Do You Want to Get Well?

Read along, sing along, or play along — the complete sheets below. A printable version is available as a PDF.

Guitar

GUITAR VERSION  (Key of G)
Suggested arrangement — adjust to taste and to the recording.

Chorus
G            Em
Do you want to get well,
C            D
do you want to rise again—
G            Em
Jesus asked for desire.
C        D       G
Jesus asks for a yes.

G            Em
Do you want to get well,
C            D
let your old excuses fail—
G            Em
Jesus asked for desire.
C        D       G
Jesus asks for a yes.

Verse
G            D
He was lying by the water,
Em           C
thirty eight years in the dust—
G            D
hope had settled into silence,
Em       C       D
every dream reduced to rust.

G            D
But Jesus stood beside him,
Em           C
cutting through the hopelessness—
G            D
not with shame or accusation,
Em       C       D
just a question meant for him.

G            D
He said, "No one ever helps me,
Em           C
and the others get there first—
G            D
every step I try to take
Em       C       D
only leaves me as the cursed."

G            D
But Jesus didn't argue,
Em           C
didn't measure worth or sin—
G            D
He just spoke a word of freedom,
Em       C       D
calling life to rise in him.

G            D
And suddenly it happened,
Em           C
strength returning to his bones—
G            D
what he couldn't lift for decades
Em       C       D
he could carry on his own.

G            D
The word that Jesus gave him
Em           C
woke the life he thought was gone—
G            D
and the man who once lay helpless
Em       C       D
stood and walked into the dawn.

Chorus
G            Em
Do you want to get well,
C            D
do you want to rise again—
G            Em
Jesus asked for desire.
C        D       G
Jesus asks for a yes.

G            Em
Do you want to get well,
C            D
let your old excuses fail—
G            Em
Jesus asked for desire.
C        D       G
Jesus asks for a yes.

Outro
C        D       G
Jesus asked for desire.
C        D       G
Jesus asks for a yes.

Piano

PIANO VERSION  (Key of A)
Suggested arrangement — adjust to taste and to the recording.

Chorus
A            F#m
Do you want to get well,
D            E
do you want to rise again—
A            F#m
Jesus asked for desire.
D        E       A
Jesus asks for a yes.

A            F#m
Do you want to get well,
D            E
let your old excuses fail—
A            F#m
Jesus asked for desire.
D        E       A
Jesus asks for a yes.

Verse
A            E
He was lying by the water,
F#m          D
thirty eight years in the dust—
A            E
hope had settled into silence,
F#m      D       E
every dream reduced to rust.

A            E
But Jesus stood beside him,
F#m          D
cutting through the hopelessness—
A            E
not with shame or accusation,
F#m      D       E
just a question meant for him.

(Verses 3–6 follow the same pattern: A • E • F#m • D)

Outro
D        E       A
Jesus asked for desire.
D        E       A
Jesus asks for a yes.

Nashville Number Chart

NASHVILLE NUMBER CHART  (Key of A)

Chorus
1 • 6m • 4 • 5
1 • 6m • 4 • 5 • 1

Verse
1 • 5 • 6m • 4
1 • 5 • 6m • 4 • 5

Outro
4 • 5 • 1