How I Got Over (Live) Chords

Tempo:
92.6 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Db

Eb

Bb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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How I Got Over (Live) chords
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[Ab] [F] [Bb] [Ebm] [Abm] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] I got over, [Db] [Ab] how did [Db] I make it over?
[Bb] [Db] [Ab] You know my soul [Db] look back [Bb] and wonder, [Eb] how did [Ab] I make it over?
[Db] [Bb] [Ab] How I [Eb] made it [Ab]
over, coming [Db] on all these years.
You know [Ab] my soul [Db] look back [Bb] and wonder, [Eb] how did [Ab] I make it over?
[Db] [Bb] [Ab] Tell me how [Bbm] we got [Ab] over, [Db] Lord.
[Ab] Had a mighty hard [Db]
time coming [Bb] out of [Db] her.
You know [Ab] my soul [C] [F] look back [Bb] and wonder, [Eb] how did we make [Ab] it over?
[Db] [Bb] [Ab] Tell me how we got over, Lord.
I've been falling [Db] and rising [Ab] all [Bb] these [C] [Db] years.
But you [Ab] know my soul [C] [F] look [Bb] back and wonder, [Eb] how did I [Ab] make it over?
[Db] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [Ab] But [C] soon [Db] as I [Ab] conceived him, [Eb] [Ab] the [Db] [Cm] maid [Eb] that [Ab] night [Abm] he meet,
[Db]
Bend that [Bbm] lead [Db] and saw foot, [Ab] and he hung old [Eb] [Ab] Calvary.
[Eb] [Gb] And [Ab] I want to thank [Db] him [Ab] for I brought him.
[Eb] And [Ab] I want to thank [Db] God [Ab] for I taught him.
[Db] Oh, thank my [Bbm] God I [Db] kept [Db] me.
[Ab] I'm going to thank him because [Eb] he [Ab] never left.
[Eb] And [Ab] I'm going to thank God [Db] for all [Ab] time religion.
[Eb] [Ab] I'm going to thank God [Db] for giving [Ab] me.
One day I'm [Db] going to join the [Db] heavenly choir.
[Db] [Ab] And I'm going to sing [Eb] and never [Ab] get tired.
[Eb] And then I'm [G] going to [Ab] sing somewhere around God.
[Fm] And I'm going [Db] to shout all [F] my trouble [Bb] over.
[Db] You know I got [Ab] to thank God.
Thank [Db] him for [Bb] [Ebm] being [Eb] so [Ab] good to [Db] me.
[Bb] Lord, [Ab] [Bbm] [Db] how [Ab] I made it over.
[Ab] I had to cry [Db] in the midnight hour coming [Bb] home over.
[Db] But [Dm] you know [Ab] my [F] soul look back [Bb] and wonder, [Ebm] [Abm] how did [Ab] I make it over?
[Db] [Ab] [Ab] Tell me how I made it over.
[Db] Falling and rising all these years.
You [Ab] know my soul [Db] look back and [Bb] wonder, [Eb] [F] how did I [Ab] make it over?
[Db] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb] Mm, I'm [Ab] going to wear [Db] a dark [Ab] gown [Eb] in [Ab] that [Db] new [Ab] [Eb] Jerusalem.
[Ab] I'm [Db] going to [Fm] walk the [Bbm] streets of gold.
[Abm] [Fm] It's in that homeland [Ab] of Joseph.
[Eb] I'm going [Ab] to view [Db] the host [Ab] and wives.
[Eb] They've [Ab] been [Db] traveling [Ab] day and night.
[Fm] [Ebm] [Db] Coming [Fm] from [Db] [Bbm] every [Db] nation.
[Ab] They're home, they wait to the great creation.
Coming from the north, south, [Db] east, [Ab] and west.
[Eb] [Ab] They're on their way [Db] to a land [Ab] of bread.
And then we're going [Db]
to see heavenly [Eb] choir.
[Db] You know we're [Ab] going to [Db] sing [Ab] and never get tired.
[Eb] And then [F] we're going [Ab] to sing somewhere around God.
[C] And then we're going [Db] to shout all [Fm] out.
[Bb] [Db] You know we got [Ab] to thank God.
[F] Thank him for [Bb] being [Eb] so good [Ab] to me.
[Db] [Bb] [Ab] You know, I come to thank [Db]
[Ab] him this evening.
[Db] I [Ab] come to thank [Db] him [Ab] this evening.
[Db] You [Ab] know, all [Db]
[Ab] night long, [Db] God [Ab] kept his angels [Db]
watching [Ab] over me.
[Db] [Ab] Lord, this morning, [Db]
hey, [Ab] this morning, [Db] God [Ab] told his angels,
[Db]
God [Ab] said, touch her [Db] in [Ab] my name.
[Db]
God [Ab] said, touch her [Db] [Ab] in my name.
[Db]
[Ab] This morning, [Db] I [Ab] rose this morning.
[Db]
[Ab] This morning, [Db] I feel like [Ab] shouting.
[Db] I feel like [Ab] shouting.
I [Db] feel [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
like shouting.
[Db] I [Ab] feel like shouting.
[Db] [Ab] I feel like shouting.
[Db] I [Ab] feel like shouting.
[Db] I [Ab] just got to thank God.
I just got to thank God.
I just
[Db] [Ab] got to thank [Db] him for [Ab]
being [Eb] so good [Ab] to me.
[Abm] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
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Eb
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Bb
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F
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Ab
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Db
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Eb
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To start learning Mahalia Jackson - (Live) How I Got Over chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: Ab, Ab, Db, Ab and Eb. A strategic approach would be to train at 46 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 93. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: Db Major.

