Chords for Mahalia Jackson ~ How I got over

[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ How did I [Db] make it over?
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [Db] You [Ab] know my [B] soul, [Db] I can wonder [Eb] How did I [Ab] make it over?
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ How did I make [Ab] it over?
_ _ _ _ Coming [Db] home, _ all these years You [Ab] know my [Fm] soul, I [D] can wonder
[Eb] How did I make [Ab] it over?
[Db] _ _ [Dbm] _ [Ab] _ [Db] Tell me [C] how we [G] got over, Lord [Ab] _ _ _ That almighty [Db] heart _ [Fm] coming [Bb] over
[C] _ [Db] You [Ab] know my [B] soul, _ [F] [Bb] I can wonder [Eb] How did we [Ab] make it over?
_ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] [Cm] Tell me how we [Ab] got over, [Eb] [Fm] Lord [Ab] _ I've been falling [Db] and running [Fm] all [Bb] these [C] years
[Db] But you [Ab] know my soul, [F] I [D] can wonder [Eb] How did I [Ab] make it over?
_ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb]
[Ab] But [C] soon as I can [Ab] see [Eb] _ [Gb] The [Ab] _ [Bbm] [Eb] man that [Abm] I need _
[Db] The man that [Bbm] bled [Db] and suffered _ [Ab]
And he hung [Eb] on his cabin [Ab] feet
_ [Eb] [Gb] And I [Ab] want to thank him [Db] for [Ab] my loss [Eb] And I [Ab] want to thank God for my torture _
[Db] Oh, [F] take [Bbm] my soul, I kept me [Db] [Ab] I'm gonna thank him cause he never left [Eb] me
And I'm [Ab] gonna thank [Db] God for old [Ab] time religion [Eb] And I'm [Ab] gonna thank [Db] God for giving me [Ab] a vision
One [Db] day I'm gonna join the choir [Ab] And I'm gonna sing and never get tired
[Eb] And then [G] I'm gonna [Ab] sing _ [Db] somewhere [Fm] around God's house
And I'm [Db] gonna shout [Fm] my [Bb] trouble over [Db] And you know I'm [Ab] _ _ thanking for [D] being [Eb] so [Ab] good to me
[Db] _ [Dbm] _ [Ab] I _ _ _ _ _ _ had to cry [Db] at midnight hour Coming [Bb] _ [C] [Db] home, but [Dm] you know [Ab] my [F] soul
I [Bb] look back and wonder [Ebm] How did I [Ab] make it over?
[Db] _ [Dbm] _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] Tell me [Ab] how I'm, _ Lord I've been falling [Db] and running all these years
You [Ab] know my soul, [Db] I look back and wonder [Eb] How [Fm] did I [Ab] make it over?
_ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ I'm gonna wear [Db] a dark [Ab] gown [Eb] _ In that [Ab]
[Fm] new June
[Ab] _ _ I'm gonna [Fm]
walk the streets [Bbm] of [Abm] gold _ [Fm] It's in that homeland [Ab] of gold
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] I'm gonna view [Db] the [Ab] hosts in white [Eb] _ Stepping [Ab]
carefully day and night
[Fm] _ [B] [Db] Coming from [Bbm] every nation [Db] They [Ab] only wait to recognize
Coming from the north, south, east and west [Ebm] _ [Ab] They only wait to [Db] [Ab] land a breath
And then we're [Db] gonna _ see heavenly [Eb] choir [Db] You know [Ab] we're gonna sing and [Eb] never [Ab] get tired
[Eb] And [Ab] then we're gonna sing somewhere _ [C] around And then we're gonna [Db] shout all [Fm] around
[Bb] _ [Db] You know we gotta [Ab] thank God [F]
Thank Him for being [Eb] so [Bbm] good [Ab] to [Db] me
[Bb] [Ab] You know _ _ _ [Db] _
[Ab] this evening [Db] I [Ab] come to thank [Db] Him
[Ab] This evening, [Db] you [Ab] know all [Db] _
[Ab] night _ [Db] God [Ab] kept His angels [Db] watching [Ab] over me
[Db] [Ab] Lord this morning, [Db] hey [Ab] this morning [Db] God [Ab] told His [Db] angels
God [Ab] said [Db] touch in my [Ab] name [Db] _ _
[Ab] God said touch [Db] _ [Ab] in my name
[Db] This _ [Ab]
morning, [Db] I rose [Ab] this morning I _ _ [Db] feel [Ab] like shouting
[Db] I feel [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ like [Db] _ [Fm] _
[Db] shouting
_ _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Db] _ [Ab] _ I just gotta _
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[Db] _ [Ab] thank Him Thank God for [Eb] being so _ _ good _
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