Fm                  Eb  
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|------------------------TACET FIRST TIME-----------------------------------|  
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
  Ab             Db                  Fm                  Eb  
e|-8-------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-9-------------6--------------------9------------------8-------------------|  
G|-8-------------6--------------------10-----------------8-------------------|  
D|-6-------------6--------------------10-----------------8-------------------|  
A|--------------(8)-------------------8-----------------(10)-----------------|  
E|--------------(9)-------------------------------------(11)-----------------|  

That's really the core of the song, there's a few extra lead parts though  


Transition from Chorus 2 to bridge  
    
  Ab  
e|-----------------------------15-15-16-16-16-16-----------------------------|  
B|-------------------11-11-13------------------------------------------------|  
G|-13-13-13-13-13-13---------------------------------------------------------|  
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  

Bridge- first time, just play the chords, it's really all about the bass here  

Db   Eb   Fm   Ab              Db  
Holy Holy Holy is the Lord our God  
Db     Eb      Fm    Ab               Eb  
Mighty King of Glory You have rescued us  

Second time- follows the chord structure somewhat  
  Db       Eb       Fm           Ab              Db  
e|-------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-8-8-8-8---------------------|  
B|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6------------------------------9-9-9-9-------------|  
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  

  Db       Eb       Fm           Ab              Db  
e|-------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-8-8-8-8---------------------|  
B|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6------------------------------11-11-11-11---------|  
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  

The outro is the same as the Instrumental following the first Chorus  





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| /   slide up  
| \   slide down  
| h   hammer-on  
| p   pull-off  
| ~   vibrato  
| +   harmonic  
| x   Mute note  
| b   Bend  
| pb  Pre-bend  
| br  Bend release  
| pbr Pre-bend release  
| brb Bend release bend  

************************************  

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