Chords for "Mississippi Po Boy" (Original)(1985) Canton Spirituals

_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ Lord, I'm just sitting here looking over [G] my life, Lord. _
Let me take in my [B] tolerance.
For I know you, for I [Em] know you've been good to [Bm] me, love. _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Am] _ I come [Em] from a poor family.
_ [A] We didn't have [Am] much.
But [C] the [Bm] Lord's been good [E] to me.
_ [Em] I come from a poor family.
[E] _ [Am] I didn't have much.
But [C] the [D] Lord's [E] been good to me.
_ I come from a poor [Em] family.
_ [Am] We didn't have much.
But the [C] _ [B] [Bm] Lord's been [E] good to me. _ _
[C] I didn't have much.
_ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] A lot of my friends thought [Em] that was funny. _
[C] But I'm so glad today [Em] that I can stand here and say
[C] that the _ [D] Lord's been [Em] good to me. _
We were raised in [A] a shack [Am] here.
_ [Em] Sometimes clothes were thin that we put [Am] on our back.
_ _ [Em] Mama and Daddy, [Am] they found the best they could.
_ [Em] They always told me, [Am] son, always be good.
[E] Out of all the [Em] things that I [A] can see in [Am] life,
I know [Em] that the Lord's been good to me.
_ _ You've been good.
_ [Am] Oh, Lord.
_ [Em] Oh, Lord.
[Am] Oh, Lord.
_ _ [Em] Jesus, _ [Am] I want to thank You, Daddy.
_ _ [Em] Jesus, God, [Am] You've been good to me.
[C] I know that the _ [D] Lord's been good [Em] to me.
Somebody may be troubling me.
_ Sometimes [Am] I think about when [Em] my mom was raped. _
[Am] Sometimes _ I've [Em] done the wrong thing. _
[Am] I wasn't no pity.
_ [Em] But Lord, I'm still here.
[Am] Still got your arm around me.
[Em] It was your mercy that [C] got me here right now.
And I can see that the [D] Lord's been [Em] good to me.
_ I come from a poor family.
We [Am] didn't have much.
But the [Bm] Lord's been good [Em] to me.
_ _ [Am] I didn't have _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] a lot of my friends, [Em] thought that was funny.
_ [Am] But I'm so glad today [Em] that I can stand right here and say
[C] that the _ [D]
Lord's been [Em] good to me.
Oh, you've been good. _
[C] Oh, Lord.
_ [Em] You brought me. _
[C] Lord, you brought me.
[Em] Did it bring you?
[Am] Did it bring you?
[Em] Did it bring you?
A mighty long [Am] way.
_ _ [Em] Oh, Lord.
I've been [Am] sick.
_ [Em] But you brought me.
_ [C] Help me.
_ [Em] _ Somebody _ [Am] sitting out there.
_ [Em] I know he's been good.
[Am] Lord, I thank _ [Em] you.
You've blessed me. _
[Am] You've blessed me, Lord.
[Em] There's been time in my life.
[Am] Oh, help me, Lord.
[Em] Seems like every time [Am] I got a nip, Lord, I have to [Em] spend the night. _
[Am] But, Lord, _ [Em] you got all my heart.
[Am] Now you've been good.
_ [Em] You woke me up [Am] early this morning.
I [Em] got out of bed and [Am] I began to move, Lord.
_ [Em] When I was a little boy, Lord, I had polio in my [Am] right leg.
[Em] _ Oh, Lord. _
_ [Am] Oh, Lord.
_ [Em] Oh, Lord.
Oh, [Am] Lord.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _