Chords for Charles Johnson & The Revivers - "I Know What Lies Ahead" - 1993

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_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] I've been waiting [F] all night [Bb] long to sing this.
_ This road I walk is straight and [Eb] narrow, but leads to a [Bb] better home.
_ It was laid by Christ one day at [C] Calvary while he suffered [F] all alone.
_ [Bb] Now this road may lead over many high [D] [Eb] mountains and valleys dark [Bb] and low,
but I walk each day with sweet [Gm] _ [Bb] assurance that I'll [F] safely [Bb] reach my goal.
_ _ Ahead there is joy and [Eb] gladness and rest for my [Gm] weary soul.
How [Bb] many of you believe that?
_ _ Ahead there is peace [Gm] and contentment.
[C] Everybody will be happy [F] and whole.
You know that [Bb] I'll be at home with Jesus [Eb] where tears will never [Bb] be shed.
[Eb] Though [Bb] so often this [Gm] road gets rough and rocky, still I [Bb] know [F] that I'll be there.
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I'm _ not worried about what the future [Gm] holds just as long as I know that the [Bb] same one that's [F] holding my future is holding my [Bb] hand. _
_ While on this road I get so weary [Eb] and often my feet [Bb] went straight,
but a gentle [Eb] [Gm] hand still leads me onward [C] and helps me to find [F] my way.
[Bb] As I climb each hill and cross each valley [Eb] by His hand, I'm [Bb] barely playing.
[Eb] And [Bb] I won't look [Eb] back, I'm [Bb] gonna keep right [Gm] on the walk because [F] I know what lies [Bb] ahead.
_ _ _ Ahead there is joy and gladness [Eb] and rest for my weary [Bb] soul.
_ _ Ahead there is peace and contentment.
_ [C] Everybody will be happy [F] and whole.
You know that [Bb] I'll be at home with Jesus [Eb] where tears will [F] never [Bb] be shed.
Though so often this road gets [Gm] rough and rocky, [Bb] still I know [F] what lies [Bb] ahead.
Though so often this road gets [Gm] rough and rocky, [Bb] still I know [F] what [Bb] lies _ _ _ [Gm] ahead.
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ As I foresaid, I'm not worried about what the future holds because I know that who's leading [Eb] me, His [Bb] name is Jesus. _ _ _ _
Y'all said [Eb] it was alright if we had church here tonight.
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I wanna sing just a little bit more of that.
I wanna sing it the way that the old folk told me that they used to sing it a long time ago.
Before we got all the instruments and everything, they would say,
[G] _ _ Ahead, ahead, there's joy and gladness and rest for my [N] weary soul. _ _
Ahead, ahead, there's peace and contentment.
Everybody will be happy and whole.
You know that I'll be at _ _ home with Jesus [Eb] where tears will never be shed.
Though so often this road gets rough and rocky, still I know what lies ahead.
_ Now while on this road I get so weary and often my feet would stray,
[Ab] But a gentle hand still leads me onward and helps [N] me to find my way.
As I climb each hill and I cross each valley by His hand,
I'm daily led and I won't look back.
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin' cause I know what lies ahead.
And ahead, ahead, there's joy and gladness and rest for my weary soul. _
[G] Ahead, ahead, [Gm] there's peace and contentment.
Everybody will be happy and whole.
You know that I'll be at home with [Eb] Jesus where tears will never [Gm] be shed.
Though so often this road gets rough and rocky, still I know what lies ahead.
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[Bb] Though so often this road gets [Gm] rough and rocky, [Dm] still I know [Bb] what lies ahead.
_ _ [Gm] Ahead, ahead, [Bb] there's peace and contentment.
Everybody will be happy and whole. _ _ _ _ _
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