Chords for Mahalia Jackson - I Found The Answer
Tempo:
92.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
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C
Am
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The first time Miss Mahalia Jackson was on our show, she told me something that I don't think I'll ever forget.
We were talking about the blues and I said she'd make a wonderful blues singer.
And she said, I could never sing the blues because the blues are a song of a people depressed.
It's like somebody in a deep pit yelling for help.
She said, but my spirituals sing of hope and faith and happiness.
When you hear her sing, you can't help but have the same feeling.
Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Mahalia Jackson.
[G]
[D] [Bm] [G] [C]
[G] I found the [D] answer, [G] [C] I [G] learned to pray, [Am] [G] [Am] pray to [D] God.
I found [G] my way, now the sun is shining on me [C] each day.
I [D]
found the answer, and I learned, [G]
[D] oh I [G] found the [C] answer, [G]
[C] [G] [E] pray [D] to God.
I [Bm] found [G] my way, [A] [G] now the sun is shining on me [C] each day.
[Am] [D] I found the answer, and I [G] learned,
[C] [G]
[D] reach [G] and be rich, and I have [C] [G] gone astray.
[D]
Walking in the darkness, I could not find my way.
The [D] Almighty [G] [D] to [G] lead [C] me [G] from this path.
[D] All my sins forgiven, [G] and all [A] I grieve [D] and care, [G]
and [C] all I [G] do pray.
[Am] [G] [Am] Oh, if faith to [D] God lead me, I found [C] the way.
[D] [G] Now the sun is shining on [C] me each day.
[G] [D]
And I learned.
[G] [C] [Cm] [G]
[N]
We were talking about the blues and I said she'd make a wonderful blues singer.
And she said, I could never sing the blues because the blues are a song of a people depressed.
It's like somebody in a deep pit yelling for help.
She said, but my spirituals sing of hope and faith and happiness.
When you hear her sing, you can't help but have the same feeling.
Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Mahalia Jackson.
[G]
[D] [Bm] [G] [C]
[G] I found the [D] answer, [G] [C] I [G] learned to pray, [Am] [G] [Am] pray to [D] God.
I found [G] my way, now the sun is shining on me [C] each day.
I [D]
found the answer, and I learned, [G]
[D] oh I [G] found the [C] answer, [G]
[C] [G] [E] pray [D] to God.
I [Bm] found [G] my way, [A] [G] now the sun is shining on me [C] each day.
[Am] [D] I found the answer, and I [G] learned,
[C] [G]
[D] reach [G] and be rich, and I have [C] [G] gone astray.
[D]
Walking in the darkness, I could not find my way.
The [D] Almighty [G] [D] to [G] lead [C] me [G] from this path.
[D] All my sins forgiven, [G] and all [A] I grieve [D] and care, [G]
and [C] all I [G] do pray.
[Am] [G] [Am] Oh, if faith to [D] God lead me, I found [C] the way.
[D] [G] Now the sun is shining on [C] me each day.
[G] [D]
And I learned.
[G] [C] [Cm] [G]
[N]
Key:
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C
The first time Miss Mahalia Jackson was on our show, she told me something that I don't think I'll ever forget.
We were talking about the blues and I said she'd make a wonderful blues singer.
And she said, I could never sing the blues because the blues are a song of a people depressed.
It's like somebody in a deep pit yelling for help.
She said, but my spirituals sing of hope and faith and happiness.
When you hear her sing, you can't help but have the same feeling.
Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Mahalia Jackson.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ I found the [D] answer, _ _ [G] _ _ [C] I [G] learned to pray, [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] pray to [D] God.
_ _ _ I found [G] my way, _ _ _ now the sun is shining _ _ _ on me [C] each day.
I _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
found the answer, _ and I learned, [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] oh I [G] found the _ _ _ [C] answer, _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [E] _ pray [D] to God.
I _ [Bm] found [G] my way, [A] _ _ [G] _ now the sun is shining _ _ _ on me [C] each _ _ _ day.
[Am] _ [D] I found the answer, _ and I [G] learned, _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] reach [G] and be rich, and I have [C] _ [G] gone astray.
_ _ [D] _
Walking in the darkness, _ I could not find my way.
_ The [D] Almighty _ [G] _ _ [D] to [G] lead [C] me [G] from this path.
_ _ [D] All my sins forgiven, _ _ [G] and all [A] I grieve [D] and care, _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ and [C] all I [G] do pray.
[Am] _ [G] _ [Am] Oh, if faith to [D] God lead me, I found [C] the way. _
[D] _ [G] _ Now the sun is shining _ _ on [C] me each day. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ And I learned. _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
We were talking about the blues and I said she'd make a wonderful blues singer.
And she said, I could never sing the blues because the blues are a song of a people depressed.
It's like somebody in a deep pit yelling for help.
She said, but my spirituals sing of hope and faith and happiness.
When you hear her sing, you can't help but have the same feeling.
Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Mahalia Jackson.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ I found the [D] answer, _ _ [G] _ _ [C] I [G] learned to pray, [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] pray to [D] God.
_ _ _ I found [G] my way, _ _ _ now the sun is shining _ _ _ on me [C] each day.
I _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
found the answer, _ and I learned, [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] oh I [G] found the _ _ _ [C] answer, _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [E] _ pray [D] to God.
I _ [Bm] found [G] my way, [A] _ _ [G] _ now the sun is shining _ _ _ on me [C] each _ _ _ day.
[Am] _ [D] I found the answer, _ and I [G] learned, _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] reach [G] and be rich, and I have [C] _ [G] gone astray.
_ _ [D] _
Walking in the darkness, _ I could not find my way.
_ The [D] Almighty _ [G] _ _ [D] to [G] lead [C] me [G] from this path.
_ _ [D] All my sins forgiven, _ _ [G] and all [A] I grieve [D] and care, _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ and [C] all I [G] do pray.
[Am] _ [G] _ [Am] Oh, if faith to [D] God lead me, I found [C] the way. _
[D] _ [G] _ Now the sun is shining _ _ on [C] me each day. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ And I learned. _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _