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Brandon Lake – The Jesus I Know Now Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG Em7 D C

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[Intro]
G    Em7    D    C

[Verse 1: Brandon Lake,
Brandon Lake & Lainey Wilson]

                  G
I was told He was angry
                 Em7
And He hated the music up too loud
                    D
I was told He would save me
                  C
If I showed up to church and 
I shut my mouth
     G
If I smoked, if I drank, 
if I cussed, I'd think
           Em7
I was on a long black
 train to Hell
                  D
Yeah, I thought I knew Him
       C
'Til I met Him for myself

[Chorus: Brandon Lake
 & Lainey Wilson]
        G
But the Jesus I know now
                Em7
Ain't shakin' a fist,
 ain't raisin' a brow
          D
Yeah, the Jesus I know now
               C
Ain't runnin' away
 from a party crowd
            G
I found a friend
                   Em7     
Who hangs with the misfits, 
listens, forgives, then
             D
 forgives again
                            C
Can't believe I was missin' out
                    G
On the Jesus I know now

[Post-Chorus: Brandon Lake]
 Em7
Mm

[Verse 2: Lainey Wilson,
 Both, Brandon Lake]
C               G
I'm learnin' He likes me
            Em7
Even when I take a joke
 a little too far
                      D
Yeah, I'm learnin' He knows me
                           
Every hair on my head, every 
  C
story behind my scars
       G
And He says who I am and 
it ain't what I do
    Em7
His grace takes some
 gettin' used to
             D
I'm learnin' He loves me
                   C
Yeah, the boy in a bar 
and the kid in a pew

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[Chorus: Brandon Lake 
& Lainey Wilson]
        G
But the Jesus I know now
                Em7
Ain't shakin' a fist, 
ain't raisin' a brow
          D
Yeah, the Jesus I know now
               C
Ain't runnin' away
 from a party crowd
            G
I found a friend
                   Em7    
Who hangs with the misfits,
 listens, forgives, 
                 D
then forgives again
                            C
Can't believe I was missin' out
                    G  Em7
On the Jesus I know now

[Post-Chorus: Brandon Lake
 & Lainey Wilson]
                    D
On the Jesus I know now
              C
The Jesus I know now

[Bridge: Lainey Wilson]
                   G
Yeah, I got what I wanted
           Em7
I heard my song on the radio
                   D
Let me longin' and lonelier
           C
Top of the world with
 an empty heart
                    G
And nowhere left to go
    C
But back into the arms

[Chorus: Brandon Lake
 & Lainey Wilson]
       G
Of the Jesus I know now
             Em7
Ain't just a voice up 
there in the clouds
          D
Yeah, the Jesus I know now
                  C
Ain't lookin' for trophies 
to make Him proud
            G
I found a friend
                   Em7     
Who hangs with the misfits, 
listens, forgives,
                 D
 then forgives again
                            C
Can't believe I was missin' out
                    G  Em7
On the Jesus I know now

[Outro: Brandon Lake
 & Lainey Wilson]
                    D  C
On the Jesus I know now
                 G   
The Jesus I know now
  Em7   C

How to play The Jesus I Know Now: key, chords and progression

These are The Jesus I Know Now chords by Brandon Lake & Lainey Wilson for Piano and Ukulele.

The Jesus I Know Now by Brandon Lake is written in G major (one sharp: F♯) and moves through 4 chords: G, Em7, D and C.

Listen for G – Em7 – D – C (I – vi7 – V – IV in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – lah – soh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.