The Praying Slave Lady Chords by Shirley Caesar

[G] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [C] It's a song _
_ [Cm] of _ _ life, _ _ _ of a [G] lady _ Tell her my bitch, will you please stand [Cm] by me?
Oh yeah, I'll win Oh _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ yeah, [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ oh yeah, _
_ _ _ [G] easy
_ Oh yeah, _ wait _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ for me Heartbreak Julia, just like a [Fm] _ ship
We are on a stormy sea, _ ooh yeah, hallelujah
_ _ [Cm] _ Oh yeah, I _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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[Cm] need you, Lord stand by [Fm] me [C] Let me tell you something now
[Cm] There was an old [Cm] lady That _ [C] lived way on the [Cm] Plaintiff's Rock
_ Every [C] night, _ _ [Cm] _ [C] _ with love, she'd go to church [Cm] _ And go with [C] God's hand to Jesus
[Cm] Old slave [C] master, you know _
[Cm] _ There was not a God-fearing man
In fact, he was angry _ He didn't want every [C] slave to call on Jesus
[Cm] But there was something way down in the heart of this mother
That just wouldn't let up, master But one day, he came and told that old mother
Said, the next time I hear him tell him you're gay
I'm gonna put fifteen lashes on him
Can somebody say Jesus?
We say Jesus _
Jesus
_ _ _ [F] Listen, what _ _ _ _ do you say? _ _
_ She got up and got dressed in a [Bb] few [B] clothes [Cm] Like she was going to work
But made her way [F] down
_ [Cm] _ Listen, late that evening Mother Mary didn't show up
_ _ _ _ Mother Mary had [C] shown up
The slave master looked [Cm] around And said, has anybody seen
That old saint divine Mother Mary?
_ Good God Almighty
Later on, he came in With a holy ghost
The _ master had his whip in his hand
Said, Mary, where you been?
Mary [C] stepped back
There's nothing of [Cm] God was gonna _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The [F] _ _
Lord is on Let him strike _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] [B] Look [Cm] upon us, you're out of heaven
When I'm going
_ She told the Lord
Gotta get [G] on in fever
_ But here I am
Will you [Cm] stand by me?
_ Hallelujah [C] Oh yeah Oh yeah
[Cm] _ _ _
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Hallelujah Oh yeah _ _ [G] Oh yeah Oh _ _ _ yeah
_ [C] Oh yeah Oh yeah
When this [Cm] life _ _ becomes a [C] bar [Cm] Oh oh _
[F] Carry me over
Carry _ me over
My [D] chimney child Oh yeah
[C] _
Mary's baby
_ She's a weak and humble lad
My hellhound chaser
My mountain mover
My [Cm] devil child
_ My wounded [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Cm] heart
I won't go away _
You know it's [G] all about _ me
Can you [F] tell the Lord
[G] Why don't you stand by
_ _ _ Stand by [Cm] me [Fm] Oh yeah
[Cm] Hallelujah _
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