Chords for Key of Ab - How I Got Over - Mahalia Jackson

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[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _
Oh, I got over, _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
how did I [Db] make it over?
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[Db] You know [Ab] my [Ebm] soul, [Db] back in wonder, [Eb] how did I make [Ab] it over?
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Oh, I made it over, _ _ _ going [Db] on _ all evening _
[Ab] You know my [Eb] soul, back in wonder, how did I [Ab] make it over?
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[C] Tell me how we [G] got over, Lord
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That almighty hope [Db] _ _ [Cm] comin' [Bb] over _
[Db] You [Ab] know my soul, [Eb] back in wonder, how did we [Ab] make it over?
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Tell me how we got over, Lord _ _
I've been poor [Db] _ _ [Fm] all [Bb] these [Db] years
But you [Ab] know my [F] soul, was black in [Eb] wonder, how did I [Ab] make it over?
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[Eb] _ [Ab] But soon [Cm] as I [Ab] can see _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] The [Eb] man [Abm] that night _
_ _ [Ab] Ben [Db] that's late and suffered
[F] _ [Ab] And he hung on [Eb] [Ab] Calvary _
[Eb] And [Ab] I want to thank [Db] him, for [Ab] I brought him
[Eb] And [Ab] I want to thank God, for I taught him
_ Both [F] _ [Bbm] I kept [Db] me
[Ab] And I'm gonna thank him, cause he never left [Eb] me
And I'm gonna [Ab] thank God for old time religion
[Eb] _ [Ab] And I'm gonna thank God [Db] for giving [Ab] me a vision
_ One day I'm gonna [Db] jump _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] And I'm gonna sing
And never get tired
[Eb] And then I'm [G] gonna [Ab] sing
_ [Db] Somewhere around [Fm] God's altar
And I'm gonna [Db] shout
All [Cm] my troubles _
[Db] You know I got [Ab] _ [Db] to thank him for being
[Eb] So [Ab] good to me
[Dbm] You know my soul, _
[Eb] back in wonder, how [Ab] did we make it over?
I had a [Db] midnight hour
Coming on _ _
But you [Bb] know my soul, [F] was black [Bb] in wonder, [Ebm] how did I [Ab] make it over?
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Tell me how [Ab] we got over
Falling [Db] and rising
All these years
You [Ab] know my soul
[Db] Look back in wonder
[Eb] How did I [Ab] make it over?
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I'm gonna wear [Db] a dark [Ab] coat _
[Eb] In that new _ Jerusalem _
I'm gonna [Fm] walk the streets of [B] gold _
[Abm] [Fm] It's in that homeland [Ab] of the soul _
[Eb] I'm gonna view [Db] the host [Ab] and wives _
Living, traveling day and night _
[Eb] Coming up from [Bbm] heaven [Db] and nature _
[Ab] They're on their way to the great congregation _
Coming from the north, [Db] south, east and [Eb] west
[Gb] They're [Ab] on their way to a land of rest
And then we're gonna [Db] _ see heavenly choir
_ You know [Ab] we're gonna sing
And never get [Eb] tired
And then we're gonna [Ab] sing
Somewhere [Eb] around _ [C] God's altar
And then we're gonna [Db] shout
All I, [C] _ [Db] you know we [Abm] got to thank God
[F] Thank him for being
[Eb] So [Ab] good to me
_ You know _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] this evening
[Db] I've got [Ab] to thank him
[Db] _ This evening
_ You know all night [Ab] long
[Db] God kept [Ab] his angels [Db] watching over me
[Eb] And early [Ab] this morning
[Db] Early this [Ab] morning
[Db] God told [Ab] his angel
[Eb] Caught that touch in [Ab] my name
[Db] Caught that [Ab] touch [Db] in my [Ab] name
[Bb] I rose this morning
[Fm] I rose [Ab] this morning
I felt this morning
I feel not [Eb] sorry
I feel not
I feel not _
I feel not
I feel not _
_ _ [Ab] _ I feel like shouting.
I just got to thank God.
I just got _ _ to thank God.
I just got to thank Him for _ _ [Eb] being so _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ good to [Ab] me.
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