In The Middle Chords by Isaac Carree

[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
Hello?
Hello?
_ _ [Abm] Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming tonight.
I got a young man I want to introduce to you.
[E] We call him Ike Knight.
Hold your_
[Gb] I'm the music [Ab] major.
[Abm] _ [Gb] _ [Abm] He is holding [Db] down [Dbm] your [E] face.
[Abm] Your heart is feeling like it's on break.
[B] _ [Dbm] Your earth feels like it's [E] about to shake.
_ [Gb] [Ab] You've taken all that you can [B] take.
_ [E] Just remember where your [Dbm] hell comes [E] from.
[Abm] See your life has got somewhere to run.
_ [Db] Don't worry [Abm] about what you're going [E] through.
Instead [Abm] of worrying, here's what you can do.
[Gb] [Abm] Praise him [E] [B] anyway. _
[E] Oh yeah.
[B] _ [Abm] Oh yeah. _ _
_ [Gb] You should [B] praise him [E] anyway.
[B] _ _ _
Yeah.
_ [Abm] Oh yeah. _ _
_ _ I'm [E] just like you.
Cut me, [Gbm] I won't bleed.
[E] _ [Abm] I got consciousness as well as I can be.
[Gb] _ [Abm] I've been hungry [Db] and I've had no [E] food to eat.
And [Abm] been knocked down as soon as I got on my [E] feet.
Lord, it was you that helped me understand.
And [Ab] it was you that never [Ebm] let go [Abm] of my hand.
I _ [Db] promise that I'll always [E] give you praise.
[Gb] No [Abm] matter what this world brings my way.
[Gb] I'll [B] praise you [E] [B] anyway. _
[E] Oh [B] yeah.
_ [Abm] Oh yeah.
[B] _ _
[Abm] _ [Gb] I'm gonna [E] live my [B] life.
[E] Oh.
_ [B] _ [Abm] Right in the middle of it. _
I'm [Gb] gonna [E] do my [B] dance. _
Oh.
_ [Abm] Right in the middle of it. _ _
I'm [Gb] gonna serve [E] for [B] joy.
Right there.
_ [Abm] Right there. _ _
Now [Ebm] clap your [Abm] hands now.
_ [E] _
Oh.
You doing all right?
[Gb] _ _ [B] _ _
And do your dance [E] now.
_ [Dbm] _
[E] _ Right in the middle [Abm] of it. _ _ _
You ought to praise [E] him anyway. _ _
[B] Whatever your [E] situation is.
[Abm] Put them in the middle of it.
No matter what's just [E] going through.
Put them in the middle of it.
Put them [Abm] in the middle of _ _ it.
[Gb] Oh you just [B] think [E] you should praise. _
If you hit.
_ [B] If you're broke. _ _
_ If you're down.
[E] You should praise. _
Whatever you're going through.
[Abm] Now praise him. _
_ [Gb] He [B] knows what I'm going through.
_ Praise, _ [Abm] _ praise. _
Come [Gb] on and clap [E] your hands. _ _
Right there, [Abm] right there. _
Come [Gb] on and do [E] your dance. _
Believe it or not, _ [Abm] _ God in heaven's love
raises up [E] all his people. _
Oh yeah, oh [B] yeah. _ _
[Abm] _ [Ebm] Clap your hands [E] now.
This has been another Music Basics Production.
_ [B] _ I can't hear y'all.
Clap your hands.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ Clap your hands.
[B] _ Clap your hands.
Clap your hands.
Yeah.