How I Got Over by Joshua Nelson Chords

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105.15 bpm
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Gm

D

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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How I Got Over by Joshua Nelson chords
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[G#] I want you to close your [C#] eyes for a minute and imagine go back for a little bit to [N] one of my favorite singers was Mahalia Jackson [C#] and
[D#] [C#m] Mahalia had something that [G#] carried us through a difficult [Fm] time in our history
My [A#m] grandmother used to listen to her music on those big 78 records
[F#] She [C#m] [G#] was an icon to [F] us
Joshua find your place.
I want you [C#] to close your eyes and just imagine [C] as [D] if Mahalia Jackson was in this house
[G] Give him a great big God bless you
[Gm] [C] [F] [G] [C]
[G]
[C] [Dm] [G]
[C] [G] [Gm] How I [G] got
[C] [G] How I made it over
[C#] My [G] [Em] soul
To [A] back in [D] wonder [G] how I made it [C] over
[Gm] Tell me [G] how I got over
[Gm] [G]
[C] [G] [A] [C]
[A] [Em] My soul to back in [A] wonder [D] [G] how I made it over
[C] I believe [G] I say it one more [Gm] time
How I got over [Am] [Gm] Oh [F] [Em] [A] my
[C] [G] [E] How I got [F] [C] over
[Gm] My soul [Em] [Fm] to [A] back in wonder [D] [G] how I made it over
my soul [C]
[G] [Bm] [G] [D] [Gm] to back in [D] wonder how [G] [E] I made
[G] [Dm] [C] it over
[G] I believe I say it one more time
How [A#]
[G] [Gm] I got over
My soul to back in wonder how [G] I made it over
How I made it [Em] over
[C] I'm gonna fight my God, I tell me
[D] I'm [G] gonna fight him, cause he'll never let [C] me
[D] [C] I'm [G] gonna [F] thank him for [D] heart and religion
[Gm] I'm gonna [G] thank him for giving me a vision
[C] I'm gonna show the heavenly choir
[Am] I'm [G] gonna [C] shout and never [G] get [Gm] tired
[D] [G] I'm gonna [C] thank him for the rain [G] of tears
[Am] I'm [C] gonna shout [Gm] for my [E] troubles
[C] [E] That we can't take to each other
Thank [G] God for bringing [D] him [Gm] so that God [G] can use me
[Am] [G] Tell [F#] [G] me how I got over my [F] [E]
[C] heart [E] and [A] bones
[C]
[Em] When my soul [D#] came back in [C] wonder, how'd I [G] make it over?
[C] [G]
[E] [Gm] Hmmmmmmmmm
[C] [Gm]
I'm gonna wear [D] a [Em] God gem
[D]
[G] And that means Jerusalem
I'm [Am] gonna walk [Gm] the [B] streets [C] of Jerusalem
In [Gm] the holy land [Am] of [G] [D] the [Gm] [Am] Jews, [B] the [Am] hosts in [G] [Am] Waddaw
[D]
They've [A#] been [B] traveling [F#] day [G] and night
[Gm] Coming [D] up [Gm] from [B] every [C] [E] nation
Hard to walk through the great current [A#] nation
Coming from the [E] north, south, east [G] and west
[C]
[Gm] The holy name of our land of the land
[C] Because [F#m] God [Gm] only heaven [C] can [E] find
And I'm [G] gonna [Gm] shout and never get tired
[D] And I'm [G] gonna stand [Am] somewhere [G] on the [Am] altar
[D]
[Gm] I'm gonna stand [C] where I'm [C#] taken over
And oh, we [G] got a night [D#] God, [E] a night God [A] for Jesus
[D] [G]
[C] [F#] [G] I wanna [A#] thank [Am] [G] [Gm]
God
For [C] [A#] [G] not [C#] all [C] night [Am] [E] long
[G] God kept his angels [Am] [E] watching over me
God in [G] His glory, God in His glory
God [Gm] said, look angel, I'm set [F] in [E] my [A] name
[Gm] I'm [D] set [E] in [F#] [G] my name
[Dm] And [C] I rose [G] this morning, I [Gm] rose this morning
And [F#] [G]
[E] now I [G] feel [Dm]
[F#] [G] like [E] I'm in heaven
[G] Like sunshine, like spring, [Gm] [C] [G] like running [D]
[E] dry
Like sunshine, like [D] spring, [G] like spring
[F#] [Gm] I wanna thank [Am] God
[D]
[Gm] I wanna thank [D] Him
[G] I wanna thank [E] Him
[A#] I wanna thank God
[Gm] I wanna thank God
[D]
[Gm] I wanna thank God [C] for [G] [E] [Gm]
my mother.
[Am] [D] [Gm] I wanna thank God [G] for my [E] father.
[G] I wanna thank Him for my sister.
I [A#] wanna thank God [N] for my brother.
I come to thank God.
[D] I come to thank Him.
I [Gm] come to thank [Em]
[A] [Gm] [D]
God.
God bless all.
God bless all.
God bless [G] Yeah!
[C] Yeah!
[G] Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
All of us now.
[Cm] [N]
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Carlton Pearson - (Live) How I Got Over chords, practice playing C, G, C, D, G, Gm and D in sequence. Start with a comfortable 52 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 105. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: G Minor.

