Personal Jesus chords by
Depeche Mode (Official Version)

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Key: F# minorDifficulty: Intermediate

Intro 1

Reach out, touch faith

Am

Am

Am

Am

Am

Am

Am

Am

Chorus 1
Am 
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Someone who cares
Am 
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Am 
Someone who's there

Verse 1
Am 
Feeling unknown
And you're all alone
C 
Flesh and bone
G 
By the telephone
Dm 
Lift up the receiver
Esus4 
F 
Am 
I'll make     you a believer
Take second best
Put me to the test
C 
Things on your chest
G 
You need to confess
Dm 
I   will deliver
Esus4 
F 
Am 
You know     I'm a forgiver

Pre-chorus 1

B

Bb

Am

Reach out, touch faith

B

Bb

Am

Reach out, touch faith

Chorus 2
Am 
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Someone who cares
Am 
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Dm 
C 
B 
F 
Someone who's there

Interlude 1

Am

Am

Am

Am

Verse 2
Am 
Feeling unknown
And you're all alone
C 
Flesh and bone
G 
By the telephone
Dm 
Lift up the receiver
Esus4 
F 
Am 
I'll make     you a believer
Dm 
I   will deliver
Esus4 
F 
Am 
You know     I'm a forgiver
B 
Bb 
(Reach out, touch...)

Bridge 1

Am

Dm

C

Your own personal Jesus

B

Bb

Am

Reach out, touch faith

B

Bb

Am

Reach out, touch faith

B

Bb

Reach out, touch faith

Outro 1
Am 
Am 
Am 
Am/G 
Am/G 
F 
Am 
Am 
Am/G 
F 
Am 
Am 
Am 
Reach out, touch faith
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Am 
Am 
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Am 
Am 
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Am 
Am 
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Am 
Reach out, touch faith
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Am 
Am 
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Am 
Am 
Dm 
C 
G/B 
(Reach out, reach out)
Am 
Reach out, touch faith
Dm 
C 
G/B 
Am 
Am 
Dm 
C 
G/B 

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsAm Dm C G/B G...

Chords

Am
Dm
C
G/B
G
Esus4
F
B
Bb
Am/G

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Esus4: 0-2-2-2-0-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
Am/G: 3-x-2-2-1-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 3

3

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

Sus2 and sus4 swap the third in a chord for a second or fourth. The sus course covers the shapes and how to drop them into a progression. Practice sus chords

This is the definitive original version of Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F# minor. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Depeche Mode's performance.

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