Blessed Assurance - I changed it up a bit- in 4/4

I am not a big fan of turn of the 20th century songs for the most part (there are a few, not all, Fanny Crosby songs that I like). I love to try to make hymns more contemporary or more guitar friendly - and often add a little bite to them.

I am sure I'm not the first to try that with Blessed Assurance... but I thought I'd share my version of it. I'm not sure I'm allowed to post both text and chords... so I'll just do the chords. The song is written in 9/8 and I play it in 4/4. I strum mostly a down strum on the 1/8 notes - with a few up strums thrown in. Kind of a slow rock feel. My guess is that my tempo is at about 75-80 beats a minute. I haven't played it with a full band yet, but will this Sunday. I'm excited to hear the electric come in on the chorus.

VERSE

D G/D D

A/E E A A7

D G/D D

G Em A D G/A

CHORUS

D G

G D/F# E A E7 A7

D G D

D/F# G Em A D (A = turnaround)