Chords for Heavenly Choir (The Canton Spirituals)

_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] There was a little church, _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ down _ [G] in the woods.
_ _ [C] And at this church, [A] they had a choir [G] there. _
_ [Dm] And they could sing real well.
And there [D] was [C] an old deacon there.
[G] Have a mouth, Ken. _
[Am] Have a mouth.
And I tried to play [G] the deacon's cake.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
Sunday, Sunday [G] morning, _
_ [Dm] he would always [E] beg that choir director.
He'd say, listen, [C] would you let me sing a song?
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G]
[Dm] He said, I got a song that I want to sing. _ _
_ [G] _ Do [C] you know what the choir director told him?
_ [G] He said, oh, man, _ [Dm] you're too old to sing [Am] in this choir.
He said, you got a triplet in your bar.
[A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] And the old [G] man said, yeah, I might not believe it, [C] but _ when you get [A] old,
_ [G]
won't folks do [Dm] you like that?
_ [G] When you get old, people will [C] just kiss you on the back.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ And they knew [C] that the old man wasn't singing a good song.
[A] _ _ [Em]
And they went [Am] on back to church the [Dm] next Sunday [G] morning.
_ _ And they knew [C] that the old man still wasn't singing the song.
They're getting worried [G] now.
And they went on [Dm] back to church.
_ _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] Somebody was going to ask questions about me.
_ [C] Does anybody see the old man?
_ [G] _
[Dm] Has anybody heard _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
him?
[A] Came down from [G] heaven's wings.
[Am] I believe I [Dm] say I [G] was a born [C] singer.
He said, I found _ _ me [G] a choir [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] singing. _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] By the time that _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
[Am] everybody began to look up, [Dm] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] and that old man's voice
began to talk to him, [Am] oh, that's just one thing [F] about this choir that I'm
[Dm] playing with now.
And we [C] don't have to wait until Sunday [Am] morning to sing.
[F] But, yeah, _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] we're singing all the angels.
And we get [A] together.
[Em] _
[F] And we're singing songs that we never [Am] heard in our lives.
_ [C] And if y'all don't mind, _ _ [A] _ _ [Em]
I [F] said, if y'all don't _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
mind,
[A] _ _ [Em] _
can I [F] tell you what the voice said?
One more [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ time.
_ [Em] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Let me say, [C] sing it _ [A] in.
_ [Em] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [C] Sing it in.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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[Cm] Sing [C] it in. _ _ _
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