Just posting some [fairly] new tunes. This first one is called O Praise Him (Alleluia) and contains elements of 'All Creatures Of Our God And King' in the chorus. This one goes down really well at St Thomas' Crookes. Feel free to give me feedback, comments, or use this at your church:
O PRAISE HIM (ALLELUIA)
Nick Law/Johnny Cassidy/W.H.Draper (c1902)
Capo 2 (actual key is 1)
Intro: G Dsus4 Em7 Dsus4 (x2)
Verse 1:
G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 (or C2 as some people call it)
There's a mighty refrain so marvelous so great
G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9
As heavenly hosts sing, 'Hallelujah!'
G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9
There's a heavenly roar that's praising the Lord
G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9
As saints 'round the throne sing Hallelujahs
Pre - Chorus:
Em7 D Cadd9 Em7 D Cadd9
So let us rejoice and shout for joy
D
Let us celebrate, giving glory, honour amd praise,
Chorus:
G Dsus4 Em7 Dsus4
All creatures of our God and King
G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9
O praise Him, alleluia!
G Dsus4 Em7 Dsus4
Sun, moon and stars, claim him 'Thou Art!'
(Sun, moon and stars in their courses above - in last chorus)
G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9
O praise Him, alleluia!
Verse 2:
There's a thunderous cry from stars in the sky
As heavenly hosts sing, 'Hallelujah!'
And if we do not shout all the rocks will cry out!
As all of the earth sings, 'Hallelujah!'
Pre - Chorus:
Chorus:
Bridge: (twice)
D Em7 D/F# C
All blessing, all honour, all power, all belong to You!
I really like the words in the verse. More so the first verse then the second. It's painting a picture of the open Heaven we see in revelation and I quite like how you have captured that activity.
A few thoughts:
"And if we do not shout all the rocks will cry out! As all of the earth sings, 'Hallelujah!'" This line almost contradicts itself. To me it says If we don't sing, the rocks will cry out (yes, I know JC said that before someone comes out with "well its in the bible") but we ARE singing and they shout out anyway. Does that makes sense?? Basically it looks like your saying the rocks will shout if we are silent as well as if we sing but if we are singing they won't be shouting so they cant join with us. Flip, this is sounding confusing.
Can anyone see what I'm trying to say and simplify it please???
I think also the rhyming can make the lines feel a bit less impactfull (if that is even word) then they are. I think lyrically they could crafted a bit more as they feel a bit not thought about or craffted.
The pre chorus - Your first line has 9 syllables and the second has 14 and makes it sound to wordy. Using your ideas you have, maybe something like - let us rejoice and shout for joy - Giving glory honour and praise. This would also give you a few beats to build into the chorus as at the moment I feel it kind of spills into it and merges.
For me when listening to this, the chorus kind of gets lost in the song, the melody feels the same as the verse and the pre-chorus and it doesn't really sum up what the great 1st verse starts.
If you replace the Thou with what it is nowadays it says Sun, moon and stars, claim him 'You are!' which is a bit of a throw away line and doesn't really make sense.
In fact the chorus feels like a load of throw away lines chucked together which makes me feel the chorus doesn't do the song justice - please don't offended by that.
I really like the image in the 1st verse and would love to encourage you to maybe look more into that, unpack those chapters in Revelation and keep crafting this song rather then just grab words that kind of rhyme and especially the melody as i think a song with that kind of a verse needs a big anthem as a chorus as we want to do what we see Heaven is doing which you are writing about.
Go for it mate, please be encouraged and be blessed
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I really like the words in the verse. More so the first verse then the second. It's painting a picture of the open Heaven we see in revelation and I quite like how you have captured that activity.
A few thoughts:
"And if we do not shout all the rocks will cry out! As all of the earth sings, 'Hallelujah!'" This line almost contradicts itself. To me it says If we don't sing, the rocks will cry out (yes, I know JC said that before someone comes out with "well its in the bible") but we ARE singing and they shout out anyway. Does that makes sense?? Basically it looks like your saying the rocks will shout if we are silent as well as if we sing but if we are singing they won't be shouting so they cant join with us. Flip, this is sounding confusing.
Can anyone see what I'm trying to say and simplify it please???
I think also the rhyming can make the lines feel a bit less impactfull (if that is even word) then they are. I think lyrically they could crafted a bit more as they feel a bit not thought about or craffted.
The pre chorus - Your first line has 9 syllables and the second has 14 and makes it sound to wordy. Using your ideas you have, maybe something like - let us rejoice and shout for joy - Giving glory honour and praise. This would also give you a few beats to build into the chorus as at the moment I feel it kind of spills into it and merges.
For me when listening to this, the chorus kind of gets lost in the song, the melody feels the same as the verse and the pre-chorus and it doesn't really sum up what the great 1st verse starts.
If you replace the Thou with what it is nowadays it says Sun, moon and stars, claim him 'You are!' which is a bit of a throw away line and doesn't really make sense.
In fact the chorus feels like a load of throw away lines chucked together which makes me feel the chorus doesn't do the song justice - please don't offended by that.
I really like the image in the 1st verse and would love to encourage you to maybe look more into that, unpack those chapters in Revelation and keep crafting this song rather then just grab words that kind of rhyme and especially the melody as i think a song with that kind of a verse needs a big anthem as a chorus as we want to do what we see Heaven is doing which you are writing about.
Go for it mate, please be encouraged and be blessed
Love and Shalom
Greg