Chords for The Soul Stirrers - Nearer To Thee (Sam Cooke)

[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ The minister was preaching _ [Eb] and the crowd was [Bb] standing near.
[Eb] The congregation [Bb] was [D] singing [Gm] a tune [C] in a voice that was [F] loud and clear.
[A] You [Bb] know the crowd that stood around [Bbm] him, they [Eb] were crying, I could [Bb] plainly see.
For [Eb] the song that they sang [Bb] was [D] [Gm] touching, they [Bb] were singing, [F] nearer my God [Eb] to [Bb] Thee.
Oh, nearer _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] to Thee, they kept on singing, nearer my _ [C] God to Thee.
[F] Oh Lord, they [Bbm] kept on [Bb] singing, nearer, nearer my God to [Eb] Thee.
Oh, nearer, [Bb] nearer to Thee, they [Gm] kept on singing, [C] nearer my [Fm] God, [Bb] nearer my God to [Eb] Thee.
[Bb] Oh yes, they did.
_ Songs _ have a feeling, _ [Eb] has a story, in every [Bb] song that we sing. _
Songs have been known, _ lift heavy burdens, with all [Cm] of our sorrows.
[F] Lord, we ought to be, [Bbm]
and [Bb] if we're Christians, we ought not to be ashamed,
to [Eb] lift our voices in my [Bb] Jesus' name.
We ought to be able [Eb] to [C] sing, [Bbm] nearer, nearer my [Bb] God [Eb] to Thee.
[Bb] Oh, help me, lift our voices and sing, nearer, nearer, nearer to Thee.
[Eb] Yes, nearer, I want to get [Bb] nearer to Thee.
When I get lonely, I can sing, nearer, nearer my [C] God to Thee.
Yes, [F] I can.
[C] I just [Bb] bow down and sing, nearer, _ nearer, oh, _
[Eb] _ nearer, nearer my [Bb] God to Thee.
Oh, [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] nearer, [Bbm] nearer my God [Bb] to Thee.
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