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[Ab] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ [Abm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ I got over, _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ how did [Db] I make it over?
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] You know my soul [Db] look back [Bb] and wonder, [Eb] how did [Ab] I make it over?
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ How I [Eb] made it [Ab]
over, _ _ _ coming [Db] on _ all these years.
You know [Ab] my soul [Db] look back [Bb] and wonder, [Eb] how did [Ab] I make it over?
_ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] Tell me how [Bbm] we got [Ab] over, [Db] Lord.
[Ab] _ _ Had a mighty hard [Db]
time coming [Bb] out of [Db] her.
You know [Ab] my soul [C] [F] look back [Bb] and wonder, [Eb] how did we make [Ab] it over?
_ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] Tell me how we got over, Lord.
_ _ I've been falling [Db] and rising [Ab] all [Bb] these [C] [Db] years.
But you [Ab] know my soul [C] [F] look [Bb] back and wonder, [Eb] how did I [Ab] make it over?
_ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] But [C] soon [Db] as I [Ab] conceived him, [Eb] _ [Ab] the [Db] [Cm] maid [Eb] that [Ab] night [Abm] he meet,
_ _ [Db]
Bend that [Bbm] lead [Db] and saw foot, _ [Ab] and he hung old [Eb] [Ab] Calvary.
_ [Eb] [Gb] And [Ab] I want to thank [Db] him [Ab] for I brought him.
[Eb] And [Ab] I want to thank [Db] God [Ab] for I taught him.
[Db] Oh, thank my [Bbm] God I [Db] kept [Db] me.
[Ab] I'm going to thank him because [Eb] he [Ab] never left.
[Eb] And [Ab] I'm going to thank God [Db] for all [Ab] time religion.
[Eb] _ [Ab] I'm going to thank God [Db] for giving [Ab] me.
_ _ One day I'm [Db] going to join the [Db] heavenly choir.
[Db] _ [Ab] And I'm going to sing [Eb] and never [Ab] get tired.
[Eb] And then I'm [G] going to [Ab] sing _ somewhere around God.
[Fm] And I'm going [Db] to shout all [F] my trouble [Bb] over.
[Db] You know I got [Ab] to thank God.
Thank [Db] him for [Bb] [Ebm] being [Eb] so [Ab] good to [Db] me.
[Bb] Lord, [Ab] _ [Bbm] [Db] how [Ab] I made it over.
_ _ [Ab] I had to cry [Db] in the midnight hour coming [Bb] home over.
[Db] But [Dm] you know [Ab] my [F] soul look back [Bb] and wonder, [Ebm] [Abm] how did [Ab] I make it over?
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ [Ab] Tell me how I made _ _ it over.
_ _ [Db] Falling and rising all these years.
You [Ab] know my soul [Db] look back and [Bb] wonder, [Eb] [F] how did I [Ab] make it over?
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] Mm, I'm [Ab] going to wear [Db] a dark [Ab] gown _ [Eb] in [Ab] that [Db] new [Ab] [Eb] Jerusalem.
[Ab] _ I'm [Db] going to [Fm] walk the [Bbm] streets of gold.
[Abm] [Fm] It's in that homeland [Ab] of Joseph.
_ [Eb] I'm going [Ab] to view [Db] the host [Ab] and wives.
[Eb] They've [Ab] been [Db] traveling [Ab] day and night.
[Fm] _ [Ebm] [Db] Coming [Fm] from [Db] [Bbm] every [Db] nation.
[Ab] They're home, they wait to the great creation.
Coming from the north, south, [Db] east, [Ab] and west.
[Eb] _ [Ab] They're on their way [Db] to a land [Ab] of bread.
And then we're going [Db] _
to see heavenly [Eb] choir.
[Db] You know we're [Ab] going to [Db] sing [Ab] and never get tired.
[Eb] And then [F] we're going [Ab] to sing _ somewhere around God.
[C] And then we're going [Db] to shout all [Fm] out.
[Bb] _ [Db] You know we got [Ab] to thank God.
[F] Thank him for [Bb] being [Eb] so good [Ab] to me.
[Db] _ [Bb] [Ab] You know, I come to thank [Db] _
[Ab] him this evening.
[Db] I [Ab] come to thank [Db] him [Ab] this evening.
[Db] You [Ab] know, all [Db] _
[Ab] night long, [Db] God [Ab] kept his angels [Db]
watching [Ab] over me.
[Db] [Ab] Lord, this morning, [Db]
hey, [Ab] this morning, [Db] God [Ab] told his angels,
[Db]
God [Ab] said, touch her [Db] in [Ab] my name.
[Db]
God [Ab] said, touch her [Db] [Ab] in my name.
[Db]
[Ab] This morning, [Db] I [Ab] rose this morning.
[Db] _
[Ab] This morning, [Db] I feel like [Ab] shouting.
[Db] I feel like [Ab] shouting.
I [Db] feel _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ [Ab]
like shouting.
[Db] I [Ab] feel like shouting.
[Db] [Ab] I feel like shouting.
[Db] I [Ab] feel like shouting.
[Db] I [Ab] just got to thank God.
I just got to thank God.
I just _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] got to thank [Db] him for [Ab] _
being [Eb] _ so _ _ _ good _ _ _ _ [Ab] to me.
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _