Chords for The Greenes - "The Church is Going Higher" - 1995

So long, Jesus said.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
I [C] love this [G] song.
Well, the church is going higher than it's been before.
_ Rejoicing, [Em] no desire, we're [A] gonna sing [D] forevermore.
[G] We'll renew [Am] the old way that's on [G] that golden [Em] shore.
[G] And the church is [Em] going higher than [D] it's been [G] before.
_ On the day of Pentecost came a mighty rushing wind.
Well, it filled the house with power.
All [A] men knew their own [D] language.
[G] And God gave them just a taste of what we all [Em] have in store.
[G] Someday we're [Em] going higher [G] than we've been before.
And the church is going higher than it's been before. _
Rejoicing, [Em] no desire, we're [A] gonna sing [D] forevermore.
[G] We'll renew the [Am] old way that's on that golden [Em] shore.
And [G] the church is [Em] going higher than it's been [G] before.
Now God's people have been battered [G] and torn on every hand.
The world sees the church and they [Em] say, hey, [A] this ship is going [G] down.
But I've got some news that the world [Em] can't ignore.
_ [G] Victory's [Em] already ours.
[G] We're flying higher _ [F] than before.
[Ab] And the church is going higher than it's been before.
Rejoicing, [Fm] no desire, we're [Bb] gonna sing [Eb] forevermore.
[Ab] We'll renew [Bbm] the old way that's on [Ab] that golden [Fm] shore.
[Ab] And the church is [Fm] going higher than [Ab] it's been before.
[E] We're [A] going higher than it's been before.
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] Rejoicing, [Gm] no desire, [C] we're gonna sing [F] forevermore.
[Db] We'll [Gb] renew the old way that's on that golden [Ebm] shore.
And [Gb] the church is [Ebm] going higher than it's been [Gb] before. _
[Ebm] [Gb] And the church is going higher than it's been before.
_ Rejoicing, [Ebm] no desire, we're [Ab] gonna sing [Db] forevermore.
_ [Gb] _ _ [Abm] We'll renew the old way that's on that golden [Ebm] shore.
[Gb] And the church is [Ebm] going higher [Gb] than it's been [Eb] before.
_ _ [Gb] And the church is [Ebm] going higher than it's been [Db] before.
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How many folks really [G] believe the church is going higher?
Let me see your hands.
It wasn't too long ago we were asked to come sing at a church in Texas.
We told them we'd love [A] to.
But as soon as [D] we got there, the preacher [G] came out to our bus,
and he said, Greens, make yourself at home this [Em] morning.
Do anything you want to [G] do.
But he said, if [Em] you don't mind,
[G] he said, don't sing anything about the rapture,
[Eb] because we don't believe [Ab] in that around here.
Well, I looked at my brother Tony, and Tony looked at me.
We didn't say one word to [Fm] each other.
We got up [Bb] in the pulpit that Sunday [Eb] morning,
and the very first [Ab] song we sang [Bbm] was,
the church is going [Ab] higher than it's ever been [Fm] before.
Because, [Ab] folks, I'm a believer, whether [Fm] I'm in Ohio, Texas, or [Ab] Hawaii.
I'm going to tell people the [E] truth.
And the truth [A] is that someday Jesus Christ is coming again on a cloud of glory
to [Bb] gather all of his people home.
And if you believe that tonight, put your hands together and lift the roof off this [Gm] place.
Rejoicing, no desire, we're [C] gonna sing _ [F] forevermore.
[Db] _ [Gb] New Orleans, who ain't a song that no [Ebm] man's heard.
And [Gb] the church is going [Ebm] higher than [Gb] it's been [Ebm] before.
[Gb] And the church is going higher than it's been before.
I'm gonna _ [Ebm] sing [Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _ forevermore.
[Abm] And _
_ _ [Ebm] the church is going higher than [Gb] it's been [Eb] before.
_ I'm gonna sing forevermore.
And [Gb] the church is going [Ebm] higher than [Gb] it's been before.
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God _ _ bless you, believers.
I love that