El Shaddai
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[Refrão] Dm G/B
El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
C F
El-elyon na Adonai,
Bb E7
Age to age you're still the same,
Am G/B A/C#
By the power of the name.
Dm G7/B
El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
C F
Erkamka na Adonai,
Bb Dm7/A G
We will praise and lift you high,
Gsus C
El Shaddai.
(Verse 1)
Dm G
Through your love and through the ram,
C F
You saved the son of Abraham,
Bb E7
Through the power of your hand
Am G/B A/C#
You turned the sea into dry land.
Dm G
To the outcast on her knees
G7/B C Cma7 F
You were the God who really sees,
Bb G C Csus C
And by your might you set your children free.
(Verse 2)
Dm G
Through the years you made it clear
C F
that the time of Christ was near,
Bb E7
though the people couldn't see
Am G/B A/C#
what Messiah ought to be.
Dm G
Though your Word contained the plan,
C F
they just could not understand,
Bb G Bb G
your most awesome work was done in the frailty of your Son.
Notes:
El-Shaddai means "God Almighty"
El-Elyon na Adonai means "God in the highest, Oh, Lord"
Erkamka na Adonai means "We will love You, Oh, Lord"
How to play El Shaddai
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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