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[G#] _ I want you to close your [C#] eyes for a minute and imagine go back for a little bit to [N] one of my favorite singers was Mahalia Jackson [C#] and
[D#] [C#m] Mahalia had something that [G#] carried us through a difficult [Fm] time in our history
My [A#m] grandmother used to listen to her music on those big 78 records
[F#] She [C#m] _ [G#] was an icon to [F] us
_ Joshua find your place.
I want you [C#] to close your eyes and just imagine [C] as [D] if Mahalia Jackson was in this house _
[G] Give him a great big God bless you _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ How I [G] got
_ _ [C] _ [G] How _ I made it over
_ [C#] My _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] soul
To [A] back in [D] wonder [G] how I made it [C] over
_ [Gm] _ Tell me [G] how I got over
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ My soul to back in [A] wonder [D] [G] how I made it over
[C] I believe [G] I say it one more [Gm] time
How I got over _ [Am] [Gm] Oh [F] _ [Em] [A] my
[C] _ _ [G] _ [E] How I got [F] [C] over
[Gm] My soul _ [Em] [Fm] to [A] back in wonder [D] [G] how I made it over
my soul [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] [Gm] to back in [D] wonder how [G] _ [E] I made _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ it _ over
[G] I believe I say it one more time
How [A#] _ _
_ [G] _ [Gm] I got over
My soul to back in wonder _ _ how _ [G] I made it over
How I made it [Em] over
[C] I'm gonna fight my God, I tell me
[D] I'm [G] gonna fight him, cause he'll never let [C] me
[D] [C] I'm [G] gonna [F] thank him for [D] heart and religion
_ [Gm] I'm gonna [G] thank him for giving me a vision
_ [C] I'm gonna show the heavenly choir
[Am] I'm [G] gonna [C] shout and never [G] get [Gm] tired
[D] [G] I'm gonna _ [C] thank him for the rain [G] of tears
[Am] I'm [C] gonna shout [Gm] for my [E] troubles
_ [C] [E] That we can't take to each other
Thank [G] God for bringing [D] him [Gm] so that God [G] can use me
[Am] _ _ [G] Tell [F#] [G] me how I got over my _ [F] _ _ [E] _
[C] heart _ [E] and [A] bones
[C] _
[Em] When my soul [D#] came back in [C] wonder, how'd I [G] make it over?
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [Gm] Hmmmmmmmmm
_ [C] _ [Gm]
I'm gonna wear [D] a [Em] God gem
[D]
[G] And that means Jerusalem
I'm [Am] gonna walk [Gm] the [B] streets [C] of Jerusalem
In [Gm] the holy land [Am] of [G] _ [D] the _ [Gm] [Am] Jews, [B] the [Am] hosts in [G] [Am] Waddaw
[D]
They've [A#] been [B] traveling [F#] day [G] and night _
[Gm] Coming [D] up [Gm] from [B] every [C] [E] nation _
Hard to walk through the great current [A#] nation
Coming from the [E] north, south, east [G] and west
[C] _
[Gm] The holy name of our land of the land
[C] Because [F#m] God [Gm] only heaven [C] can [E] find
And I'm [G] gonna [Gm] shout and never get tired
[D] And I'm [G] gonna stand [Am] somewhere [G] on the [Am] altar
[D] _
[Gm] I'm gonna stand [C] where I'm [C#] taken over
And oh, we [G] got a night [D#] God, [E] a night God [A] for Jesus
[D] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F#] _ [G] I wanna [A#] thank [Am] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
God
For [C] _ [A#] _ [G] not _ [C#] all [C] night [Am] [E] long
[G] God kept his angels [Am] [E] watching over me
God in [G] His glory, God in His glory
God [Gm] said, look angel, I'm set [F] in [E] my [A] name
[Gm] I'm [D] set [E] in [F#] [G] my name
[Dm] And [C] I rose [G] this morning, I [Gm] rose this morning
_ _ And [F#] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [E] now I [G] feel [Dm] _
[F#] [G] like [E] I'm in heaven
[G] Like sunshine, _ like spring, [Gm] _ [C] [G] like running [D]
[E] dry
Like sunshine, _ like [D] spring, [G] like spring
[F#] [Gm] I wanna thank [Am] God
[D]
[Gm] I wanna thank [D] Him
[G] I wanna thank [E] Him
[A#] I wanna thank God
[Gm] I wanna thank God
[D] _
[Gm] I wanna thank God [C] for [G] _ [E] _ _ [Gm]
my mother.
[Am] _ [D] [Gm] I wanna thank God [G] for my [E] father.
[G] I wanna thank Him for my sister.
I [A#] wanna thank God [N] for my brother.
I come to thank God.
[D] I come to thank Him.
I [Gm] come to thank [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ God.
God bless all.
God bless all.
God _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bless_ _ _ [G] Yeah!
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Yeah!
_ _ [G] Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
_ _ _ _ All of _ _ _ us now.
[Cm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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