Chords for Dianne Reeves - Testify - 8/12/2000 - Newport Jazz Festival (Official)

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I'm Wonyongo Jackson, ladies and gentlemen.
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ This has been a good day.
No [D] rain.
_ [Dm] _ We hope it continues that way.
[A] _ You know, [Am] _ there comes a time in your life, _ sometimes when you're [Dm] 40, _ _ [G] when all that [E] stuff
that you've been running [D] from and all that stuff you've been fearing and all that stuff
that [Dm] really, really just gets to you in a [Em] silent space.
There [C] comes a time when you have to stop, take a deep breath, _ [Dm] _ turn [F] around [Bm] and look at it.
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Then you have to stretch your arms out [Dm] real wide _ to get ready to [E] embrace it.
And you just [Am]
hold on real, real tight to all of that stuff and keep holding on and holding
[Dm] on and holding on, facing [Em] it, embracing it [Am] until you find yourself _ [D] embracing, embracing yourself.
Then [Dm] you can leave all that stuff [E] behind and [E] walk on with peace of mind.
[Am] That's where I am today.
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [E] Sometimes you won't [Am] understand why life is the way it [Em] is.
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_ _ [Dm] _ Things don't [Em] always [Am] go the way you planned them.
_ But I [Dm] believe _ [Em] God in time of need.
_ [Am] And through time God reveals all things.
You gotta [Dm] be still, [Em] _
stand in love and [Am] pay attention.
_ _ [Em] _
_ I just wanna testify.
I _ _ just [Em] gotta testify.
[Am] _
_ _ [Am] I just wanna testify. _
_ _ _ I gotta testify. _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] When I look back on my [F] _ life, [Bb] I shudder when I think of the danger I put myself [Ebm] in.
But amazing [Fm] grace always [Bb] carried me to safety, knowing that I'd go back to the [Dm] same place
again [Eb] and again.
_ You know, [Fm] no one could ever love me [Bb] the way that you do.
_ _ [Eb] In spirit, [F] I _ _ _ [Bb] _ surrender myself daily to you.
Oh, and I just wanna testify.
_ _ _ _ I gotta testify.
_ _ I just wanna [Bbm]
testify.
_ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] Amazing grace saved my [F] life.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ So sweet the [F] journey when you learn [Bb] to love yourself, accept yourself, respect yourself,
forgive yourself, believe in yourself, be [F] yourself.
With amazing grace as your constant [D] friend, _ [Bbm] _ I am free of [C] anger, I am free of [Bb] fear, and
my [Bbm] mind is at [Bm] ease.
I [Bbm] don't regret [Fm] a single yesterday, [Bb] cause yesterday made me who I [Ebm] am today.
[Bb] _ And I just wanna testify, my mind _ _ _ _ _ _ _ can see, I can see.
I just wanna testify.
Amazing grace saved my life.
I [C] gotta testify.
Oh, _ [Gm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
I wanna [Ebm] tell the story. _ _ _
Oh, my life, [Cm] my love, and my [Bbm] glory. _ _
I learned [Eb] how to walk.
[Bbm] Hey, _ _
_ [Bb] _ I'm happy, I'm [Eb] _ cause my mind is clear.
_ [Bb] Oh, I gotta [Eb] testify.
My soul is alright.
_ [E] Oh, [Eb] thank you, thank you, thank you, [Bb] thank you, thank you, thank you, [Ebm] thank you. _
_ _ [Eb] Yeah, I gotta _ testify, gotta tell the story.
[Bb] Gotta testify, gotta testify, gotta the [G] rights, gotta the keys, gotta [Bb] the blah blah blah,
I gotta do today, [Eb] gotta tell the [Bb] story.
Yeah, take it home, yeah.
Yeah, _ [Bbm] testify, testify. _
_ _ Yeah, yeah.
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Good.
Good to see you.
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