Chords for Rich Mullins GMA Hall of Fame induction montage, 4-29-14
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So now here's a look, ladies and gentlemen, at the legacy of Gosling Music's not only my favorite poet, but favorite ragamuffin.
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At the end of a show sometimes, without any warning, Rich Mullins would launch into the doxology.
started singing along, he'd step out of the way, [G] leave the mic, leave the [G] stage, disappear.
go out and live real good, and I promise if you do, you'll get beat up real bad.
[D] But [G]
a little while after you're dead, you'll be rotted away anyway.
It's not going to matter if you have [F] a few scars.
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At the end of a show sometimes, without any warning, Rich Mullins would launch into the doxology.
started singing along, he'd step out of the way, [G] leave the mic, leave the [G] stage, disappear.
go out and live real good, and I promise if you do, you'll get beat up real bad.
[D] But [G]
a little while after you're dead, you'll be rotted away anyway.
It's not going to matter if you have [F] a few scars.
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So now here's a look, ladies and gentlemen, at the legacy _ of Gosling Music's not only my favorite poet, but favorite ragamuffin. _ _ _ _
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At the end of a show sometimes, without any warning, Rich Mullins would launch into the doxology.
As soon as the [Dm] crowd started singing along, he'd step out of the way, [G] leave the mic, leave the [G] stage, _ disappear.
So go out and live real good, and I promise if you do, you'll get beat up real bad.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ But [G] _
a little while after you're dead, you'll be rotted away anyway. _
It's not going to matter if you have [F] a few scars.
_ [Am] It will matter if you didn't live.
_ _ _ Richard Wayne Mullins started life in rural Indiana in 1955, born the oldest son in a hardworking Quaker farm family.
He embraced the promise of the [Em] gospel at a young age, but spent the remainder of his 41 [Am] years wrestling with [Dm] the implications of it.
[A] Rich formed his first band, Zion, while in Bible College in Cincinnati.
Eventually, one of his song demos, Sing [D] Your Praise to the Lord, landed in the [A] hands of Amy Grant.
He was captivating.
_ Anybody that ever toured with him, you know, another band, other musicians,
unlike any other artists, people sat on the side of the stage and watched.
[G] The immediate success of Amy's single launched Rich's career, [D] a career that would span 16 years [A] and 11 albums,
including a gold record, eight number one songs, the number three Christian album of all time as rated by CCM magazine,
and a body of work performed by artists [Dm] like Jars of Clay, Michael W.
Smith, and Third Day.
_ Rich's life [Am] is a _ is definitely [D] a legacy of genuineness and of [Am] sacrifice [G#] and [E] of love for God and his people.
17 years after Rich Mullins [D] tragic death in a car accident, his [E] life and music continue to challenge and stir [D] new generations.
His story is now being told afresh in the film [G] Ragamuffin.
_ _ [A] Ragamuffin knows he's only [D] a beggar at the door of God's mercy.
_ _ _ His legacy is this.
If you tell the truth _ _ and you tell it well, there will always be ears to listen to that.
And it will [G] always, always ring true in people's hearts.
And it doesn't matter how old that song is.
[D] They're going to be listening to Rich for a very long time and we'll be singing his songs 100 years from now. _ _ _ _ _ _
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At the end of a show sometimes, without any warning, Rich Mullins would launch into the doxology.
As soon as the [Dm] crowd started singing along, he'd step out of the way, [G] leave the mic, leave the [G] stage, _ disappear.
So go out and live real good, and I promise if you do, you'll get beat up real bad.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ But [G] _
a little while after you're dead, you'll be rotted away anyway. _
It's not going to matter if you have [F] a few scars.
_ [Am] It will matter if you didn't live.
_ _ _ Richard Wayne Mullins started life in rural Indiana in 1955, born the oldest son in a hardworking Quaker farm family.
He embraced the promise of the [Em] gospel at a young age, but spent the remainder of his 41 [Am] years wrestling with [Dm] the implications of it.
[A] Rich formed his first band, Zion, while in Bible College in Cincinnati.
Eventually, one of his song demos, Sing [D] Your Praise to the Lord, landed in the [A] hands of Amy Grant.
He was captivating.
_ Anybody that ever toured with him, you know, another band, other musicians,
unlike any other artists, people sat on the side of the stage and watched.
[G] The immediate success of Amy's single launched Rich's career, [D] a career that would span 16 years [A] and 11 albums,
including a gold record, eight number one songs, the number three Christian album of all time as rated by CCM magazine,
and a body of work performed by artists [Dm] like Jars of Clay, Michael W.
Smith, and Third Day.
_ Rich's life [Am] is a _ is definitely [D] a legacy of genuineness and of [Am] sacrifice [G#] and [E] of love for God and his people.
17 years after Rich Mullins [D] tragic death in a car accident, his [E] life and music continue to challenge and stir [D] new generations.
His story is now being told afresh in the film [G] Ragamuffin.
_ _ [A] Ragamuffin knows he's only [D] a beggar at the door of God's mercy.
_ _ _ His legacy is this.
If you tell the truth _ _ and you tell it well, there will always be ears to listen to that.
And it will [G] always, always ring true in people's hearts.
And it doesn't matter how old that song is.
[D] They're going to be listening to Rich for a very long time and we'll be singing his songs 100 years from now. _ _ _ _ _ _
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