Mighty Clouds of Joy - Nearer My God to Thee Chords

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Oh, [D] nearer, _ _ _ _ [C] _ nearer, _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] my God, _ _ _ to _ Thee.
[D] _ _
Oh, nearer, _ _ _ _ nearer, _ [Bm] to _ [A] _ _
_ Thee.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _
He was saying, [Em] _ [G] nearer, [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ [Gm] _ [Am] nearer, my [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ God, to _ _ [D] Thee.
One day I'll be nearer, _ _ _ _ _ [A] [D] nearer, [A] to _ [D] _ _ Thee.
[G] Can I sing a verse?
_ _ [D] Listen.
[A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ Some _ _ _ [Am] day I'll [D] _ _ _ [G] be feeling, you see, _ _ _ _
[Bm] There [D] is a story, _ _ and every song that _ [A] we sing,
_ _ [Bm] Some [E] day [A] when you listen to our songs,
_ _ [D] Songs, _ _
Heaven knows,
No, [Bm] no, [D] no,
[G] But,
_ _ _ _ I have heard,
_ _ [Bm] [D] You say, nearer,
_ _ _ _ [A] Nearer, nearer, _ [D] to _ [G] Thee. _
_ [D] You see, _ [A] in those [D] days, [A] my grandmother
[D] _ Was the mother of the church, and I was the oldest [C] grandchild.
_ [D] Many days I would go by her [G] home to talk to her.
She taught me a lot.
_ _ _ And some days when [E] I would get to that old wooden house,
[D] Tears _ would be running down [Em] those wrinkled [D] cheeks.
_ By me being the oldest [Bm] boy, I [A] always thought I could help.
I used to ask [Bm] her, I said, [Am] why, why are you crying?
[A] She would [Em] look at me and [A] say, son, you're too [D] young now. _ _
You're too young to [E] understand [C] my [Em] tears.
She said, but [D] just keep on living.
[G] And friends today, I can understand her tears.
I'm not ashamed to tell the world.
[G#] Sometimes I have [D] to cry. _
_ _ _ And some [A] days when I would get to that old [Bm] house,
She [D] would be humming and moaning on songs,
And [G]
sometimes she [Em] wouldn't come out and [D] say the words.
And I would say to her, [Dm] [D] why are you moaning like this?
_ _ She would say, son, [Am] when I moan, it [D] confuses everybody.
It confuses the [G] devil.
He doesn't know what I'm moaning about.
_ _ _ Now, I may not be able to moan like a lot [D] of people,
But _ I believe I can moan a little bit like my grandmother.
If she was still [A] with us [D] today,
[A] _
_ She would sound something like this.
In my mind, I [G] can hear her [A] sometimes.
[D] _ _ _
[Bm] Working, [Dm] _ [F#] washing and ironing in that old wooden [D] house.
Seems like when [G] she would moan, it would make the work easier. _ _ _
And in my mind, friends, [D] sometimes when I'm riding along,
And the bus or flying through the air,
_ [Bm] _ [A] I can hear her humming.
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ Sometimes like [G] this.
Listen. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
[D] It's a moo.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Moo.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
Moo.
[Bm] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [F#m] _ [D] _
_ Moo.
_ [G] Moo.
Moo.
[D] Moo.
_ _ [A] _ [G] Moo.
[D] _ _
Sometimes _ [F#m] I [D] like to be _
[E] [F#] in [G] _ company
_ [A] But [G] don't you enjoy being alone sometimes?
And he would [E] say
_ [D] And sometimes _ I [Em] [D] enjoy just being _ all [A] _ _ alone _
[Em] _ [E] _ [A] But listen, [C#] he would say
[Em] When [D] I go _ _ _ [Bm] to [A] my [C]
friends for [D] just a little _ [G] consolation _
But don't your friends have problems too?
He would say
Most of the time you [D] find them
And [Bm] you know they [A] are
They are complaining [D] too _
_ [G] Let me sing the chorus
[D] I _ _ _ _ _ am _ _ _ [G] nearer, _ my _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] destiny _ _
[A] I wanna be [D] _ _ _
nearer, [G] nearer, nearer
_ All [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] the way, I won't ever [D] cry no more _ _
_ [Bm] [A] When [Dm] I get nearer, [Bm] nearer, [G] nearer, I'm nearer
[Em] Oh [G] Lord, one day I'm gonna [D] be _ _ nearer, _ [A] nearer, _ [C] _ [A]
nearer [D] to Thee
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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