This is the chord progression of Abide by Kingdom Culture Worship on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.
[Verse] E
To be love B
Is to be loved by You C#m
To be love A
Is to be loved by You
[Pre-Chorus] EB
So I won’t worry about tomorrow C#m
Cause all I wanna do, B
all I wanna do A
is know you
[Chorus]
E . B
I wanna be next to You E/G#A
I wanna be one with Your Spirit C#mB
Teach me to abide in You E#m
To hear Your voice all around me A
Your voice all around me
[Bridge 1] E
There’s no striving B
Just abiding E/G#
There’s no striving A
In You C#m
There’s no striving B
Just abiding E/G#
There’s no striving A
In You
[Outro] F#m
There’s no strving E/G#
Just abiding A
There’s no striving B
In You.
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How to play Abide: key, chords and progression
To play Abide by Kingdom Culture Worship, think in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). It takes 7 chords: E, B, C#m, A, E/G#, E#m and F#m.
The progression the song keeps returning to is A – E – B – E/G# (IV – I – V – I in E major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, A, Bm, G, Ebm, Em (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
Chord diagrams
EE G♯ BBB D♯ F♯C♯mC♯ E G♯AA C♯ EE♯mE♯ G♯ B♯F♯mF♯ A C♯
EE G♯ BBB D♯ F♯C♯mC♯ E G♯AA C♯ EE♯mE♯ G♯ B♯F♯mF♯ A C♯
EE G♯ BBB D♯ F♯C♯mC♯ E G♯AA C♯ EE♯mE♯ G♯ B♯F♯mF♯ A C♯
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Abide chords: questions
What key is Abide in?
Abide by Kingdom Culture Worship is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).
What chords are in Abide?
Abide uses 7 chords: E, B, C#m, A, E/G#, E#m, F#m.
What is the chord progression of Abide?
The main progression is A – E – B – E/G# (IV – I – V – I).
Is Abide easy to play on guitar?
Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, A, Bm, G, Ebm, Em (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo).
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