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Sunday 25 October 2009

Mighty To Save / Everyone Needs Compassion - Free Chords & Sheet Music - Hillsong & Hillsong United

Every now and then I like to look closer at a popular worship song and today i'm checking out 'Mighty To Save' by Hillsong (also covered by Hillsong United). You might know Mighty To Save as 'Everyone Needs Compassion' if, like me, you tend to call songs by their first line.

Mighty to Save is written by Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding and won the 'Best Worship Song' category at the 2009 GMA Dove Awards. The Hillsong album entitled Mighty to Save was released on the 2nd July 2006 and the title track has spread throughout the world and become a frequently used song to in churches worldwide.



According to CCLI's August 2009 Top 25 songs report Mighty to Save appeared in the following positions:

United States - #2
New Zealand - #2
Canada - #3
Australia - #5


Interestingly Laura Story also covers Mighty to Save on her album entitled 'Great God Who Saves'.

Let's take a look at the lyrics and see why this song might have become so popular:


Everyone needs compassion,
Love that's never failing;
Let mercy fall on me.
Everyone needs forgiveness,
The kindness of a Saviour;
The Hope of nations.

Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My God is Mighty to save,
He is Mighty to save.
Forever, Author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave.

So take me as You find me,
All my fears and failures,
Fill my life again.
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in,
Now I surrender.

Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My God is Mighty to save,
He is Mighty to save.
Forever, Author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave.

(Bridge)
Shine your light and let the whole world see,
We're singing for the glory of the risen King (x2)

Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My God is Mighty to save,
He is Mighty to save.
Forever, Author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave.

(Optional)
Saviour, you can move the mountains,
You are mighty to save,
You are mighty to save.
Forever, Author of Salvation,
You rose and conquered the grave,
Yes you conquered the grave



As you can see, the lyrics to Mighty To Save are inspiring. The first verse focuses on God and who He is - i.e. unfailing love, forgiving, kind, Saviour and the Hope of nations. The second verse is more about how we come "just as we are". The chorus is a proclamation that God is indeed mighty to save.

When the song talks about moving mountains I do sometimes wonder if it might be appropriate to have a second version of the chorus that allows us to sing that WE can move the mountains as according to scripture this would be correct too:

I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. (Mark 11:23)

As usual, if you're looking for free sheet music for Might To Save I think you'll struggle. I did a quick Google search for 'free sheet music for mighty to save' but all the websites that claim to offer the free sheet music actually just display Google ads trying to get you to click them! You can purchase the sheet music from PraiseCharts here.

You can however get free chord charts for Mighty To Save from a number of places, including the lyrics. My favourite place to get them is here. It's in the key of A which might be fine for you but I prefer to play Mighty To Save in the key of G as it's easier to sing, easier to play and sounds better in my opinion. You can get the chord charts in the key of G here.

3 comments:

  1. Hello! GOD BLESS YOU as you praise and worship Him through song! I absolutely love "Mighty To Save!" I play piano and I have the sheet music and lyrics and I like to play and sing it numerous times. I thank you for the breakdown of what the song means because it's important to know what you are singing about and I'm just glad that you are singing to GOD. MAY HE CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU WITH WHATEVER HE CHOOSES AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PRAISE HIM!

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    1. could you post the sheet music please

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  2. Could I get it for cello?

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