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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

We want more of Jesus

Experience of Christ As Food

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We want more of Jesus,
More and more and more! (boom! boom! boom!)
We want more of Jesus
Than we’ve ever had before. (boom! boom! boom!)
We want more of Christ as life,
Rich and glorious.
We want more of Jesus,
So we’ll give Him more of us.
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We want more of Jesus,
More and more and more. (yum! yum! yum!)
We want more of Jesus
Than we’ve ever had before! (yum! yum! yum!)
We want more of Christ as food,
Bountiful, sublime.
We want more of Jesus,
So we’ll eat Him all the time.

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David Frimpong

Church In Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Sep 11, 2026

Alternative Lyrics:

1
We want more of Jesus,
More and more and more! (Christ! Christ! Christ! )
We want more of Jesus
Than we’ve ever had before. (Christ! boom! boom! )
We want more of Christ as life,
Rich and glorious.
We want more of Jesus,
So we’ll give Him more of us.
2
We want more of Jesus,
More and more and more. (yum! yum! yum! )
We want more of Jesus
Than we’ve ever had before! (yum! yum! yum! )
We want more of Christ as food,
Bountiful, sublime.
We want more of Jesus,
So we’ll eat Him all the time.

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James Smith

Mansfield, Ohio, United States

Feb 20, 2024

This little song came to me in my morning time this morning. When I contemplate on Jesus a feel l need Jesus more. Even I want more of Him, more of His Life. But the key is if I want more of Him I must give Him more of me. That is my heart is occupied with many things. Too many things. I must give Him room in my heart. So something must go. Something related to what I love besides Him. Many times this is related to the time I waste on other inferior things. I must make room in my heart for Him. He is after my heart. When a house is full and you want something new, something must go! That is our old selfish soul life.

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