Chords for Marvin Sease  - Marvin's Testimony

Oh man, _ [E] before [F] we really get started, _ _ _
[Em] I'd like to ask the favor of everybody. _ _
[Dm] I want everyone in the building to listen to me.
[C] _
_ _ _ I [F] got something I wanna say. _ _ _
[Em] Can I talk for a moment? _ _ _
[Dm] Y'all listen to me good here. _ _
Everybody, _ _ [G] _ _
[F] some time ago, _ _ [Em] I was hospitalized. _ _
[Dm] Yes, I was.
_ _ Let me [C] talk about it.
In a little [F] town _ _ _ _ [Em] called Vicksburg, _ _ _
[Dm] Mississippi.
_ _ I never will forget this.
_ _ [G] _
[F] Oh, I was so sick.
_ You see, [Em] my blood pressure had ran up so high. _
[Dm] Y'all, I began to have seizures.
_ [C]
Somebody out there know what I'm talking about
because somebody [F] been sick in this building.
Hey, hey, [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] woo!
_ _ _ Y'all listen to me good.
_ _ [G] Many doctors [F] came by my bedside. _ _
[Em] Some of them said, Marvin, _ _ [Dm] you're singing too much.
You're singing [C] too off.
_ _ [G] They told me I [F] should quit singing for a while. _
[Em] They wanted to take away something I love so very much.
[Dm] But Alabama, _ I want y'all to do me a favor.
_ [E] Look at me, [F] y'all! _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ Y'all excuse me.
[Dm] Oh, I'm still standing here singing tonight.
[C] _ _ _ You see, no [F] man or no woman _ _ [Em] can set my time.
_ When [Dm] it's time for me to go _ to soul heaven,
_ _ I guess I'll [F] be on my way, y'all. _ _
[Em] Oh, y'all excuse me.
_ You [Dm] know, _ _ can I talk [C] on?
_ _ I never will [F] forget when Thursday,
_ the [Em] doctors came around and said,
Marvin, _ [Dm] we're gonna let you go home.
Your blood pressure came down.
_ _ [Am] I [F] never will forget.
_ _ As I [Em] began to walk to the nearest exit, _
[Dm] so many thoughts came to my mind.
Yes, they did.
But there was one thought above [F] all thoughts.
_ _ Alabama, I never [Em] will forget this.
_ _ I want y [Dm]'all to listen to what I finally said
as I opened the door.
_ [D] I lift up [F] both of my hands _ _
[Em] _ _ _ and I said, [Dm] thank you, Lordy.
Did y'all hear [D] what I said? _ _ _
[F] Thank you, Lordy!
[Em] Let me tell you what I told the Lord.
You've been [Dm] good.
_ _ You've been good to [C] me, Lord.
_ And I just [F] want to thank you tonight.
_ _ _ _ [Em]
Y'all excuse me.
_ [Dm] Oh, you've been good to Marvin.
See, _ somebody know what I'm thinking [C] about.
_ [F] Oh, thank you, Lordy!
_ I [Em] had to tell the Lord.
_ _ You've been good to Marvin.
And [C] y'all know what?
Wait a minute.
_ [F] _ _ _
Excuse me.
[Em] _ _ _
_ As [Dm] I look around the building, _ y'all wait a minute.
_ _ [D] _
As I [F] look around this building, _ _
_ [Em] I know we're shooting a DVD tonight,
but [Dm] I feel compelled to talk about this.
_ [C] _ As I look around the building,
I [F] know he's been good to y'all too. _
Ain't no [Em] doubt in my mind. _ _
Somebody may be [Dm] wondering,
_ said Marvin says, how do you know?
_ I didn't see no one walking in on a cane tonight.
That's enough to know [Em] he's been good.
I didn't see no [Dm] wheelchairs being rolled in.
That [C] make me know!
That make me know [F] how he's been good to y'all.
Y [Em]'all ought to wave your hands.
_ Somebody ought to [Dm] stand up on your feet.
Stand up and wave your hands.
Tell [E] him, [F] thank you, Lordy. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ Tell him he's [Dm] been good tonight.
_ If he didn't give you two [C]
legs,
you couldn't walk in here tonight.
[F] _ _
_ Thank you, [Em] Lordy.
He's _ been [Dm] good.
Can I touch somebody?
I just got to touch somebody.
Let me just touch somebody.
[F] He's been good to me, y'all.
[Em] Hey! _ _
I'm not worried [Dm] about it,
because I know he's been good to you too tonight.
[C] You ought to just wave your [Dm] hands and say,
[F] oh Lord, I thank you. _
If [Em] I could live my life again,
if I could [Dm] just live one more time,
I'd change so many things, y'all,
because he's [F] been good to me. _ _
[Em] Montgomery, thank you.
I [Dm] better leave this alone. _ _ _ _
[C] Yeah! _ _ _ _
_ _ Ain't he good, y'all?
_ _ _ Ain't he good?
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ No doubt in my mind.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ I don't care what no one say.
_ Ain't no doubt in my _ _ _ mind, he's been good. _
_ _ Somebody may be looking at me saying,
well, well, Marvin. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Somebody may think I'm preaching tonight.
_ Somebody may think I'm singing gospel,
but ain't no doubt in my mind,
I know he's been good to me, y'all. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ I feel like changing tonight.
_ I feel like, I feel like giving all up
on all the wrong, bad things I've been