Abre Meus Olhos Senhor by Michael W. Smith

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 4

Form: A Section → A Section → B Section → B Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

A Section 1

• Eadd9 – B/D♯ – A/C♯ – A – E
  Iadd9 – V⁶ – IV⁶ – IV – I

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 1

• B – C♯m7 – A – B – C♯m7 – F♯m7 – A – B
  V – vi7 – IV – V – vi7 – ii7 – IV – V

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Eadd9	Iadd9	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
B/D♯	V⁶	In the key	A Section
A/C♯	IV⁶	In the key	A Section
A	IV	In the key	A Section, B Section
E	I	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
B	V	In the key	B Section
C♯m7	vi7	In the key	B Section
F♯m7	ii7	In the key	B Section

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Abre Meus Olhos Senhor” (credited “Michael W. Smith”, style Medium Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart.
• Section names: the chart has no section markings, so sections were detected by code from repeated 8-, 12- and 16-bar phrases (letters such as A and B mark different phrases).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Abre Meus Olhos Senhor(C)” (credited “Michael W. Smith”, style Medium Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 100%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.