Open Thou My Lips — Nashville Number Chart
Key: G major   |   132 BPM   |   4/4
4=C  5=D  1=G  2m=Am  b3=Bb  3m=Bm
Public domain (CC0). Transcribed from the audio — verify by ear.
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[Verse 1]
  1 1 1 1    (I had a whole year with nothing in my mouth.)
  1 1 1 1    (I had a tongue and I could not use it.)
  1 1 1 1    (Then You came down and You broke it open)
  1 1 1    (and now I cannot shut up.)

[Chorus (gang vocals answer)]
  1 1 1    (Open Thou my lips - (open them up!))
  5 b3 4 4    (and my mouth shall show Your praise! (show Your praise!))
  1 1 4    (Open Thou my lips - (open them up!))
  1 5 1    (I have got something to say.)

[Verse 2]
  1 1 1    (I brought You everything I had.)
  1 1 1    (I drove the whole herd to the altar.)
  1 1 1 1    (You did not want a single one of them.)
  1 3m    (You wanted me.)

[Chorus (gang vocals answer)]
  4 1 1    (Open Thou my lips - (open them up!))
  4 4 1 5    (and my mouth shall show Your praise! (show Your praise!))
  1 1 1    (Open Thou my lips - (open them up!))
  4 1 1    (I have got something to say.)

[Breakdown - EVERYTHING STOPS. One voice, one held organ chord. No gang vocals.]
  4 4    (He never wanted the offering.)
  1 1    (He never wanted the smoke.)
  5 5 1    (What He wants is a broken spirit,)
  4 3m b3    (a broken and a contrite heart -)
  1 b3 b3    (and He will not turn that away.)
  b3 2m 5    (He will not turn that away.)

[Chorus - the whole band slams back in]
  1 1 1    (Open Thou my lips - (open them up!))
  b3 4 4 1    (and my mouth shall show Your praise! (show Your praise!))
  1 4 4    (Open Thou my lips - (open them up!))
  1 5 1    (I have got something to say.)

[Outro]
  1 1    (I cannot shut up.)
  1 1    (I cannot shut up.)
  5 5 5    (I have got something to say.)