Need Help Charting this song : Cornerstone

[theEmbark]

Hey guys,

I hope this part of the forum is appropriate for this. I wasn't sure where it best fit.

Anyways I am working on writing a lead sheet out for Cornerstone by Hillsong. It's a really simple song and I have the general chords but I am trying to figure out what voicings are used in the below video.

Cornerstone Acoustic


The roots should be right and overall I think this version works I am just trying to match it to the video above and had some time to kill so hoping someone might give me some feedback/corrections/additions. The chord lines below follow the vocal phrasing.

Here's what I have so far:

Intro: (he plays this at the end of the verses too)
C - Csus4 - C - Csus2
Verse:
C
F7/C - Gsus4
Am7 - Am7/G
F7/C - Gsus4 - C

Bridge:
Am7
F7/C - Gsus4

Chorus:
C/E - F7/C - Am7 - Gsus4
C/E - F7/C - Am7 - Gsus4
C/E - F7/C
Am7 - Gsus4
C


Thanks,
Kevin

[jancivil]

One remark as to your chord name 'add4'. 'Add' means the rest of the chord is left alone; so Cadd4 contains by definition both E and F. I hear the F in the intro but it replaces the E. The usual name is 'sus4'. That F is technically not sustained from anything, but that's the conventional name for that thing in pop chord lingo. Same goes for 'add2', the 2 in these chords is there instead of the 3rd, not in addition to. So the common term is 'sus2'.

I don't know what "F/C 7th" means. Slash chords serve typically to indicate a bass that's not the root of the chord, or the 7th is in the bass, or even a note that's not even part of the chord in the bass (eg., F/G). I don't know what to do with a slash before what looks like a whole chord name. F and "C 7th" looks like two chords, with that slash two chords at the same time: I know I'm not hearing a polychord F + C7, ie., F A Bb C E G or something.

[theEmbark]

One remark as to your chord name 'add4'. 'Add' means the rest of the chord is left alone; so Cadd4 contains by definition both E and F. I hear the F in the intro but it replaces the E. The usual name is 'sus4'. That F is technically not sustained from anything, but that's the conventional name for that thing in pop chord lingo. Same goes for 'add2', the 2 in these chords is there instead of the 3rd, not in addition to. So the common term is 'sus2'.

I don't know what "F/C 7th" means. Slash chords serve typically to indicate a bass that's not the root of the chord, or the 7th is in the bass, or even a note that's not even part of the chord in the bass (eg., F/G). I don't know what to do with a slash before what looks like a whole chord name. F and "C 7th" looks like two chords, with that slash two chords at the same time: I know I'm not hearing a polychord F + C7, ie., F A Bb C E G or something.

Thank you for your reply!

Thank you for the detailed info on sus vs add chords. That makes a lot of sense. I guess it's the same concept as say a C7 vs a Cadd7 but disn't connect it.

As far as the slash chord I did not write thay out correctly. What I was trying to say is that it sounds like a F7 chord with a C in the bass. So should it be F7/C?

Thanks again!
Kevin

[jancivil]

Yes, F7 w. C bass would be F7/C.
'add7' wouldn't really exist because 7 is a basic tertial construct. 'add2', 'add6' etc are additions to tertial constructions. However, some people use 'add9' when there is no 7th, as though, eg., C9 has to have a 7th to be a chord of the ninth.

[theEmbark]

Yes, F7 w. C bass would be F7/C.
'add7' wouldn't really exist because 7 is a basic tertial construct. 'add2', 'add6' etc are additions to tertial constructions. However, some people use 'add9' when there is no 7th, as though, eg., C9 has to have a 7th to be a chord of the ninth.

Thanks for your help Jan!

A lot for me still to learn! But I'm picking it up quicker now that I just some basic theory under my belt.

Now that I've got the chords correctly charted, do I have that accurately laid out? The intro is tripping me up a little. It's also played as a fill at the end of the verses any changes to that which you can hear?

I'm working on ear training and never really valued it honestly but now that I'm seeing the difference in just a little strutuctured ear training everything else is easier. I just assumed my ears would learn at the same time as my fingers but that really puts a cap on what you can do!

Thanks again for your help,
Kevin