Chords for "Heavenly Choir" (Original)(1985) Canton Spirituals

_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
It was a [C] little church _ sitting [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] down in [C] the wood.
_ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ [C] And at this church, _ [Am] _
[C] they had a choir there [F] that could sing real [Dm] well. _
[G] _ [C] And there was an old deacon there _ [Am] _
[C] that had been there [D] for a mighty long time.
[Dm] _ _
[F] _ [C] And every Sunday morning, [Am] _ _
[C] he would [F] always beg that [Am] choir director,
[D] _ _
_ [C] would you let me sing a song?
[Am] _ _ _
[C] I got a [F] song that I want to sing.
[Dm] _ _ [D] _
But that choir [C] director told him, _ _ _ _ you're [F] too old to sing in this choir.
[D] _ _
[F] _ [C] You've got to trim it in your voice.
_ [Am] _ _
[C] He [F] heard the old man's feeling.
He said, _ [D] _
you know when you [C] get old, folks will do you like that. _
_ _ [F] When you get old, _ [D] _ _
people will [C] push you on the side. _ _ _
But they went back [F] to church that next [C] Sunday morning,
[Dm] _ _
[C] and they noticed that the old man wasn't sitting over in the corner. _
And they went back [F] that next Sunday morning,
[Dm] _ _
and [C] they noticed that the old man wasn't sitting in the [Am] corner.
_ [C] _
Somebody began to ask questions about him.
[D] _
Said, [C] has anybody seen the old man? _ _ _
Has anybody heard from the old [Dm] man? _ _
[F] _ [C] Finally, a voice came [A] down from heaven away.
[C] _ [F] And I'm going to tell you what this [Dm] voice [C] said.
I _ found _ me a [F] choir _ _ [D] that will let me [G] sing.
You [C] know what?
Sing it, baby.
[Am]
Yes, I do.
Let them [F] hear you.
Why?
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] I found _ _ _ me a [F] choir _ _ [Dm] that will let me sing.
You know what [C] I'm doing?
Sing it, baby.
Oh, Lord.
Yes, I do.
[F] Why?
_ [Dm] By [F] that time, [C] they recognized who's voice it was. _ _
_ [F] And everybody _ looked [Dm] up to what heaven was.
_ [C] And the old man began to talk to them. _ _
He said, [F] one thing about this choir that I sing [Dm] with now, _
we [C] don't have to wait until Sunday morning [Am] to sing. _
[C] _ [F] But every _ [Dm] morning, _
[C] _ me and all the angels get together, _
and we sing [F] songs that you've never heard in your [Dm] life. _
[F] And [A] if y [C]'all don't mind, _ _ I want to [F] tell you what the old man said
one [Dm] more time.
_ [C] _ I found _ _ [Am] _
[C] me a choir [F] _ _ that will [Dm] let me [G] sing.
You know what I'm doing?
[C] Sing it, baby.
_ [Am] Oh, [C] Lord.
The heavenly [F] choir.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] Sing it.
Sing it, baby. _
Yes, I am.
Yes, [F] I am.
Why?
[Dm] _ _
_ [G] Sing [C] it.
Sing it, baby.
Oh, Lord.
Oh, Lord.
[F] Why?
_ _ [Dm]
Every time [C] I think about that old man,
_ I think about how good [F] that my daddy could sing.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ Daddy, if you don't mind, I [F] want you to come around,
[Dm] sing for me right now.
[C] Sing it. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] Sing it.
Sing it.
Sing it.
Sing [D] it.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
Sing [C] it. Sing it. _ _ _ _
Sing it in the [F] choir.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] Sing _ it, baby.
I got a long _ [F] way to _ [Am] go
[Dm] _ _
[C] Oh make me sing it
_ I'm gonna sing it
[F] _ _ [Dm] Oh, _ _
_ [C] _ oh, _ _ oh
_ [F] Sing it in choir
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] Sing it _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] Oh, oh, oh
[Dm] _ _ _
[F] [C] I got to sing it
I got to [G] pray
Sing it in choir
_ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] That singing
Sounds so good I don't want you to stop
_ _ It is [Dm] one thing that I want [C] you to do
If _ _ _ you get left
For I didn't [F] mean it
_ _ [Dm] Tell all my [C] friends I'm coming home
_ Oh, I want to sing
[F] I want to sing
_ [Dm] La, la, la, [C] la, la, la, la, la
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _