Chords for Amen - Jester Hairston

_ Ladies and gentlemen, this next song is my favorite.
Amen, you know it, I'm sure you know it.
But I have to give you a little instruction
as to how you should sing to get the best out of it.
Most people, because it's so rhythmic,
the African rhythm, they start just clapping their hands.
Don't clap.
_ [B] _ I'll give you the signal.
I'll give you the signal when to clap.
Now listen to this.
This sounds logical to me.
Throughout this song, I'm telling the story
of the life of Jesus Christ, from the cradle to the grave.
The rhythm is going, but listen to this.
The first verse says,
See the baby wrapped in the manger on Christmas morning.
Now [A] what was there to clap about?
[Bm] No ruckus at all.
A little baby born in a manger somewhere.
His mother and father couldn't even get a room in a hotel.
So you don't clap.
The second part of the verse says,
See him in the temple talking with the elders
who marvel at his wisdom.
You don't clap.
The next verse, we go up to the next verse,
and it says, down at the Jordan where John was baptizing
and saving all sinners, and so forth.
We build it up.
Then we get at the last verse.
Now I'll show you when to come in.
The last verse, it says,
There before Pilate, there they crucified him,
but he rose on Easter.
And to me, a Christian, that's what the shouting is all about.
The reason for that, you see?
So now you come in, but here's what we do.
The piano, the whole choir, all, we modulate every two verses.
We modulate a step higher.
Then we go up [F#] another step, another step.
You set up till you get in your feet.
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