Strugglin & Strainin Chords by The Canton Spirituals

[F#] _ _ _ Oh, _ [A] sometimes in my life,
_ _ it don't get hard to [Bm] bad.
_ _ But I don't let it bother me.
[F#m] _
I just keep [E] on going anyway.
Listen, [A]
I've been struggling,
[Bm] _ [A] [Bm] I've been straying,
[D] _
[A] but I'm on my way [D] home.
_ [A] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ [G#]
[A] I've been struggling,
_ [Bm] I've been straying,
[D] _
[E] but I'm on my way home.
[A] _ [E] [D] Let me tell you something.
[Bm]
[A] I've had a lot of things
[F#m] to [A] happen to me in life.
[Bm] Sometimes [D] life get hard.
[C] It could just like a knife.
[B] I've been [A] struggling,
[Bm] _ [A] [D] I've been straying,
[A] but I'm on my [D] way home.
[A] Is that alright?
_ [Bm] _
[A] I've been struggling,
_ [A] [Bm] I've been [D] straying,
but I'm [A] on my [D] way home.
_ [A] [E] Yes, I [F#m] am.
[E]
[A] I've been struggling,
_ God [D] knows I've been straying,
[E] but I'm on my way home.
_ [C#m] [F#m] Listen, _ [G#] _
[B] I've took a lot of [A] beatings.
I've even went without eating,
[D] but I've never lost a pound
[C] because He never let me down.
[A] I've been struggling,
_ _ [D] I've been straying,
but I'm [A] on my [D] way home.
[A] One more time.
[Bm] _
I've been _ _ [A] _ [D] _ straying,
[A]
but I'm on my [D] way home.
Somebody out [A] there been struggling [E] too.
[D] You know what?
[G#]
[A] I've been struggling,
_ I've [D] been straying,
[E] but I'm on my way home.
[F#m] [E] Now listen [D] to this.
_ [Bm]
[A] I recorded a lot of songs.
[F#m] Some [G] of them didn't [A] get played.
[D] I never received a Grammy,
[D#] but I hope somebody will say
[A] I've been struggling,
_ [D] I've been straying,
[A] but I'm on my way [D] home.
Now,
[C#m] _ [Bm] yeah. _
[A] Struggling,
_ _ [D] straying,
yes I have,
[A] struggling,
yes I have,
[D] straying.
I'd like to take [A] time
and tell you a few [Bm] things
that happened to [A] me
since I [D] decided
to make Jesus my [A] choice.
[C#] I've been [A] lyin' [D] on,
straying,
I've been from the [A] top,
struggling,
I've been lyin' [D] on,
straying,
I've been from the [A] back,
struggling,
[G] I've been [A] lonely,
[D] straying,
anybody been lonely,
[Am] struggling,
[Em] I've been lonely,
[D] spraying,
but that's all [A] right,
struggling,
[G] I made [A] up my [D] mind,
trying.
I'll go on and [A] on struggling,
I'll go on [D] and on, _ _ _
_ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Many [A] times [D] in life, struggling, [C#m] heart [Bm] broken, many [A] times in life,
Tears all in my eyes, look at that young one, won't God make a way? _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _