Holy Now Chords

by Peter Mayer
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
Author FlyingBighorn [a] 83.
4 contributors total, last edit on Oct 21, 2022

Chords

D
A
G
Bm
D/F#
Em
C

Strumming

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D  A  G
 
D
When I was a boy each week on Sunday
A
We would go to church and pay attention to 
G
The priest, he would read the
D
Holy word, and consecrate the holy bread
             A
And everyone would kneel and bow
           G
Today the only difference is
              D
Everything is holy now
      Bm         A
Everything, everything
              G
Everything is holy now
 
D    A    G
 
D
When I was in Sunday school
                 A
We would learn about the time
               G
Moses split the sea in two
              D
Jesus made the water wine
D
And I remember feeling sad
                     A
That miracles don't happen still
              G
But now I can't keep track 
                   D
Cause everything's a miracle
        Bm         A
Everything, everything
          G        D
Everything's a miracle
 
A    D/F#               G
Wine     from water is not so small
                   Em
But an even better magic trick
C                      D
   Is that anything is here at all
A  D/F#                G
So     the challenging thing becomes
                Em
Not to look for miracles
C                          A
   But finding where there isn't one
 
                     D
When holy water was rare at best
                 A
It barely wet my fingertips
                   G
But now I have to hold my breath
                    D
Like I'm swimming in a sea of it
                  D
It used to be a world half there
                     A
Heaven's second rate hand me down
                           G
But I'm walk in' with a reverent air
                  D
Cause everything is holy now
         Bm     A
Everything, everything
          G          D
Everything is holy now
 
A   D/F#              G
Read    a questioning child's face
                  Em
And say it's not a testament
C                  D
    That'd be very hard to say
A   D/F#            G
See     another new morning come
                   Em
And say it's not a sacrament
C                      A
    I tell you that it can't be done
 
              D
This morning, outside I stood
                  A
And saw a little red winged bird
                G
Shining like a burning bush
                D
Singing like a scripture verse
                D
It made me want to bow my head
                   A
I remember when church let out
                      G
How things have changed since then
              D
Everything is holy now
         D
It used to be a world half there
                      A
Heaven's second rate hand me down
                         G
But I'm walkin' with a reverent air
                     D
Cause everything is holy now
        Bm     A
Everything, everything
          G
Everything is holy now
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Holy Now – Peter Mayer
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9 comments
ajc@thegap14
Original is played in drop D [D A D G B E], capo 2!
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peartree151
Peter Mayer now has an instructional YouTube video for all those who want to know how he raps his strings. Note that he also tunes his guitar down a half a step nowadays -- so when he capos on the second fret, it is equivalent to a capo on the first fret if you are using standard drop D tuning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRrgcv-PhY
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kgunch
Anyone know where there's an instructional about how to rap on the strings and strum the way Peter does in this song? Have always wondered and have never been able to do it.
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