{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":996384,"song":"Ten Thousand","artist":"John Mark McMillan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11625032-ten-thousand-chords-by-john-mark-mcmillan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/996384?type=chord","rating":4.62251,"votes":21,"content":"While some of the submitted chords are correct that this is in E, that's \r\nnot the best way to play it. The way to get the hammer ons is capo 4 in \r\nthe C position. It sounds better and is much more playable.\r\nCapo 4\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro] (x2)\r\n[ch]C[/ch] //-/// [ch]G[/ch] // [ch]C[/ch] //-///-///-/// [ch]Am7[/ch] // [ch]G[/ch] // [ch]C[/ch] // [ch]F[/ch] //-///-///-///\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTen thousand glimmering like coals in our chest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOur ball bearings drawn to the magnetic breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf ten thousand weeping with wings on their tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAmidst ten thousand voices for ten thousand years[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor ten thousand graves yawning unlocked and unlatched[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow ten thousand holes with rocks on their backs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTen thousand tombs gaping wide singing the praises[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf ten thousand bodies unlaced and unlaid[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs the ten thousand highways unfold their doors[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the ten thousand standing on Nineveh's shores[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the blood of a husband silences wars[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the girl who rises to meet Him, and she sings[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWorld, I have overcome you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWorld, I have overcome you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorld, I have overcome[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy my song and the blood of a son[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTen thousand rivers run red like my veins[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhere the bones of men hum like a rattling cage[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor sinew to cling to for wind to remain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn ten thousand lungs for ten thousand days[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBreathing like a choir of holes in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhere the cynical have lain, where the cynical go down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSave the gravity of time lets go of her drowned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike ten thousand sparrows unlocked and unwound[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs the ten thousand highways unfold their doors[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the ten thousand standing on Nineveh's shores[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the blood of a husband silences wars[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the girl who rises to meet Him, and she sings[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWorld, I have overcome you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWorld, I have overcome you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorld, I have overcome[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy my song and the blood of a son[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWorld, I have overcome you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWorld, I have overcome you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorld, I have overcome[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy my song and the blood of a son[/tab]","plain_text":"While some of the submitted chords are correct that this is in E, that's \nnot the best way to play it. The way to get the hammer ons is capo 4 in \nthe C position. It sounds better and is much more playable.\nCapo 4\n\n\n[Intro] (x2)\nC //-/// G // C //-///-///-/// Am7 // G // C // F //-///-///-///\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","C","G","Am7","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}