Chords for Heavenly Choir

_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ And there [C] was a little church _ _ _
[G] sitting [D] _ _ down in the woods. _
_ [C] _ And at this church, [A] they had a [C] choir going, _ [F] and they [C] could sing [Dm] real well.
And _ [B]
[C] there was an old deacon there, _ [F] had been going to that church for a mighty long [D] time.
_ [G] And [C]
every Sunday morning, [A] _ _ [C] [F] he would always [C] beg that choir [Dm] director, he said,
[G] listen, would [C] you let me sing a song?
[A] _ _ [C] He said, I got a [F] song that I want to sing.
[D] _ _ _ [F] But you know what that choir director told him?
[Am] He said, oh man, [B] [C] you do all the [Dm] singing in this choir.
_ [C] He said, you got a trembling in your [Am] voice.
_ _ Yeah, heard the old man [D] say, and y'all [D] might not believe it, but [C] when you get old,
[A] _ _
[G] old folks do you like that, when [Dm] you get old, people will [G] just push you on aside.
_ [A] _ _ [C]
But they went to church that next Sunday morning, _ [D] _ [G] and they knew that the [C] old man wasn't sitting in the corner.
_ _ [C] And they went on back to church that next Sunday morning, [Dm] _ and they [C] knew that the old man still wasn't sitting in the corner.
[G] They getting worried now.
[C] And they went on [F] back that next _ [Dm] Sunday morning,
[G] and they knew that the [C] old man still wasn't sitting in [Am] the corner.
_ [D] _ Somebody began to ask questions about him.
_ _ Has anybody [C] seen the old man?
Look at here.
Has anybody heard from the old [D] man?
_ _ [C] Finally, a voice just came [A] down from heaven.
_ [C] I believe I'm going to let daddy [D] tell you what the voice said.
I found _ _
[G] me a [Em] choir _ that would let me [Dm] sing.
You know what I'll [C] be doing.
_ _ _ [G]
Hallelujah.
_ [F] Hallelujah.
_ _ [D] _
You know what?
[C] By the time they recognize the voice,
[Am] _
_ [C] _ everybody began to look up to what heaven [D] was.
_ And that [C] old man's voice began to talk to him.
[Am] _
He said, see, there's one thing about this choir that I [D] sing with now. _
He said, [C] we don't have to wait until Sunday [G] morning to sing.
[C] We [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] get together [C] _
and we sing songs that you never heard in your [Dm] life. _ _
[C] And if y'all don't mind, _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ if y'all don't mind, _ _ _ if y'all don't [Am] mind,
_ _ I'm going to let daddy tell [F] you what he sings.
[D] One more time.
Can you tell him? _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Let me sing.
You know what I'll be doing.
_ _ [Am] Hallelujah.
[C] _ Hallelujah.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] Sing the name of [A] the [C] _ [F] heavenly choir.
_ [D] _ _ Won't it be good?
_ [C] _ _ [Am] When we get [D] there, _ [F] _
_ what I [Dm] like about [D] it,
there'll be [C] no more senior choir, [A] no more young or [D] duck choir,
no more inspirational choir.
But I'm talking about when we get there, [C] everybody's going to get together.
_ [A] No more [C] jealousy, no more hatred, [D] no more envy.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ Here's another [Am] thing, _ [Gm] _ [Fm] here's another thing I like [D] about it.
_ [Dm] You know how sometimes your body gets [C] tired?
You see, there'll be [A] no more Mondays and [C] Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thursdays and [D] Fridays and Saturdays.
But yeah, yeah, [C] yeah, yeah.
I'm going [Am] _ _ [D] to let [F] this alone.
_ This thing [Dm] is good.
Let [G] me ask you something.
Can I let daddy [C] sing?
_ _ _ [A] Can I [Gm] let daddy sing?
[F] _
It's all right if I let him [Dm] sing.
Let me hear you sing, yeah.
[C] Sing the name _ [A] of the [C] heavenly [F] _
[C] choir.
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] Sing the name [A] _ of the heavenly [F] _
choir.
[D] I've been singing with daddy [C] 17 years.
_ _ [A] We've [C] had a lot of ups and downs.
[F] _
But I want you all to know it [Dm] makes me feel good to [F] be able to stand [C] here tonight.
Y'all excuse me for a minute.
It [Am] makes me feel good tonight to be [F] able to stand here [Dm] and put my arms around my daddy.
I love my daddy, [C] y'all.
Somebody got to look at it like me.
[A] Somebody got to look at it like me.
Somebody.
[F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Somebody [C] here ain't got no daddy.
Those of you that don't have a daddy, let me ask you something.
I don't [F] want you to say it because I'm [D] asking you, but if this [Dm] isn't the way you feel, let me ask you something.
Won't [C] God be a father for you?
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F]
One of these days.
_ [Dm] One of [D] these days when this whole [C] war is over.
_ _ [A] We're going to take off these old [G] shoes we got on.
[F] _
Put on a pair of old [Dm] slippery boots.
[A] Take [C] off these old suits we got on.
[A] Put on a [C] long white coat. _
[F] I'm going to let my daddy tell you what we're going to do when we get there.
[D] _ _ _
[C] _ Singing, singing.
_ [A] _ _ [F] Singing.
In the choir.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] Singing.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] In [F] the choir.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ [C] Singing.
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] Oh, our team is going to be [F] singing in the choir.
_ _ _ Oh, [C] I like the [C] singing. Singing.
[A] _ _ [D] I'm going to sing in the heavenly choir.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _