Chords for The Canton Spirituals Mississippi 'po Boy
Tempo:
93.25 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Am
C
B
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G] [Em] I didn't [Am] have [Em] no money.
ever been that way?
A lot of my [Am] friends, whoo, thought that was so funny.
[Em] [E] I'm so glad [Am] today that I can stand [Em] right here and say,
witness in here?
Anybody in this building know he's been [B] good.
Anybody in this [G] building know he's been good.
know he's been good.
ever been that way?
A lot of my [Am] friends, whoo, thought that was so funny.
[Em] [E] I'm so glad [Am] today that I can stand [Em] right here and say,
witness in here?
Anybody in this building know he's been [B] good.
Anybody in this [G] building know he's been good.
know he's been good.
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[G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ I didn't [Am] have _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] no money.
_ _ Anybody like that?
Anybody ever been that way?
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
A lot of my [Am] friends, _ _ _ _ whoo, _ thought that was so funny.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] I'm _ _ _ _ _ so glad [Am] today _ _ _ _ that I can stand [Em] right here and say,
Can I get a witness in here?
_ [Bm] That's a [C] lie. _
_ _ Anybody in this building know he's been [B] good.
Anybody in this [G] building know he's been good.
Anybody in this building know he's been good.
I know he's been good to me, y'all.
[Em] _ Now, those of you that come from a poor family,
[E] and you know [B] God brought you,
[Em] I just want you to [D#] lift your [E] voice [B] and just [C] scream one time.
[B] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come [Em] from a poor family, [Am] we didn't have us,
[C] but the [Bm] Lord been [Em] good to me.
Come from a poor family, [Am] we didn't have us,
[F#] [C] but the [Bm] Lord been [Em] good to me.
Come from a poor family, sure [Am] didn't have us,
[C] but the [Bm] Lord been [Em] good to me.
_ _ [Am] Oh, I didn't have [Em] no money.
_ _ _ [Am]
A lot of my [Em] friends thought that was funny.
[Am] Oh, but I'm so glad today [Em] that I can stand right here and say
[C] that the [D] Lord been [Em] good to me.
I don't know about y'all, but we were raised [Am] in a shack, y'all.
[Em] Sometimes poor was dead, then [Am] we put on our back.
[Em] _ Mama and Daddy, [Am] they done the best they could.
[Em] The Lord always told me, [Am] son, always be good.
[Em] I'm on a thing that [Am] I've [Em] done in life.
[E] I know that the Lord [B] been good to [Em] me.
Oh, he's been good. _
Oh, Lord.
_ How many know he's been good? _
Oh, I thank you, Lord.
_ He brought me a mighty long way.
He brought me a mighty long way.
Let me ask y'all something.
Did he bring you?
Did he bring you?
Did he bring you over the mountain?
Over the mountain?
Over the mountain?
_ Down through the valley?
_ Ain't God good?
Ah, _ _ no God been good.
You know what he did for me?
He brought me a mighty long way.
[Am] Anybody [Em] know he's good?
Anybody know he's good?
Anybody know he's good?
I just want to ask y'all a couple of questions.
Anybody know if I'm gonna rock?
_ Rocking over every land.
Anybody know if I'm gonna rock?
Rocking over every land.
Anybody know if I'm gonna [A] pray?
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ Wait a minute.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm just gonna name a few things that he done for me.
First of all, how many Pope folks that come from a Pope
family out there?
Those of you that know God brought you, let me hear you say yeah. _ _
_ Name a few things that he done for me.
Just a few.
And if he did the same thing for you, I just want you to
scream yeah as loud as you can.
Can I [Em] take what he done for me?
Let me tell you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Let me tell you what he did.
Shoot on my feet.
Shoot on my feet.
Shoot on my feet.
Cold on my back.
Cold on my back.
_ Blood on my chest. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
Let me hear you say yeah.
Let me hear you say yeah.
Let me hear you say yeah.
Yeah.
[A] Yeah.
[B] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm gonna be.
[Am] _ I [Em] [C] know that the [Bm] Lord.
[Em] _ Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Jesus.
Hallelujah. _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Anybody like that?
Anybody ever been that way?
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
A lot of my [Am] friends, _ _ _ _ whoo, _ thought that was so funny.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] I'm _ _ _ _ _ so glad [Am] today _ _ _ _ that I can stand [Em] right here and say,
Can I get a witness in here?
_ [Bm] That's a [C] lie. _
_ _ Anybody in this building know he's been [B] good.
Anybody in this [G] building know he's been good.
Anybody in this building know he's been good.
I know he's been good to me, y'all.
[Em] _ Now, those of you that come from a poor family,
[E] and you know [B] God brought you,
[Em] I just want you to [D#] lift your [E] voice [B] and just [C] scream one time.
[B] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come [Em] from a poor family, [Am] we didn't have us,
[C] but the [Bm] Lord been [Em] good to me.
Come from a poor family, [Am] we didn't have us,
[F#] [C] but the [Bm] Lord been [Em] good to me.
Come from a poor family, sure [Am] didn't have us,
[C] but the [Bm] Lord been [Em] good to me.
_ _ [Am] Oh, I didn't have [Em] no money.
_ _ _ [Am]
A lot of my [Em] friends thought that was funny.
[Am] Oh, but I'm so glad today [Em] that I can stand right here and say
[C] that the [D] Lord been [Em] good to me.
I don't know about y'all, but we were raised [Am] in a shack, y'all.
[Em] Sometimes poor was dead, then [Am] we put on our back.
[Em] _ Mama and Daddy, [Am] they done the best they could.
[Em] The Lord always told me, [Am] son, always be good.
[Em] I'm on a thing that [Am] I've [Em] done in life.
[E] I know that the Lord [B] been good to [Em] me.
Oh, he's been good. _
Oh, Lord.
_ How many know he's been good? _
Oh, I thank you, Lord.
_ He brought me a mighty long way.
He brought me a mighty long way.
Let me ask y'all something.
Did he bring you?
Did he bring you?
Did he bring you over the mountain?
Over the mountain?
Over the mountain?
_ Down through the valley?
_ Ain't God good?
Ah, _ _ no God been good.
You know what he did for me?
He brought me a mighty long way.
[Am] Anybody [Em] know he's good?
Anybody know he's good?
Anybody know he's good?
I just want to ask y'all a couple of questions.
Anybody know if I'm gonna rock?
_ Rocking over every land.
Anybody know if I'm gonna rock?
Rocking over every land.
Anybody know if I'm gonna [A] pray?
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ Wait a minute.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm just gonna name a few things that he done for me.
First of all, how many Pope folks that come from a Pope
family out there?
Those of you that know God brought you, let me hear you say yeah. _ _
_ Name a few things that he done for me.
Just a few.
And if he did the same thing for you, I just want you to
scream yeah as loud as you can.
Can I [Em] take what he done for me?
Let me tell you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Let me tell you what he did.
Shoot on my feet.
Shoot on my feet.
Shoot on my feet.
Cold on my back.
Cold on my back.
_ Blood on my chest. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
Let me hear you say yeah.
Let me hear you say yeah.
Let me hear you say yeah.
Yeah.
[A] Yeah.
[B] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm gonna be.
[Am] _ I [Em] [C] know that the [Bm] Lord.
[Em] _ Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Jesus.
Hallelujah. _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _