Chords for The Canton Spirituals - "Mississippi Poor Boy"

[A] _ _ _ Long as I stand here looking [Bb] over my life [Em] Lord
_ _ _ [G] Let me take in my [B] story _ _ _ _
For I know you, I [E] know you've been good to me love
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_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] I come from a poor family, [Am] we didn't have much
[C] But the [B] _
[Em] Lord's been good to me
I come from a poor family, _ [Am] we didn't have much
But [C] the _
[B] [Em] Lord's been good to me
I come from a poor family, _ [Am] we didn't have much
But [C] the _
[B] [D] Lord's been [Em] good to me
_ [Am] I didn't have [E] no [Em] money
But [Am] a lot [D] of my friends thought [Em] that was funny
_ [Am] But I'm so [G] glad today [Em] that I can stand right here and say
[Am] That the _
[D] Lord's been [Em] good to me
_ _ We were raised _ [Am] in a shack of y'all
[D] _ [E] Sometimes [Em] cold, but then we put [Am] on our best
[Em] _ Mom and Dad, _ [Am] they done the best they could
_ [Em] They always told me, [A] son always be good
[G] [E] But out of [Em] all the things [Am] that I've done in life
[Bm] I [C] know that the [Bm] Lord's been [E] good to [Em] me
_ _ You've been good to [Am] me, you've [D] been good to [E] me
[Em] You've been good [Am] _ _ [Em] to me, you've been good [A] _ _ [Am] [Em] to me
You've been _ [Am] _ _ [G] good to [C]
[Bm] me, [E] you've been good to me
[D] Sometimes I get [Em] trouble in my head
[A] Sometimes I [G] think about it, [E] I'm [Em] a racist.
_ _ [Am] Sometimes [D] I've [Em] done the wrong thing.
[A] I wasn't obedient, [Am] _ [Em] but I'm still here.
_ [Am] Still got your arms around my [G] face.
[Em] It was your mercy _ [A] that got me [G] here right now.
And I can [C] see that the [B] Lord [D] made it [E] good to [Em] me.
I come from a poor family.
[Am] We sure didn't have no money.
[Bm] [C] But the Lord [D] made [E] it good to [Em] me.
_ _ [Am] I didn't have [D] [E] no [Em] money.
The Lord had [Am] money.
A lot of my [Em] friends thought that was funny.
_ [Am] But I'm so glad to be here.
[Dm] What a good sound from Mississippi, from Canton, Mississippi.
The Canton [G] Spirituals.
And that's a new group on the [Bb] scene right here in our new talent [Em] search [Am] segment.
[Bb] We heard from the Inspirational Darling Ensemble and [G] I'll Overcome.
[F] And then the [G] Canton [Bb] Spirituals and Mississippi Poor [G] Boy.
[Eb] Now maybe you know a talent [G] in your area.
Well, [Bb] feel free.
Send that information to us.
Here at Inspirational Gospel Videos, to the Parade of Stars, Post Office Box 811, Newark, New [Em] Jersey 07101.
We'd be very happy to get [Bb] on it and sort of see if we can get them on our program.
We'll be right back with a great [E] moment in [Am] gospel after these messages.
[G] The [E] Lord hath made good _ _ [Am] _ to [E] me.
You've brought good to [Am] me.
You've done good [G] to [E] me.
You've done good to [Am] me.
You've done [Dm] [G] good to [E] me.
You've done _
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_ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
good to [C] me.
by your picture.
[D] _ [E] You woke me up [Am] early this morning.
[E] _ I got out of my bed [Am] and I began to
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[G] _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] cry.
I [E] got _ out of bed and I began to cry.
[Am] I got out of bed and I began [G] to cry.
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