Chords for He's There All the Time

Tempo:
108.6 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

F

C

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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He's There All the Time chords
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[Bb]
[F]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] He's there all [F] the time.
[D] He's there [Gb] all the [Gm]
time.
[Eb]
[F] [Bb] When I see you now, [C] [Dm] your brother,
[D] [Gm] say more [Bb] than [Eb] you can bear.
[Cm] [Bb]
He's there all [F] [Eb] the time.
[F]
[Bb] [C] [Bb] He's there [Eb] all [Bb] the [F]
time.
[Abm]
[F] [D]
He's there, I know [Gb] He's there.
[C]
[Gm]
[Eb] [F] When [Bb] I see you now, [C]
your brother,
[Ebm]
[Gm] say more [Fm] than [Bb]
[Eb] you can [Cm] bear.
How many of y'all know that?
[Bb] He's there [C]
all
[Eb] the time.
[Bb] [F]
If [Bb] you're in the hospital,
how many of y'all ever been sick?
And you [F] thought you were there all by yourself.
Sometime you're on the shoulder,
and the war ain't come and visit you.
[D] And your feeble body,
[Gb]
[Gm]
[Eb] I'm gonna tell you something.
[F]
[Bb] When the doctors
[Bb] all turn
[D] and [Gm] walk away from you [Bb] and
[Eb] shake his [C] hand,
[Bb] He's there
[C] [F] all
[Bb] the time.
[Eb]
[F] You know [F] a lot of us
may [Bb] have children
that's in trouble, even in jail.
[Gm] And maybe they [F] didn't do nobody wrong.
Cause sometimes our children be false accused.
But [Eb] I know [D] a lawyer,
isn't anybody have no [F] lawyer?
[Gb]
[Gm] Never, never [C] lost a kid.
[F]
[Bb] When I see you now,
[C] [Dm] your brother,
[C]
[Gm] say more [Bb]
[D] than [Eb] you can [C] bear.
Church, I [Bb] know he's there
[Eb] [F] all [Eb] the time.
You know [F] what?
[Bb] Right [Cm] there in Jackson, Mississippi,
[F] [Bb]
I was in the grocery store.
[Bb]
Three little [F] boys,
they had a sign, help wanted.
Three little boys [Eb] came in.
[D] Two white boys and one black boy.
[C]
[Gm] They ran up on the manager.
[Eb] [F] The manager asked him,
said, well, as one of them said,
what do [Bb] you want the job for?
He said, [C] well, I want to [Bbm] buy me a [Dm] bicycle.
[F]
He asked all the [Gm] little boys,
said, what do you want the job for?
He said, well, I [Bb] want me a BB gun.
[Eb] [Cm] And when he looked at that little black boy,
he said, well,
[Bb] tears start streaming down his face.
[F] Y'all listen to me good.
[Eb] He said, what are you crying for, son?
Why do [F] you want the job?
[Bb] He said, well, my [Eb] mommy and daddy [F] got killed
in an accident.
When I was a little baby boy.
But grandma,
[F] and he said, grandma, I got old.
She's sick sometimes.
She can't get [Eb] up and cook nothing.
[D] Sometimes I have to help her out of the [C] bed.
Sometimes [Gb] I have to walk her sometimes.
[Gm] Sometimes I have to walk her sometimes.
[Eb] He said, the reason [F] I want the job,
[Bb] I want to help grandma pay [C] our [D] bills.
I said [A] that to tell y'all young folks something.
[Gm] Y'all ought to be [Bb] glad.
Some of [D] y'all ain't never [Eb] been hungry in your life.
[Cm] Y'all ought to be [F] glad.
Y'all ought to [Bb] stand up right now
and say thank you Jesus.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank [Eb] you.
[C] He's in [Bb] the hospital.
[Dm]
[Eb] He's there.
[F]
[Bb] In the jailhouse.
[Eb] He's there.
[Bb] [Dm]
[Eb] He's there.
[Eb]
He's [Bb] even in Africa, y'all.
[Eb] He's there.
Let me ask you something.
[Bb] Is he in your soul?
[Dm] Are you trying to fool [Eb] me?
Because if he's in your soul,
you couldn't be laid back like that.
[Bb] Is he in your soul?
[Eb] He's there.
[G]
[Bb] Sometimes.
[Eb] He's there.
[Bb] Sometimes.
[Eb] He's there.
[C] Now those of y'all [Bb] around the water in the back,
when you hear somebody holler out,
it don't [Eb] mean nothing wrong.
It just means something [Bb] good is going on.
[Eb]
[Bb] Sometimes.
[Eb] He's there.
[Bb] I feel this coming.
[Eb] He's there.
But you know what I [C] do?
[Bb] I still.
[Eb] He's there. I still.
[Bb]
I still [Eb] wait.
[Bb] Lord, I knew you were about my trouble.
[Eb] I want to ask y'all something.
[Bb] How many of y'all know blood will make a way?
[Eb] [F] I want to ask you something,
[Bb] and I'm going to leave you alone.
[Eb] How many of y'all have been sick in this business?
[Bb] I'm talking about real sick.
[Eb] I'm not talking about no headache.
[Bb] I'm not talking about no stomachache.
I'm talking about [Eb] something that a toddler in awe couldn't do.
How many of y'all [Bb] been sick today?
[Dm]
[Eb] You see, a lot of folks feel like when they [C] take medicine,
[Bb] medicine is what do the trick.
[Eb] But if you read the label,
[F] the label says [Bb] shake it,
and then take it.
[Eb] Like you see, the reason they want you to shake it,
because when you shake [Bb] it,
everything start to moving around.
[Eb] And when you shake it,
you ain't doing nothing but [Bb] shaking of Jesus.
That's when the healing go on.
[Eb] [E] [Bb] [Eb]
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To start learning The Canton Spirituals - Hes There All The Time chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - F, Eb, Bb, Eb, F and Bb in sequence. Kick off your practice at a gentle 54 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 109 BPM. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: Bb Major.

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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] He's there _ _ _ _ all _ _ _ _ [F] the _ _ _ _ _ _
time.
_ _ [D] He's there _ _ [Gb] all _ _ the _ [Gm] _
time.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] When I see you now, _ [C] _ [Dm] your brother,
[D] _ _ _ [Gm] say more [Bb] than _ [Eb] you can bear.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
He's there _ _ _ _ all _ [F] _ [Eb] the _ time.
_ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] He's _ there _ _ [Eb] all _ [Bb] the _ [F] _
_ time.
_ [Abm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ He's there, I know [Gb] He's there.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ When [Bb] I see you now, _ _ [C] _
your brother,
[Ebm] _ _ _
[Gm] say more [Fm] than [Bb] _
[Eb] you can [Cm] bear.
How many of y'all know that?
[Bb] He's there _ [C] _ _
_ all _ _ _
[Eb] the time. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F]
If [Bb] you're in the hospital,
_ how many of y'all ever been sick? _ _ _
And you [F] thought you were there all by yourself. _
Sometime you're on the shoulder,
and the war ain't come and visit you. _
[D] And your _ _ feeble body,
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I'm gonna tell you something.
[F] _ _
[Bb] When the doctors _ _
_ [Bb] all turn
[D] and [Gm] walk away from you [Bb] and _
_ [Eb] shake his _ [C] hand,
_ [Bb] He's there _ _
_ _ [C] _ [F] all _
_ [Bb] the time.
[Eb] _ _
_ [F] _ You know [F] a lot of us
may [Bb] have children
that's in trouble, even in jail. _ _ _
[Gm] And maybe they [F] didn't do nobody wrong.
Cause sometimes our children be false accused.
But [Eb] I know [D] a lawyer,
isn't anybody have no [F] lawyer?
[Gb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ Never, never [C] lost a kid.
_ [F] _ _
[Bb] When I see you now, _ _
[C] _ [Dm] your brother,
[C] _ _
_ [Gm] say more [Bb] _ _
[D] than [Eb] you can [C] bear.
Church, I [Bb] know he's there _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] all _ [Eb] the time. _
You know [F] what?
[Bb] _ Right [Cm] there in Jackson, Mississippi,
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
I was in the grocery store.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
Three little [F] boys,
they had a sign, help wanted.
_ _ Three little boys [Eb] came in.
[D] _ Two white boys and one black boy.
[C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] They ran up on the manager.
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] The manager asked him,
said, well, as one of them said,
what do [Bb] you want the job for?
He said, [C] well, I want to [Bbm] buy me a [Dm] bicycle.
_ _ [F]
He asked all the [Gm] little boys,
said, what do you want the job for?
He said, well, I [Bb] want me a BB gun.
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] And when he looked at that little black boy,
he said, well,
[Bb] _ tears start streaming down his face.
[F] _ Y'all listen to me good.
_ [Eb] He said, what are you crying for, son?
Why do [F] you want the job?
[Bb] He said, well, my [Eb] mommy and daddy [F] got killed
in an accident. _
When I was a little baby boy. _ _ _
But grandma,
[F] and he said, grandma, I got old.
She's sick sometimes.
She can't get [Eb] up and cook nothing.
[D] _ Sometimes I have to help her out of the [C] bed.
Sometimes [Gb] I have to walk her sometimes.
[Gm] Sometimes I have to walk her sometimes.
[Eb] _ He said, the reason [F] I want the job,
[Bb] I want to help grandma pay [C] our [D] bills.
I said [A] that to tell y'all young folks something.
[Gm] Y'all ought to be [Bb] glad.
Some of [D] y'all ain't never [Eb] been hungry in your life.
[Cm] Y'all ought to be [F] glad.
Y'all ought to [Bb] stand up right now
and say thank you Jesus.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank [Eb] you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] He's in [Bb] the hospital.
_ [Dm] _ _
[Eb] He's there.
_ _ [F] _
[Bb] In the jailhouse. _ _
[Eb] He's there. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Eb] He's there.
_ [Eb] _
He's [Bb] even in Africa, y'all. _ _
[Eb] He's there.
Let me ask you something. _
[Bb] Is he in your soul?
[Dm] Are you trying to fool [Eb] me?
Because if he's in your soul,
you couldn't be laid back like that.
[Bb] Is he in your soul? _
[Eb] He's there.
_ _ [G] _
_ [Bb] Sometimes. _ _ _
_ [Eb] He's there. _ _
[Bb] Sometimes. _ _ _ _
[Eb] He's there.
_ [C] Now those of y'all [Bb] around the water in the back,
when you hear somebody holler out,
it don't [Eb] mean nothing wrong.
It just means something [Bb] good is going on. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Sometimes. _ _ _
_ [Eb] He's there. _ _
_ [Bb] I feel this coming. _
[Eb] He's there.
But you know what I [C] do? _
_ [Bb] I still. _ _
[Eb] He's there. I _ still.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
I still [Eb] wait. _ _ _ _
[Bb] Lord, I knew you were about my trouble. _
_ [Eb] _ I want to ask y'all something.
[Bb] How many of y'all know blood will make a way? _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] I want to ask you something,
[Bb] and I'm going to leave you alone. _
_ [Eb] _ How many of y'all have been sick in this business?
[Bb] _ I'm talking about real sick.
[Eb] I'm not talking about no headache. _
[Bb] I'm not talking about no stomachache.
I'm talking about [Eb] something that a toddler in awe couldn't do.
How many of y'all [Bb] been sick today?
_ _ [Dm] _
_ [Eb] You see, a lot of folks feel like when they [C] take medicine,
_ [Bb] medicine is what do the trick. _
[Eb] But if you read the label,
[F] the label says [Bb] shake it,
and then take it.
[Eb] Like you see, the reason they want you to shake it,
because when you shake [Bb] it,
everything start to moving around.
[Eb] And when you shake it,
you ain't doing nothing but [Bb] shaking of Jesus.
That's when the healing go on.
[Eb] _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Live in Memphis album.

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