Chords for Shirley Caesar - No Charge

Ladies and gentlemen, if you will, Pastor Shirley Caesar.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ Last night there was a song that I want to dedicate [Db] _ [F] to all of our young people by [Bb] virtue of the fact
that's what the United Negro College Fund is about.
That is opening doors and making ways
for young people to go to school.
When I got ready to go to college the very first time,
didn't have any money.
_ _ [Db] _ _ _
But _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ God blessed me to go to Shaw University [Gb]
right over there.
_ [Ab] Now [Bb] somebody ought to really clap your hands.
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] And I've come tonight to tell all of our young people, [Ab] _
do not accept no for an answer.
[Abm] _ _ _ [F] _
Somebody's going to tell [Bb] you that you're not capable of [Abm] learning. _ _
Your head is too hard, [D] your skull is too [Ab] thick.
[Db] But look at your neighbor and tell him the devil is a liar. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Point your [Ab] right hand at yourself and say, I can learn.
_ [Db] And I am going to school. _
_ _ _ _ And so I want to dedicate this song [Bb] tonight.
_ [Eb] [C] First little David. _
Come [Bbm] here son.
[Fm] _ I [Eb] want to sing this song [Bb]
dedicated to all of these young people.
You know, I know, I know y'all been getting into it, but I want to slow it [Ab] down just a tad.
[Abm] Because [Ab] I want our young folk [Bb] to know that when you add it all up,
_ the [Eb] cost of real love, _ [C] _ _ it's not in the [Bb] sneakers, _ it's not in the designer jeans.
Hello somebody.
See I believe in bringing it right down front.
[C] _
But the cost of [Bb] real love is no trouble.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ My sister's little boy _ came _ _ into the kitchen one evening while [F] she [Gm] was fixing supper.
[F] _ _ And he handed a piece of paper he had been writing on.
And so _ [Bb] after she wiped [F] her hands on her apron,
_ she took the letter in her hands and she read it. _
_ [Bb] And this is what it said.
_ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] For going to the store, 50 cents.
_ If I'm playing with little brother mama while you went out shopping,
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [A] _
[Bb] 25 _ cents.
Now listen to this.
[Ab] _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ Taking out the trash, _ one [Bb] dollar.
_ _ [Gm] _ Ever getting a good report card, [F] _ five dollars. _ _ _
_ Ever raking the yard, mama, _ two dollars.
Now listen to this.
_ _ _ [Cm] Total, [Gm] _ _
[F] _ [Bb] 14.75. _ _ _ _ _ She looked at him and he had his hand over it,
waiting on some money.
_ _ _ And a [F] thousand [Gm] memories [F] began to flash through her mind. _ _
So she picked up his pen and she turned his [A] letter over.
[Bb] And this is what she wrote to that doll.
_ _ [Cm] _
[Eb] Oh, the land that I carry you, _ growing in _ me.
_ [F] No child, _ _ [C] _
[Gm] [Dm] more than life [F] _ _ _ ever did give,
just _ can you [Gm] pray [A] for you.
[Bb] _ No child, _ _ _ [Eb] can hide _ the tears,
_ _ [Bb] through _ the [Dm] years, [Bb] _ [F] there is no chance. _ _ _
When you ask, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of my [Gm] _
[Dm] tears,
[Bb] no joy, is that alright.
[Cm] _ _
[Bb] [Eb] For the eyes did, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _
_ [F] no chance,
_ _ [Bb] _ [C]
for [F] advice, and the knowledge,
and [Bb] the thoughts, of [F] your kind.
[Bb] There is, there is no joy,
in the guise [Ab] of your tears.
[Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ For the words, of my tears,
[F] _
[Bb] _ _ for the wife and the only daughter,
[Dm] _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ there's no [Bb] joy, for [F] the day to come.
[Gm]
When [F] you ask, _ of _ the real cause,
[Bb] _ of a [F] good mother's love [Bb] is,
no joy.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] After that little boy finished talking, _
_ [Bb] _ to his mama,
[Ab] _ _
he looked [Bb] down at her,
_ [Ab] red big old [Eb] tears in his eyes,
and he [Bb] said, Mama, _ I sure do [Ab] love you. _ _
And then he [Gm] reached out,
and he got the letter in his [Ab] hand,
and he turned it over,
[Bb] _ and he wrote in [Ab] red big words, _ _
[Bb] _ _ paid in [Ab] full.
_ _ [Bb] _
Paid in full.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb]
Paid in full.
Let me _ [Ab] sing.
_ [Cm]
[Bb] Is it I have,
[Ab] _ [Eb] been,
_ [F]
you had it,
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] the [F] real cause,
of God's [Eb] great love [F] is,
no [Bb]
joy, _ _ no _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ joy.
[Gb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Let's worship the Lord again.
Let's worship him again.
[C] Come on, let's worship him again.
[Bb] Lift your hands up.
Let's worship the Lord.
[C] _ _