Chords for Coming Up Through The Years - The Gospel Legends, "Pieces Of Life"

_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Glenn Stevenson [Cm] and the Humility [Ab] Music Group is [C] proud to present Oxford, [F] Alabama
all the way from [N] Columbia, South Carolina, the Gospel Legends!
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_ [C] _ _ [F] The [Bb] Gospel Legends started in [D] 1991 at Faith, Hope & Charity Deliverance Temple in Columbia, South Carolina
[C] with the members, myself, Alan Pringle, my brother [Bb] William Pringle,
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Chris Jacobs, Anthony Austin, Javier [Gb] Dykes, and Harold Lykes.
_ [Bbm] And [A] now through the years, you [G] know, some members had to fall off,
[D] some was called into ministry, [Am] others went with other groups, but [A] 22 years later [Bb] we still standing.
[Gm] The church plays a whole lot in the [C] development of this group, [Bb] because everybody here is rooted in the church.
[A] We have our father as a pastor, and these young fellas here, ever [Bb] since I've known them to be,
yea high, they've grown up in the church.
And you can tell it in our ministry.
When we perform, it's like [Am] we're not looking at the people, we're performing for the Lord.
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[D] Church plays a very important part.
We were brought up in good homes, and we were taught to be humble, thankful for all things.
_ We had [Dm]
a rough time, you know, starting, and we've been through so much [D] together,
we don't know anywhere else to [Em] turn but to humbleness.
[Bb] And we're excited about it, and we thank God for it.
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[Eb] Oh, oh, oh.
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Can I get somebody to wave [Bb] their hand and say,
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_ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] Anybody? _ _
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Can we have church in here tonight?
[F] Can I say that one more time?
Give them hands together.
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_ [F] _ Anybody say,
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If you're not ashamed, testify every second.
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Can I say [C] one more verse?
_ [Dm] Can I say one more verse?
_ Let me ask you [Bb] something.
Anybody [F] ever have to cry?
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I've had it hard.
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I've had it so [G] hard. _ _
I've had it hard.
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[G] I've had it so hard.
[F] Can I testify about me?
I've had it hard.
I don't think there's more music.
[Bb] Can I testify about me?
I've had it so hard.
[F] In 2005,
I've had it hard.
I had to sit by the fair side of [Bb] my farm. _
It was so much rain.
_ And I couldn't [C] do nothing. _ _
[F] Lost my house.
_ _ [Bb] Lost my job.
_ By doing [D] it.
[F] My mom.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] My mom.
_ _ _ _ [F] My mom was gone.
And you might be wondering,
But how can you sing with [Bb] so much joy?
How can you sing with so much peace?
I've had it so hard.
[F] People rise up. _
_ [Bb] _ He's been with [F] me.
_ He's been with me.
[Bb] He's been with me.
Anybody know he'll be [D] there?
He's been with me.
[F] Have he been there for you?
He's been with me.
[Bb] Can you wave your hand?
He's been with me.
[F] Say, he's been there for me.
He's been with me.
[Bb] If you don't mind, pray, let's put them hands [Gm] together.
Say, [F] he broke down.
He taught me.
[Bb] He kept me.
He never left me.
[F] He's still keeping me.
And every time when the things I've been doing disappear,
What he done for me, I can tell you,
He ain't left me.
He never left me.
[Bb] He never left me alone.
[F] _ He never left me.
He never left [Gm] me alone.
[F] He never left [G] me.
He never left [Gm] me alone.
[F] Those of you that know he's been [Bb] there,
Raise your right hand.
_ [F] Raise it high.
And put it in somebody's hand and [Gm] say,
[F] Put it in your neighbor's hand and look at him and say,
[Bb] Say, neighbor.
_ [F] Say, neighbor.
I had [Bb] friends that leave me.
[D] I [F] had family members that died and leave me.
But God ain't never left me.
He ain't never left me.
He ain't [Bb] never left me.
He never left [F] me alone.
He never left me alone.
[Bb] He never left me alone.
[Dm] He never left me alone.
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] He never left me alone.
[Bb] He never left me alone.
_ [F] He never left me alone.
[Bb] He never left me alone.
He never left me alone.
[F] He's been with me.
[Bb] He's been with me.
[F] He's been with [G] me.
[Gm] He's been with me.
He's been with [Bb] me.
[C] Somebody give him a grand [F] thing.
Praise! Praise! _ _ _
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