Chords for Thomas A Dorsey: Precious Lord

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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Blues, jazz, the gospel.
_ I want to talk about the gospel songs after going back for a year. _
[Dm] I went out to go to St.
Louis one morning to work in a revival.
I left my wife asleep in [G] bed, got in the car and I went along.
She was going to become [F] a mother and I was _ anticipating a great _ happiness [C] and great joy on my return.
[Dm] _ But I got [Dm] to St.
Louis and about the second night in the [G] meeting, a telegram boy came and [F] brought me a telegram.
I opened it [C] and it read, your wife [G] just died.
Come home.
I [C] couldn't finish the meeting.
Finally I got home to Chicago the next morning and it was so.
I found it all true.
They never moved the body and that chilled me, killed me off.
I [F] wanted to go back to blues.
But after putting my wife away and the baby in the [C] same casket, _
I went to the old choral college [F] in the music room there, Mr.
Fry and I, just browsing over the keys.
And seemingly the words like drops of water, [Dm] crevice of a [Gm] rock above, seemed to drop in [Bb] line.
With me on the piano, precious Lord, [B] take my hand.
_ Lead me on.
Let me stand.
I'm tired, I'm weak, I'm worn.
Through the storm, through the night, lead me on to the light.
[F] Take my hand, precious Lord, and lead me home.
Now God has [Gm] blessed.
I have another family.
[F] I have a wife, a son, a daughter, and a grandson about seven, eight years old.
[C] And the Lord has led me and he will lead you.
And I hope some way, somehow, if you [Gm] don't sing, precious Lord, take my hand,
you will learn to sing it and sing it with a feeling and the forever.
God bless you [F] and keep you. _
Precious [F] Lord, _ _ _ [C] take _ _ _ my [F] _ hand.
_ _ _ _ Lead _ me [Bb] on.
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] Let [Bb] me _ _ stand. _ _ _ _ _
Lord, _ _ _ _ I'm so [F] tired. _ _ _ _ _
[C] Master, _ [A] I'm so [Dm] _
weak.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] Through _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ the _ [C] _ [F] storm, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ through _
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the night, lead _ _ me [Gm] on _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ the _ [B] light.
_ _ _ _ Please _ [G]
take my [F] hand, _ _ _ friend, [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] and lead _ _ _ _ _ _ _ me on [Bb] home.
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_ _ _ _ When my way _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ grows [F] _ drear, _ _ _ _ _ precious [F] Lord, _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ here's what I want you to do for me, to linger right _ near.
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ [B] When my _ _
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years [Dm] are _ _ _ _ _ [G]
over, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ don't you leave me right there, Lord.
This is what I want you to do for me.
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ Take _ my [Bb] _ hand. _ _
Please, sir, please, sir, _ _ _ _ don't you [G] let me fall.
Lord, [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] take _ [Gm] _
_ my [F] hand. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] Precious [C] Lord, _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ lead _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ me, _ lead me on _ [F] home. _ _ _
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