Chords for Mahalia Jackson Move On Up A Little Higher

[Ab] _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _
One [Db] of these [Eb] [Ab] mornings, _ _ _ soon [C] in [Eb] the morning, [Ab] _ _ _
_ I'm gonna lay [F] down _ [Bb]
my [Eb] cross, get [Ab] me a _ [Db] _ [Bb] [Ab] crowd.
_ Late [Db] one [Eb] _ [Ab] evening, _ _ _ [C] late in [Eb] the evening, [Ab] oh, _ _ late [Ebm] in the evening, [F] oh, [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] live on high.
[Fm] _ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _ Soon as [Db] my feet [Ab] strike Zion, _ [Eb] gonna [Ab] lay down [Db]
my heavy [Ab] burden, [Eb] _ _ [Ab] put [Db] up a row _ [Ab] of red [Eb] logs.
I'm [Ab] going home [Db] one day to [Ab] tell my [Abm] steward, [Eb] _ [Ab] I've been caught in [Db] _
_ [Ab] the middle of the [Eb] field.
[Ab] I'm gonna drink, Lord, [Db] from your prison [Ab] [Eb] fountain, _ _ [Ab] all of [Db] God's sons [Ab] and [F] daughters, [Eb] we're gonna [Ab] drink that [Db] old [Ab] healing water.
[Eb] Will you meet me [Ab] there [Db] early in [Ab] the morning?
[Eb] Meet [Ab] me there [Db] somewhere [Ab] around the odd [Eb] hour, oh, I'll [Ab] be there.
[Fm] Oh, [Bb] _ [D] _ [Ebm] Lord, you [Ab] call your drug, [Dbm] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] I'm [Ab] going out [Db] to sing and [Ab] build [Eb] a _ _ [Ab]
wall [Db] and never [Ab] tire, [Eb] _ _ [Ab] fly _ [Db] and never [Ab] [Eb] falter.
[Bbm] I'm gonna [Ab]
live, [Db] Lord, [Ab] forever, _ [Eb] I'm gonna [Ab]
move [Db] a little [Ab] higher, [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab]
meet [Db] old Man [Ab] Daniel.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab]
Move [Db] up, _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab]
meet [Db] the Hebrew [Ab] children, [Eb] _ _ [Ab]
move [Db] up, [Ab] move higher, [Eb] Lord, _ [Ab]
meet [Db] my [Fm] friends [Ab] and loved [Eb] ones.
_ [Ab]
Move [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] up, meet [Db] my [Ab] loving mother, [Eb] _ _ [Ab]
move [Db] up, _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab]
meet [Db] the little [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _
sheep, [Db] work the roads [Ab] of Sharon.
[Eb] It will be [Ab]
always [Db] _ [Ab] hearty, hearty, [Eb] it will [Ab] be always [Db] _ [Ab] hearty, hearty, [Eb] Lord, it will be [Ab]
always [Fm] heart [Bb] _ [Eb] and [Bbm] never, never [Ab]
goodbye.
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] [F] Oh, [Eb] will [Abm] you be there [Ab] [Db] somewhere around [Ab] the odd hour?
[Eb] Will you be [Ab] there?
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] Will you be [Ab] there _ [F] _ [Bb] when the angels [Eb] one day will [Ab] call God, Lord?
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] [Eb] Oh, [Abm] children, I'll be [Ab] waiting, [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] oh, no, [F] I'll [Ab] be watching, [Db] watching [Ab] heaven, [Eb] I'll [Ab] be waiting, _ [Fm] yes, [Bb] I'm a beautiful [Eb] old [Ab] girl again.
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] [Eb] You know, _ _ [Ab]
soon [Db] as it [Ab] starts to shine, _ [Eb] I'm gonna [Ab] lay down [Db] my [Ab] heavy burden, _ [Eb] I'm gonna [Ab] put on [Db] my robe [Ab] _ _ and I'm going home.
[Db] One day I'll tell [Ab] my story, [Eb] I've [Ab] been coming up [Db] a hill in [Ab] my turn, [Eb] I've got [Ab] a drink from [Db] the Christian [Ab] fountain.
[Fm] [Eb] It will be [Ab]
always [Db] _ [Ab] hearty, [F] [Eb] hearty, [Ab] it will be always [Db] _ [Ab] hearty, [Eb] hearty, it will be [Ab]
always [Db] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
hearty, [Eb] Lord, _ _ _ and _ never _ [Ab] goodbye, _ _
[Db] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] Lord. _ _ _
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