Chords for Kevin Spencer Family - "Twelve Gates to the City" - 1994 - with guest George Younce

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[C] _ There are 12 gates to the city, halleloo, [Eb] halleloo.
There are [Cm] 12 gates to the [Cm] city, halleloo, [Eb] halleloo.
[C] Oh, what a beautiful city, oh, what a beautiful city.
I can see my Savior standing there. _
You know John said he saw the city of [G] great God
[C] and the center was four square wide.
[Gm] [C] He steadied himself and then he looked again,
he [G] saw Jesus on the [Cm] other side.
[C] You know my God spoke to the [Eb] revelator,
John [C] said, John, don't you write no more.
[Eb] [C] He said, time has been, won't be no more,
[G] I'm gonna close up the [Cm] heaven's door.
[C] There are 12 gates to the city, halleloo, [Gm] halleloo.
[F] There are 12 gates to the city, halleloo, [C] halleloo.
Oh, what a beautiful city, oh, what a beautiful city.
I can see my Savior [G] standing [C] there. _
You know John was preaching, preaching to the nation
that had absolutely no civilization.
You read in your Bible about it in the garden,
[G] God made heaven [Cm] and earth [F] creation.
[C] He raised his head, he [Cm] flashed his eye,
the light from heaven shone down.
Then he stood on the banks of Jordan,
[G] he looked and my God, [Cm] the work was [C] done.
There are 12 gates to the city, halleloo, [Cm] halleloo.
There are [F] 12 gates to the city, halleloo, [Cm] halleloo.
[C] Oh, what a beautiful [C] city, oh, what a beautiful [C] city.
I can see my Savior [G] standing [C] there. _
[F] [C] Now when I get up in the city, gonna see my mother,
shake her hand, gonna see my father.
Tour the city, gonna ask my Lord for new shoes,
gonna walk all [G] around [C] Jerusalem.
12 gates to the city, halleloo, [Cm] halleloo.
[F] There are 12 gates to the city, halleloo, [C] halleloo.
_ Oh, what a beautiful city, oh, what a beautiful city.
I can see my [G] Savior [C] standing there.
_ There are three gates in the east, three gates in the west.
I'm a telling [F] you, three gates in the north.
Good Lord, he's now, three gates in [C] the south.
There are three gates open over there.
I got my salvation and I won't be late.
Three gates open over there.
Saint Peter opened up [G] those golden [C] gates.
You know there's 12 gates to the city, halleloo, [Cm] halleloo.
[F] There are 12 gates to the city, halleloo, [C] halleloo.
Oh, what a beautiful city, oh, what a beautiful city.
I can see [G] my Savior _ _ _ standing _ [C] there.
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Ah, Kevin, thank you.
You're doing a wonderful [N] job. _ _