Chords for Dottie Peoples - Somebody Ought to Testify

[C] A single [G] on-time god has become a [F] gospel classic.
[C] She [G] has become a powerful performer
[Fm] of traditional [G] gospel music.
Please give a warm welcome [Bb]
to the gospel songbird
of the South, Miss Dottie [Gb] Peoples.
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♪ Somebody oughta [Gb] testify _ [Eb] _
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[Gb] ♪ He said, [Db] Mokani, [Gbm] _ _
[Gb] _ Mokani, Mokani, [Abm] Mokani, [Eb]
Mokani, Mokani ♪
♪ [G] Goodbye, miss, [C] _ [A] there's been times in [Gb] my life ♪
♪ When I [F] was down and [Gb] in despair ♪
♪ Fell down on my knees and I [B] called the Lord in prayer [Db] ♪
♪ Thank you, God, and bless you, and I made [Gb] it one by one ♪
♪ But [B] most of all, [Bb] I thank you, [Ab] Lord, for [B] all you've [F] done ♪
♪ Lord, [Ebm] somebody oughta testify [Abm] [Ebm] ♪
♪ _ [F] [Bbm] Mokani oughta [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ testify, [Dbm] _
Mokani, [Gbm] _ _ [Bbm] Mokani, [Gb] Mokani, Mokani, Mokani ♪ _
[Ab] ♪ Somebody oughta [F] testify, listen, [G] _ [Gb]
you're a [Dbm] good witness ♪
[Gb] ♪ Your father's been [E] good to you ♪
♪ You should not testify, _ [Gb] how he brought you through ♪
♪ [Dbm] Somebody say you've been a doctor in a sick room ♪
♪ A lawyer [Gb] _ _
in court room, _ [C] somebody [Dbm] needs to tell it ♪
♪ Get up, _ [Gb] _ [C] _ [Dbm]
tell it, _ _ you know, [C] _ _ _
[Dbm] tell it, _ get up [Gb] ♪
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Get [E] up!
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[Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] [Gb] Get up!
[E] Get _ [Gb] _
[Dbm] up!
Somebody [Gb] ought to get up! _
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_ _ _ [Gb] Say, somebody, _ _
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somebody [Ab] _ ought [Gb] to get up!
Say, [Db]
somebody, [C] _ [A] _ [Bb] somebody [Gb] ought to get up! _
[Ab] [Eb] Somebody ought to get [E] up!
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_ _ [E] _ _ Yes! _ _
_ Yes!
_ _ Listen! _
My grandmother used to be in the [Eb] kitchen sweeping the [N] floor.
And all of a sudden the spirit will come down.
[Gb] So right now I want you to look at your [E] neighbor and say, neighbor, _ God's been [Gb] good to [Db] me.
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You better walk like grandmama used to walk.
You can walk in your [E] seat or you can get in and out.
_ We get [Gb] ready to thank God.
I _ _ pray you.
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_ [F] _ [Gb] _ [G] Testify.
[Ab] _ [A] _ _
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[E] Testify.
_ [Dbm] _ God's been good to you. _
You are testifying.
_ It is marching [Eb] through.
[Dbm] You are testifying.
[Eb] _ _ [Db] _
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[B] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ Walk.
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Ebm] [G] Walk.
Walk.
Walk.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ I'm still alive.
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_ [F] I've been good to [Dbm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ him.
I'm not done yet.
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] I don't want to be there, but that's what I'm here for.
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ Listen.
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [A] _ [Bb] _
[B] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] Listen.
Let's get a witness up in here.
[Abm] _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _
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The [Ebm] red sheep.
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By that mean old Pharaoh. _ _
And his army.
[Bb] _ [A] [Abm] They [Ebm] were running [F] all [Bbm] around him.
[Cm] And Pharaoh on the [Abm] track.
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I'm a _ _ _ _ [F] napkin for the [Eb] highway.
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_ [Ebm] _ _ If _ _ he.
[Ab] _ _ [Gm] Oh. Oh.
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[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ [F] [Eb] Yeah.
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Yeah. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Yeah. _
_ [Ab] Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
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If he's good to you, _ _ if God's ever done anything for you, _ _ [A]
if he's ever brought you [N] through,
[D] let me _ say _ _ [Abm] _ [Bb] yes, _ _ [N] _ _ _ yes, _
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yes he is.
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Yes, _ _ yes, _ yes he is. _ _ _ _ _
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