Chords for The Canton Spirituals-Don't Worry About Me

_ I want to say something to [Em] the Watkins family, Mama [D] Watkins and to the sisters, _ _ _ [F#] you got an
awesome guy in your family.
_ [Bm] I want to say this, a lot of folks don't like y'all and y'all don't even know it [E] because
you got a young man in your [F#m] family that's full of success.
[A] People smiling at you and still don't like you because they don't like [E] to see nobody get up.
But y'all just hold on.
But [F#] _
if you ever hear anybody talking about me, [Em] _
I don't [F#m] want you to worry about me.
[D] _
Because I want you to know [Bm] one thing, _ [F#] everything can be [F#m] against me but as long [Bm] as I got you,
_ _ [E] it's all I need.
Can I just talk [F#] a little bit longer?
Listen, [A] _ _
_ [F#] I want to tell the truth [E] tonight.
A lot of folks are against you tonight.
Yeah, [F#m] _ _
you can even be in the [Em] hospital in there.
Come by [A] and check on you.
Some of them won't even come [D] to the hospital but they [A] ask about you.
Is he down yet?
[F#m] Is he gone?
_ I want you to leave [Bm] here but I want you to know something.
Those same [E] folks that [F#m] are against you, she even said [A] he'd make your enemies _ [E] beat your foot stool.
Can I get a [F#m] witness in here tonight?
So can I tell you something?
[G] _ _
_ [A] When everything's [D] against you and it seems like the [F#] odds are against you and it has counted
you down for [Bm] your way out of here, _ I want you to tell [E] them this if you got Jesus.
Tell them this.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] Don't, don't, _ _ _ don't [F#m] worry _ _ about [Em] me. _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
Y'all want to [F#m] know why?
_ [Bm] Cause I've got the _ _ [E] victory.
_ Tell them [A] _
don't, _ _ [E] don't _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [F#] worry [Bm] about _
[Em] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] me.
Harvey, you want to sing that one [Bm] time?
I've got the victory.
[E] Just say that same thing again.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
Don't, don't, _ _ [G#] don't [E] _ _ worry [F#] about [F#m] me.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
God [F#m] knows I'm [D] going to be alright.
[A] Can I get a witness?
[F#] How many of y'all believe that you've got the victory [Bm] right now?
If you believe it let me hear you say [E] thank you. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ Don't, don't, [E] _ _
_ don't _ [F#m] worry _ about me.
[G] _
I'm [F#m] _ _ [D] going to be alright.
_ [F#] _ Every, every, every [Bm] time.
I've got the victory.
But [E] listen to this.
This is the key point factor, listen.
_ [A] _ _
Sometimes _ _ [E] I lay awake in the midnight hour.
[F#m] _
You know when your burdens get heavy, you can't [G] help it sometimes.
They tell you don't [D#] cry, but I [D] cry.
I can't speak for you [F#] tonight.
Sometimes I'm just not strong enough, but that's alright.
[Bm] Cause Jesus said he's the one.
_ [E] Jesus is my savior.
_ _ [A] And sometimes, _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] it seems like _ I'm [G] just going to keep holding on.
[C#] But I won't [D] keep holding on.
Only _ [F#m] goes witness in here.
Because you know what?
[Bm] Jesus said I'll be there for you.
I won't [D] leave you alone.
So when those [F#] darned friends act about [A] me, don't. _
_ Can I get a [E] witness? _
_ _ Don't [F#m] worry, worry, worry about [Em] me.
Something down fell in there.
[B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Somebody don't understand this here.
[Bm] I have got the victory.
[E] Let me tell you the reason why.
See, _ _ [A] even though you're going through your storm.
[C#m] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [F#m] I'm getting ready to have church in here.
_ Even though you're [Bm] going through your rain.
[A] _ The son said [D] don't worry about me.
_ _ _ [F#] _
Don't _ _ _ [Bm] worry about me.
_ _ [E] _
Paul, listen, Paul.
How can [A] you _ possibly have victory?
[E] _ _
When you're going through so much.
[F#m] _
Cut on four or five times.
[F#] Roll around in a wheelchair two years.
How [A] can you have [D] victory? _
_ Can I tell you all a little secret?
_ _ _ [Bm] There's victory _ in God's [E] power.
There's victory in his love.
[A] There's victory in his joy.
There's [E] victory in his peace.
Can I share a little secret with [F#m] you?
He gave all those things to [Bm] me.
And as long [C#] as I got Jesus.
[D] _
I'm the victory of the night.
[C#m] We've been made.
And through [F#m] up our life.
I've [Bm] shared my death with God.
_ _ _ [E] _
Joy, joy, joy, joy.
Wait a minute.
[A] _
Something's going to come in a moment.
[E] Let _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ me [E] ask you all a question.
_ [C#m] _ How many ever been [D] down by your friend?
_ _ [F#] And you know what I found out.
Sometimes [F#m] family hurts you the most.
[Bm] _ _
Somebody [D] in this place.
[E] Don't joke with me.
Somebody raise your hand.
That's going through something right [A] now. _
_ _ Tell me [G#] the truth.
Won't they lie on you.
Stick [E] a knife in your back at the [F#m] same time.
And smile at you.
Call you everything but [F#] a child of God.
Close [F#m] those in your face.
[A] But I got a question for you right now.
[F#] If you know that God has made a way for you in the past.
Look [Bm] way down the line.
And think about what you've been through.
And look [E] at your neighbor and say neighbor.
_ _ [A] Inspire what I'm going through.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ And see how [F#m] far God brought me.
Say I may have to [Em] cry sometimes.
_ [A] I may have to shed a [D] few tears.
But I'm going to be alright.
[F#m] Because as long as I got Jesus.
About [Bm] _ _ _ me. _ _ _
[E] Oh, oh, [C#] oh, oh, [A] oh, oh.
_ Can I get a witness in here?
_ _ Now, how [Bm] about me? _
[A] I want you to hold my hand now.
Because I [C#] feel the Holy Ghost coming in here.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, _ oh.
[Bm] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Get spiritual.
Just tell them how [A] I feel.
And you should feel the same way.
_ _ I'll be [D] _
_ _ _ [A] alright. _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ I'll be [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] alright.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m]
Go ahead and stick a knife in my back.
[Bm] Call me everything but a child of God.
[A] _
And I'll _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] be alright.
I'm going to be alright.
Can I get a [Bm] witness in here? _
Now, wait [B] a minute.
I'll be [C#m] alright.
_ [A] _ [F#] If you can thank the two or [D] three things.
_ _ [A] That the Lord done already brought you through.
In spite of your [Bm] fear of knocking you down.
I want you to look at your neighbor.
And I don't want [A] no laughing.
I'm playing.
_ I _ [D] want you to get serious with God and yourself.
[A] And look at them there in the eye with authority.
[B] No laughing.
And shout out loud two or three things.
[D] That the Lord done done for you.
[A] _
Come on.
[E] Shout it out loud.
[D] _
Shout it out loud.
_ [A] Shout it out loud.
If you got the victory, shout [Bm] it out loud.
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