Chords for Tata Vega-Speak Lord-The Color Purple

[Ab] I am grateful and honored to bring up [E] [A] such a wonderful person with a great heart.
And she sends me emails of [Bbm] encouragement from time to time and I so appreciate that.
_ _ [Eb] How many remember that movie Color Purple?
[Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ All of us love that [Ebm] movie.
_ _ _ [Ab] And one of our favorite [Em] characters [Bbm] in the movie, of course, is Suge. _
[Eb] Suge in the movie.
I was _ married [Ab] now, man.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
[Ebm] _ [Fm] _ [Gb] _ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [D] _
[Ab] And I [Bbm] see her daddy in here too, but I'm not going to look at him.
[Eb] He a preacher [Bb] too.
He over there on the other side.
[Cm] _
[Ab] Look just like her daddy.
_ He [Ebm] kept walking, didn't he, [Cm] right?
_ On that horse.
_ [Eb] But _ [Cm] she was the voice who actually sang the song, [Ebm] God is trying to tell you something.
[Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Fm] And every time I [E] play that song [Bb] on the radio, I get so many calls [Fm] asking me, can you [Bbm] play it again?
I [F] think it's been out [Eb] for what, _ [Abm] 25 [Fm] [Bbm] years now, right?
25 years since that movie.
Well, she's here with [B] us tonight _ [Fm] and she's singing gospel music and [Fm] she sings [Eb] all kinds of [Ab] music.
She sings all kinds of genres, jazz and her Latin roots.
[Eb] And she's such a beautiful spirit.
She was here last year [Ab] _
and I'm waiting for the new [A] project.
I invited her to come on the air when it's done [Ab] to feature her on the entire program tonight.
Ladies [Cm] and gentlemen, can you please give God some praise for tonight?
Tata [Bbm] Vega.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] Tata Vega.
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I'm going to bring up now.
_ He's talking about me?
_ _ _ [Eb] And I would have brought you some M&M almonds tonight, but I heard you got a pound bag or something.
_ Oh, Lord.
_ _ _ _ Well, you know, there's just, _ _ _ _ _ Dr.
DeRue, thank you.
You didn't even have to ask me to sing.
I [F] was so enjoying myself just to be here and worship and be [Eb] here,
and be a part of this family and be Michael McCain and [E] you and you, everybody.
_ Oh, _ Lord.
You know something?
There's not supposed to be a word called racism.
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Because _ _ we're supposed to be the human race.
_ _ That's the only race. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You don't want to know what all up is in here.
_ Maybe you do. _
_ _ _ _ But maybe you remember.
_ Speak, Lord. _ _ _
_ Speak to me.
_ [Abm] _ _
_ Oh, speak, Lord. _
[Ab] _ _ Won't you speak to me? _
_ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ I was so blind.
_ _ _ [Bbm] I _ was so _ lost.
[Ab] _ _
[Db] _ [Abm] Until you spoke [Ebm] to me.
[Abm] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ Speak, [Ab] my [Abm] Lord.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] [Ab] Speak, _ _ Lord.
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] [Ab] And heal my [Abm] _ mind.
[Bbm] _
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] [Gb] Oh, when [Ab] you're worried.
[Abm] _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Db] And heal [Ab] my [Abm] soul.
[Bbm] _ [Ab] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Fm] [Ab] Speak, Lord. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ Speak to [Ab] me.
_ [Abm] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ Speak, [Ab] my _ [Abm] Lord.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ [Fm] [Ab] Speak to me.
[Abm] _ _
[Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Fm] I love [Ab] you, Lord.
[Abm] _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _
[Eb] Can you [Abm] see my _ _ soul?
[Ab] _ If I'm hurting in the [Abm] head.
[Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Ab] Speak, Lord.
_ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] Speak.
[Abm] Speak, my _ Lord.
[Bbm] _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] Speak, [Fm] [Ab] my _
[Abm] Lord.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] Speak [Ab] to _ _ me.
_ _ Well, _ _ _ maybe _ _ God [Db] is _ _ [Ab] trying _ to [F] tell you [Eb] something.
[Ab] _ Maybe _ _ [Db] God _ [D] is trying _
[Fm] to [G] tell you [Ab] something. _ _ _
_ [Db] Maybe God is _ [D] trying _ [B] to [Ab] tell you.
I need you, [Abm] Lord.
_ _ _ I need you, Lord. _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] [Eb] Tell you something [Ab] right [Db] now.
_ [D] _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Gb] [Ab] I need you, Lord.
_ _ _ _ I [F] need you, Lord.
_ _ [Db] _ _ [D] _ [Fm] Maybe God is [Bb] trying to tell [Ab] you something right now.
[Db] _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ [F] _ [Ab] Oh, _ when _ _ _ I was in [Db] sin.
_ [Ab] Your love brought me in.
[Fm] _ [Bbm] Singing.
_ [Ab] _
Right now.
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ Right _ _ _ now.
[Db] Right [Ab] now. _ _ _ _ _
_ Tell _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] you something [Db] _ [Ebm] right _ [Ab] _ now.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ I got a [Ab] home _ over the mountain.
_ _ _ _ And I must get _ _ there _ _ on _ _ _ _ time. _
_ Well, yeah, _ _ [Db]
baby.
Thank you, [Ab] Lord. _ _
Well, _ _ _ _ praise the Lord [Abm] for his baby to be praised.
Hallelujah.
[Ab] _
_ That's all she wrote right now because I'm getting back in that seat.
I'm worship.
_ _ _ So glad to [Abm] be here.
Thank you, everybody.
Praise the Lord.
[Ab] Praise.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] Save [Dm] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] my soul.
[Fm] Give me mercy. _
[Bb] Mercy.
[Ab] Give me.
_ _ [Db] _
[F] Oh, _ [Abm] _ thank you, Lord. _
_ _ Maybe God is talking to somebody right here [D] right now.
[Ab] _ [F] Maybe God is trying [Bb] to tell [Eb] you something.
[Ab] _ _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ Listen, let those who have ears to hear _ eyes to see. _
Well.
_ All right. _ _
I'm.
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_ _ _ [Bb] [Ab] So _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] I'm.
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