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Chris Tomlin – Great Forgiver Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are Great Forgiver chords by Chris Tomlin on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
               C#   G#
You are the great, great
         A#m
 for - giver

[Verse 1]
C#             G#                  A#m
  There is no story You can’t change
F#             C#                    G#
  No broken heart that You can’t save
C#             G#
  I needed someone who
A#m                                F#
  Could do what I could not do myself
C#             G#
Wash my sin away

[Chorus]
                      C#
‘Cause You are the great,
   G#           A#m
 great for - giver
         F#                C#
Nobody else gonna take my trouble
         F#                G#
Nobody else gonna take my shame
                      C#
'Cause You are the great,
  G#           A#m
 great for - giver
         F#                C#
Nobody else gonna take my trouble
         F#                G#
Nobody else gonna take my shame
    C#                       G#
I need You, I need You, I need You,
                     A#m
 I need You, I need You
               F#   C#           G#
You are the great, great for - giver

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[Verse 2]
C#           G#              A#m
  You say I never have to hide
F#                C#           G#
  Your love for me is ocean wide
C#                      G#
  For all the things that You’ve done
A#m
  All the battles that
                  F#
 You’ve won for me
    C#                 G#
I’m thankful all the time

[Chorus]
                      C#
‘Cause You are the great,
   G#           A#m
 great for - giver
         F#                C#
Nobody else gonna take my trouble
         F#                G#
Nobody else gonna take my shame
                      C#
‘Cause You are the great,
  G#           A#m
great for - giver
         F#                C#
Nobody else gonna take my trouble
         F#                G#
Nobody else gonna take my shame
    C#                       G#
I need You, I need You, I need You,
                    A#m
 I need You, I need You
               F#   C#           G#
You are the great, great for - giver

[Bridge]
F#          C#
  I’m home, I’m free
G#                 A#m
  I belong to the great forgiver
F#          C#
  No chains on me
G#              A#m
  I’m Yours forever
F#          C#
  I’m home, I’m free
G#                    A#m
  I belong to the great forgiver
F#          C#
  No chains on me
G#
  I’m Yours forever

[Chorus]
                      C#
‘Cause You are the great,
   G#/C         A#m
 great for - giver
         F#                C#
Nobody else gonna take my trouble
         F#                G#
Nobody else gonna take my shame
                      C#
‘Cause You are the great,
  G#           A#m
 great for - giver
         F#                C#
Nobody else gonna take my trouble
         F#                G#
Nobody else gonna take my shame
    C#                       G#
I need You, I need You, I need You,
                     A#m
 I need You, I need You
               F#   C#           G#
You are the great, great for - giver

    C#                       G#
I need You, I need You, I need You,
                     A#m
I need You, I need You
               F#   C#           G#
You are the great, great for - giver

How to play Great Forgiver: key, chords and progression

Great Forgiver by Chris Tomlin is in the key of D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭). The song uses 5 chords: C#, G#, A#m, F# and G#/C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C# – G# – A#m – F# (I – V – vi – IV in D♭ major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 6th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.