50 Songs: Down, Down, Down (Psalm 95)

This is my second song today. And third for the week. I might try and keep this up!

As always if you like any of my tunes and would like to share them with your church or small group please feel free to. Just let me know if they go over well (or if they bomb)!

I really decided to write a VERY simple song of worship. I’ve been kind of moving through the Psalms this week and I’ve always loved the ACTION of verse 6. The whole come let us bow down notion. I love it!

The challenge of this was to write an “action” song without singing “Come let us bow down.” Nothing wrong with that phrasing but I wanted it to feel more personal. Like a small group of Believers could get together and feel comfortable actually bowing in worship. Not to each other of course. But to GOD! Or even an individual could sing it as well. I don’t know.

I’m not sold on the La la’s. I could work up a really meaty, face melting power build bridge. But somehow I just felt like maybe even leaving breathing room for an instrumental solo in there (where the la’s are) could be very powerful as well.

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Down, Down, Down Key of D (capo 3)
2009 Russ Hutto

D/F#                  G
Here we come again
Asus               D
The children of Your heart
D/F#                      G
Bringing songs of praise
Asus                  C2         D
And a heart filled with thankfulness (on the recording I say thanksgiving, but I think I like thankfulness better)

Am                  Em
And this one way we bring our praise
C                            D
We bend our knees and kneel
Am                       Em
We bow down, we worship now,
C             G/B   Gm/Bb
To show our love is real

D
We bow down, down, down
C2
Down, down, down
G/B
We bow down, down, down
D
We bow down

D/F#              G
Here we are again
Asus                 D
The people of Your voice
D/F#                    G
Gathered here to sing
Asus                 C2          D
Joyful songs of praise to You

Am                  Em
And this one way we bring our praise
C                            D
We bend our knees and kneel
Am                       Em
We bow down, we worship now,
C             G/B   Gm/Bb
To show our love is real

Am
La, la, la, la
Em
La, la, la, la
D
La

Other Songs I’ve written or arranged (previously written by me) for worship this year:
Psalm 93 (The Lord Reigns)
Glory (Psalm 29)
Psalm 63
Redeemer