Chords for Canton Spiritual - Heavenly Choir

[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ It [C] was a little church, _ [A] _ sitting _ _ _
[C] down in the woods.
[G] _ _ _ And at this church, [A] they had a [C] choir there, _ [F] and they could sing [Dm] real well.
_ [B] And [C] there was an _ old deacon there, _ had been going to that church for a mighty long [D] time.
_ And [C] every Sunday morning, [A]
[C] he [F] would always beg that choir [Dm] director,
he said, [G] listen, would [C] you let me sing a song?
[A] _ _ [C]
He said, I got a song that I want to sing.
_ _ [G] _
But you know what that [C] choir director told him?
_ [G] He said, oh man, [C]
you're too old to sing in this choir.
[G] _ [C] He said, you got a trembling in your voice.
[Am] _ _ [C] Look at that. _
Heard the [D] old man spit.
And y'all might not believe [C] it, but when you get old,
[A] _ _ old folks do you [F] like that.
When [Dm] you get old, people will [C] just push you on aside.
_ [A] _ _ [C] But they [F] went to church that next Sunday [C] morning,
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] and they knew that the old man wasn't sitting in the corner.
[A] _ _ [C] And they went on back to church that next Sunday [Dm] morning,
_ [D] and they [C] knew that the old man still wasn't sitting in the corner.
[A] They get worried now.
[C] And they went on [F] back that next Sunday [Dm]
morning,
and they knew [C] that the old man still wasn't sitting [A] in the corner. _
[C] _ [F] Somebody began to ask [C] questions about him.
_ [G] _
[C] Has anybody seen the old [G] man?
[C] Look at him.
Is [F] anybody heard from the old [Dm] man?
_ [G] _
[C] Finally, a voice just came [A] down from heaven and went,
[F] I believe I'm going to let Daddy [C] tell you what the [D] boy said.
_ [B] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ I'm quiet.
[C] _
_ But let me [Dm] sing.
You know what I'll [C] be doing.
Sing again.
_ Hallelujah.
The [F] heavenly.
Hallelujah.
_ _ [D] You know what?
[C] By the time they recognized who the voice was,
[Am] _ _ _ [F] everybody began to look up toward heaven.
[D] _ _ And the [C] old man's voice began to talk to [Am] him.
[C] He said, share in one thing about this choir that I [D] sing with now.
_ [G] He said, we don't have to wait until Sunday [A] morning.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Every morning.
_ _ [C] _ [G] Yeah, we get [A] together.
_ [C] _ And we sing songs that you never heard [Dm] in your life.
_ [G] And if y'all don't mind. _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] If y'all don't [Dm] mind.
_ [G] _ _ [C] If y'all don't mind. _
[A] _ [C] I'm going to let [D] Daddy tell you what he sings.
One more time.
He, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] he, he.
_ Never let me sing.
You know what [C] I.
Sing again.
Sing again.
[Am] _
_ [C] _ [F] Hallelujah.
The heavenly choir.
[D] _ _
[G] Hallelujah.
[C] Sing again.
_ _ [A] _
The [F] heavenly choir.
_ [D] _ _
_ Won't it be [Cm] good.
Sing [C] again.
_ _ [Am]
When we get there.
_ [F] _ What I like about [G] it.
There'll be no [C] more senior choir.
_ [A] No more young adult choir.
[D] No more inspirational choir. _
But I'm talking about when we get there, [C] everybody's going to get together.
_ [A] No more jealousy.
[C] No more hatred.
No more envy.
[Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ He'll never [A] mind.
[G] _ [D] He'll never mind.
I like about it. _
You know how sometimes your [C] body gets tired.
_ You see, there'll be no [A] more [C] Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays and [D] Thursdays and Fridays and Saturdays.
But every _ [C] day is going to be Sunday, y [Am]'all.
_ I better let this [F] alone.
_ [Dm] This thing getting good.
Let me [G] ask you something.
Can I [C] let daddy sing?
_ _ _ [A]
Can I let daddy [F] sing?
It'd be [D] all right if I let him sing.
Let me hear you say yes.
[C] _ Sing again. _ _
The heavenly [F] _ choir.
_ [Dm] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] Dancing in the air.
[Am]
You know, I've been waiting a long time for this.
[F] _ _ [D] You know, I tell you, I've been waiting a long time.
I've been singing with daddy [C] 17 years.
_ _ [A]
We've had [C] a lot of ups and downs.
[F] _ But I want y'all to know it [Dm] makes me feel good to be able to stand here [C] tonight.
Y'all excuse me for a minute.
[Am] It makes me feel [C] good tonight to be able [F] to stand here and put my [Dm] arms around my daddy.
I love my daddy, y'all.
[C] Somebody got a good daddy like me.
[Am] Somebody got a good daddy like me tonight.
Somebody.
[F] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ But somebody [C] here ain't got no daddy.
Those of [A] you that don't have a daddy, let [C] me ask you something.
I don't [F] want you to say it because I'm asking you, but if this fits [Gm] the way you feel, let me ask you something.
[C] Won't God be a father for you?
Won't God be [A] a father for you?
[C] _ _ [F] One of these days. _
[G] One of these days when this old war [C] is over.
_ _ [A] We're going to take off these old shoes we got on.
[F] _ Put on a [D] pair of golden slippers.
_ Take [C] off these old suits we got on.
[Am]
Put on a [C] long white coat.
[F] _ I'm going to let my daddy tell [Dm] you what we're going to do when we get there.
[D] _ [C] Singing, _ singing. _
[A] _ You'll never [F] meet me crying.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] Singing, singing.
[A] _
You'll never [F] meet me crying.
[Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] Jesus [F] don't like me singing the choir.
[Dm] _ _
_ I'm [C] _ singing.
_ [A] _
[C] I'm going straight [F] into heaven with the choir.
_ [Dm] You'll never _ _ [C] meet me.
_ [Am]
You'll [F] never meet [D] me crying.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
You've been [C] good to me Jesus.
_ [A] _ _
[D] You've been good to me Jesus.
[Dm] _ _ _
[B] You've brought [C] me from a life of long waiting. Singing, singing.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] You told me to call you.
_ [C] _ _ [Em] Singing, [A] singing.
[G] _
_ [C] When I get ready to write a song, _ I do it just like [D] I do when I get ready to read the Bible.
I [E] feel like there's a time for all things.
And when I get ready to read the Bible, I [Bb] like to read it with spirit.
I like to read it when I feel the [C] feeling inside of me, then I won't forget what I read.
Okay, when I get a feeling [Ebm] like that about a song, when [D] God sends me a song, I don't have to write it down.
It comes down from on high and it don't go nowhere.