Chords for Charles Johnson - Rough Side of the Mountain

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_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Oh _
[Eb] Lord, _ _ _ _ I'm striving, _ _ _ _ trying [Ab] to make it [Ab] _ through this [Eb] barren land.
_ _ _ [Ab] But as I [Eb] go from day to day, _ [Fm] I can [Eb] hear my Savior [Ab] say,
Trust [Eb] me child, _ come on, [Bb] I'll hold [Eb] your hand.
_ _ [Ab] I'm [Eb] coming up [Ab] on the [Eb] rough side, _ on the _ _ mountain.
_ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ _ I _ must hold to _ [Ab] God's [Eb] powerful _ _ _ hand. _ _
_ I'm coming up on the rough _ _ _ _ _ side, _ _ _ on [Ab] the mountain. _ _
Yes I am, and [Eb] I'm doing _ [Ab]
[Eb] my best [Bb] to [Eb] make it.
_ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ Coming up Lord, _ _ _ I'm coming up Lord, _ yes.
_ Although [Ab] my burden _ _ [Db] _
[Ab] sometimes _ [Eb] press me down. _
_ _ [Ab] If I [Eb] could only keep the faith, I would have strength just to run this [Ab] race.
Lord, [Eb] I'm looking, I'm looking for [Bb] my _ [Eb] starry [Ab] crown. _
[Eb] _ [Ab] I'm [Eb] coming up, yes I am, on the rough side _
_ _ _ [Ab] of the [Eb] mountain. _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ Hold to God's, hold to [Ab] His [Eb] hand, His powerful _ hand.
[Ab] [Eb] I'm coming up, I'm coming up, on the rough side, on the rough side, of the mountain, _ [Bbm]
[Ab] of the mountain.
_ _ _ _ And [Eb] I'm doing _ [Ab] [Eb] my best [Bb] to [Eb] make it.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ This old race will _ _ soon be over, _ _ _ _ [Ab] and my work down here [Eb] will be done.
_ _ _ All of my heartache will be gone [Fm] when [Eb] I stand before [Ab] God's throne.
I [Eb] want to hear Him [Ab] say [Eb] my child, [Bb] _
[Eb] welcome _ [Ab] _ [Eb] home.
Oh, I'm coming up on the rough [Ab] side, on [Eb] the rough side, rough side of the mountain. _
_ _ _ _ I'm [Fm] going to [Eb] hold, hold to God's, His powerful hand, His powerful _ _ hand.
I'm coming up, I'm coming up, on the rough side, on the rough side, _ of the mountain, [Ab] of the mountain. _ _
_ And [Eb] I'm doing _ [Ab]
[Eb] my best [Bb] to make [Eb] it.
_ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] I'm [Eb] coming up, I'm coming up, [Ab] _ [Eb] on the rough side, on the rough [Ab] [Eb] side, [Ab] of the [Eb] mountain. _
Yes, I [Ab] am.
_ [Eb] _ _ I'm holding on. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ coming up, on the rough [Ab] side, [Eb] [Ab] on [Eb] the rough side, rough side of the mountain, of [Ab] the mountain.
Yes, I am.
[Eb] And I'm doing [Ab] [Eb] my best [Bb] to make [Eb] it.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _