Chords for Troy Ramey - You Can't Turn Me Around
Tempo:
122 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Em
F#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D]
[Em] [D]
I [G] [D] [G]
[D] don't [G] care if you [D] cry,
[G] cause [D] I'm ready [Em] for [D] [G]
[D] [G]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] a
[G] [D] higher ground, [G]
[D] higher ground.
When [G] I, I've done [D] all I can [G] do, [D] just don't need [G] my own, nothing's [D] gonna come true.
[G] I've [D] put my [G] life, in the [F#m] saving hands, [G] oh yes I did.
[D] And I know, [G] I'm [D] the best [Em] I can [D] be, and I know you
[Em] can't turn [D] me around.
[Em] [D] Cause I'm ready
[Em] for a higher ground, [G]
higher ground.
And I know, [D]
you [Em] can't turn [D] me around.
[G] Cause [D] I'm
[F#m] ready [G] for a higher ground, higher ground.
I've [D] been chained there, [G] and I've been [D] tried, [G] even [D] by my friends, [G] my friends.
[D] I've been criticized, [G] [B] but I'm still down on my [G] knees, and I began to [F#m] pray.
[G] Cause I've got [D] to be [G] ready, for that [D] judgment day.
[G] And I know [Bm] you [Em] can't turn [D] me around.
[G] Cause [D] I'm ready [Em] for a
[G] higher ground, and I [Bm] know you [Em] can't turn me [D]
around.
[Em] [G] Cause [D] I'm ready [G] for [D] [G]
a higher ground.
Cause [D] when I, [G] walk down, and [D] I've had my [G] time.
Jesus [D] Christ, came to [G] my life, and [D] saved me, he's [G] on my mind.
And the [D] cross, [G] is done, and that's [F#m] just too much to [Em] bear.
[G] [D] And [G] [D] [G]
[D] I [G] [Bm] know, you [G] can't turn [D] me around.
[Em] [G] Cause [D] I'm ready
[Em] for a [G]
higher ground, [D]
[G] higher [D] ground.
[D]
[G] And I know, you can't turn me
[D]
[Em] around.
Cause
[G] I'm ready, for a higher ground.
That [D]
[G]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D]
night [Em]
[D] I got, seven children on the stage at one time.
It make me feel good.
See how you're the witness?
Seven children
[G] singing the gospel.
And all the time I didn't know
they were watching me.
[D] Ain't none of them on dope.
Ain't nobody on drugs.
No kind of drug.
[E] I know y'all have raised your families
and seen them do well.
Don't it make you feel good to see them do well?
God is a good [D] God.
Those of [D] you that know
the words of prayer, I want you
to know how to get a prayer through.
I want [D#] y'all to pray
for one of our members,
[D] Brother [G] John Carter, who's been with us so long.
He's real sick now.
But I know
prayer can change [F#m] things.
I want to let [Em] you know
whatever you're going [D] through,
put God [G] first.
[B] And if you put God first,
He'll make it all [D] right.
How many of y'all
are going to be a witness to that tonight?
You [Bm] know, I was thinking
[D] in [G] the last three years
there have been so many
gospel singers that went on the globe.
Can I get a witness?
Willie [E] Banks
of the Messengers.
[D] Then there's [Em] God of the Supreme [D] Angel.
B.T. Thomas [B] of Dixie [D]-Hummingbird.
Charlie Monwell
of the Swanee-Quintet.
Rufus Thomas of the Swanee-Quintet.
Brother [G] Gus
of the Swanee [E]-Quintet.
And [A] I can go on and go on.
Brother Bobo of the Dixie-Hummingbird.
[Dm] Jimmy [D] Walker.
Motty Cloud of John.
Junior Franklin.
Quit.
[Dm] Leon.
Junior Franklin.
Quit.
Leon.
Johnny [D] Martin.
And many others have gone on.
But I'm trying to tell
everybody that our [G] time
ain't [A] long in the house now.
[D] Can I get a witness?
It ain't time to
play [B] no more.
It's time
to get right [D] with God.
Those of you that don't know it,
it's time to get to know
Him.
It's time to
tell somebody that
God is good.
Not some time, but [Bm] all the time.
[D]
Can I get a witness?
All week long
I [Dm] was wondering
was I going to be able to walk tonight.
Did y'all hear what I [D] said?
Ain't been able to walk all week long.
But now look at me tonight.
I'm able to walk.
[G] Ain't God a good [A#] God?
Oh, I'm going to start giving
a witness [Dm] here tonight.
Somebody here tonight
that knows God's been good.
If you don't want to [D] hear that,
[Gm] just wave your [Dm] hand.
You know there's a way back home. Tell somebody
to heal a hand for the night.
Heal a hand for the night.
Ask somebody
[D] because along
[Em] [D]
I [G] [D] [G]
[D] don't [G] care if you [D] cry,
[G] cause [D] I'm ready [Em] for [D] [G]
[D] [G]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] a
[G] [D] higher ground, [G]
[D] higher ground.
When [G] I, I've done [D] all I can [G] do, [D] just don't need [G] my own, nothing's [D] gonna come true.
[G] I've [D] put my [G] life, in the [F#m] saving hands, [G] oh yes I did.
[D] And I know, [G] I'm [D] the best [Em] I can [D] be, and I know you
[Em] can't turn [D] me around.
[Em] [D] Cause I'm ready
[Em] for a higher ground, [G]
higher ground.
And I know, [D]
you [Em] can't turn [D] me around.
[G] Cause [D] I'm
[F#m] ready [G] for a higher ground, higher ground.
I've [D] been chained there, [G] and I've been [D] tried, [G] even [D] by my friends, [G] my friends.
[D] I've been criticized, [G] [B] but I'm still down on my [G] knees, and I began to [F#m] pray.
[G] Cause I've got [D] to be [G] ready, for that [D] judgment day.
[G] And I know [Bm] you [Em] can't turn [D] me around.
[G] Cause [D] I'm ready [Em] for a
[G] higher ground, and I [Bm] know you [Em] can't turn me [D]
around.
[Em] [G] Cause [D] I'm ready [G] for [D] [G]
a higher ground.
Cause [D] when I, [G] walk down, and [D] I've had my [G] time.
Jesus [D] Christ, came to [G] my life, and [D] saved me, he's [G] on my mind.
And the [D] cross, [G] is done, and that's [F#m] just too much to [Em] bear.
[G] [D] And [G] [D] [G]
[D] I [G] [Bm] know, you [G] can't turn [D] me around.
[Em] [G] Cause [D] I'm ready
[Em] for a [G]
higher ground, [D]
[G] higher [D] ground.
[D]
[G] And I know, you can't turn me
[D]
[Em] around.
Cause
[G] I'm ready, for a higher ground.
That [D]
[G]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D]
night [Em]
[D] I got, seven children on the stage at one time.
It make me feel good.
See how you're the witness?
Seven children
[G] singing the gospel.
And all the time I didn't know
they were watching me.
[D] Ain't none of them on dope.
Ain't nobody on drugs.
No kind of drug.
[E] I know y'all have raised your families
and seen them do well.
Don't it make you feel good to see them do well?
God is a good [D] God.
Those of [D] you that know
the words of prayer, I want you
to know how to get a prayer through.
I want [D#] y'all to pray
for one of our members,
[D] Brother [G] John Carter, who's been with us so long.
He's real sick now.
But I know
prayer can change [F#m] things.
I want to let [Em] you know
whatever you're going [D] through,
put God [G] first.
[B] And if you put God first,
He'll make it all [D] right.
How many of y'all
are going to be a witness to that tonight?
You [Bm] know, I was thinking
[D] in [G] the last three years
there have been so many
gospel singers that went on the globe.
Can I get a witness?
Willie [E] Banks
of the Messengers.
[D] Then there's [Em] God of the Supreme [D] Angel.
B.T. Thomas [B] of Dixie [D]-Hummingbird.
Charlie Monwell
of the Swanee-Quintet.
Rufus Thomas of the Swanee-Quintet.
Brother [G] Gus
of the Swanee [E]-Quintet.
And [A] I can go on and go on.
Brother Bobo of the Dixie-Hummingbird.
[Dm] Jimmy [D] Walker.
Motty Cloud of John.
Junior Franklin.
Quit.
[Dm] Leon.
Junior Franklin.
Quit.
Leon.
Johnny [D] Martin.
And many others have gone on.
But I'm trying to tell
everybody that our [G] time
ain't [A] long in the house now.
[D] Can I get a witness?
It ain't time to
play [B] no more.
It's time
to get right [D] with God.
Those of you that don't know it,
it's time to get to know
Him.
It's time to
tell somebody that
God is good.
Not some time, but [Bm] all the time.
[D]
Can I get a witness?
All week long
I [Dm] was wondering
was I going to be able to walk tonight.
Did y'all hear what I [D] said?
Ain't been able to walk all week long.
But now look at me tonight.
I'm able to walk.
[G] Ain't God a good [A#] God?
Oh, I'm going to start giving
a witness [Dm] here tonight.
Somebody here tonight
that knows God's been good.
If you don't want to [D] hear that,
[Gm] just wave your [Dm] hand.
You know there's a way back home. Tell somebody
to heal a hand for the night.
Heal a hand for the night.
Ask somebody
[D] because along
Key:
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G
Em
F#m
Bm
D
G
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ don't [G] care if you _ [D] cry, _
[G] _ _ _ cause [D] I'm ready _ [Em] for _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] a _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] higher ground, [G] _
[D] higher ground. _ _ _ _
When [G] I, _ _ I've done [D] all I can _ [G] do, _ _ [D] just don't need [G] my own, _ nothing's [D] gonna come true.
[G] _ _ _ I've [D] put my _ [G] _ _ life, in the [F#m] saving hands, [G] oh yes I did.
[D] And I _ know, [G] _ I'm [D] the best [Em] I can [D] _ be, and I know you _
_ [Em] _ can't turn [D] me _ around.
[Em] _ _ _ [D] Cause I'm ready _
_ [Em] _ for a higher ground, [G] _
higher ground.
And I know, [D] _
you [Em] can't turn _ [D] me around.
_ [G] _ _ _ Cause [D] I'm _
[F#m] ready [G] for a higher ground, higher ground.
I've [D] been chained there, _ [G] _ _ and I've been [D] tried, _ [G] _ _ _ even [D] by my friends, [G] my friends.
_ _ [D] I've been criticized, _ _ [G] _ _ [B] but I'm still down on my [G] _ knees, and I began to [F#m] pray.
[G] _ _ Cause I've got [D] to be [G] ready, _ for that [D] judgment day.
_ _ [G] And I know [Bm] you _ [Em] can't turn _ [D] me around.
_ [G] _ _ _ Cause [D] I'm ready [Em] _ for a _ _ _
[G] _ higher ground, and I [Bm] know you _ [Em] can't turn me [D] _
around.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ Cause [D] I'm ready [G] _ for _ [D] _ _ [G]
a higher ground.
Cause [D] when I, _ [G] walk down, and [D] I've had my _ [G] _ time.
Jesus [D] Christ, came to [G] my life, and [D] saved me, he's [G] on my mind.
And the [D] cross, _ [G] is done, _ and that's [F#m] just too much to [Em] bear.
[G] _ _ [D] _ And _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[D] I [G] _ _ [Bm] know, you _ [G] can't turn _ [D] me around. _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] Cause [D] I'm ready _
_ [Em] for a _ _ _ [G]
higher _ _ ground, [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ higher [D] ground. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ And I know, you can't turn me _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] around.
_ _ _ _ Cause _
[G] _ I'm ready, for a higher _ _ _ _ _ _ ground. _ _
_ _ That [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
night _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] I got, _ _ seven children on the stage at one time.
It make me feel good. _
_ See how you're the witness? _ _ _
Seven children
_ [G] _ _ singing the gospel.
_ _ And all the time I didn't know
they were watching me.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Ain't none of them on dope.
_ _ _ Ain't nobody on drugs.
No kind of drug.
_ _ [E] I know y'all have raised your families
and seen them do well.
Don't it make you feel good to see them do well?
_ _ _ God is a good [D] God.
_ Those of [D] you that know
the words of prayer, I want you
to know how to get a prayer through.
_ I want [D#] y'all to pray
for one of our members,
[D] _ Brother [G] John Carter, who's been with us so long.
He's real sick now. _
But I know
prayer can change [F#m] things. _
_ I want to let [Em] you know
whatever you're going [D] through,
put God [G] first.
_ [B] And if you put God first,
He'll make it all [D] right.
How many of y'all
are going to be a witness to that tonight?
_ You [Bm] know, I was thinking
[D] _ _ _ in [G] the last three years _
there have been so many
gospel singers that went on the globe.
Can I get a witness?
_ Willie [E] Banks
of the Messengers.
_ [D] Then there's [Em] God of the Supreme [D] Angel.
B.T. Thomas [B] of Dixie [D]-Hummingbird.
Charlie Monwell
of the Swanee-Quintet.
Rufus Thomas of the Swanee-Quintet.
Brother [G] Gus
of the Swanee [E]-Quintet.
And [A] I can go on and go on.
Brother Bobo of the Dixie-Hummingbird.
_ [Dm] Jimmy [D] Walker.
Motty Cloud of John.
_ _ Junior Franklin. _
Quit.
[Dm] _ _ Leon.
Junior Franklin.
_ Quit.
_ _ _ Leon.
Johnny [D] Martin.
And many others have gone on.
But I'm trying to tell
everybody _ that our [G] time
ain't [A] long in the house now.
[D] Can I get a witness?
It ain't time to
play [B] no more.
It's time
to get right [D] with God.
Those of you that don't know it,
it's time to get to know
Him.
It's time to
tell somebody that
God is good.
Not some time, but [Bm] all the time.
[D]
Can I get a witness?
All week long
I [Dm] was wondering
was I going to be able to walk tonight.
Did y'all hear what I [D] said?
Ain't been able to walk all week long.
But now look at me tonight.
I'm able to walk.
[G] Ain't God a good [A#] God?
Oh, I'm going to start giving
a witness [Dm] here tonight.
_ Somebody here tonight
that knows God's been good.
If you don't want to [D] hear that, _
[Gm] just wave your [Dm] hand.
You know there's a way back home. Tell somebody
to heal a hand for the night.
_ Heal a hand for the night. _ _
Ask somebody
[D] because along _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ don't [G] care if you _ [D] cry, _
[G] _ _ _ cause [D] I'm ready _ [Em] for _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] a _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] higher ground, [G] _
[D] higher ground. _ _ _ _
When [G] I, _ _ I've done [D] all I can _ [G] do, _ _ [D] just don't need [G] my own, _ nothing's [D] gonna come true.
[G] _ _ _ I've [D] put my _ [G] _ _ life, in the [F#m] saving hands, [G] oh yes I did.
[D] And I _ know, [G] _ I'm [D] the best [Em] I can [D] _ be, and I know you _
_ [Em] _ can't turn [D] me _ around.
[Em] _ _ _ [D] Cause I'm ready _
_ [Em] _ for a higher ground, [G] _
higher ground.
And I know, [D] _
you [Em] can't turn _ [D] me around.
_ [G] _ _ _ Cause [D] I'm _
[F#m] ready [G] for a higher ground, higher ground.
I've [D] been chained there, _ [G] _ _ and I've been [D] tried, _ [G] _ _ _ even [D] by my friends, [G] my friends.
_ _ [D] I've been criticized, _ _ [G] _ _ [B] but I'm still down on my [G] _ knees, and I began to [F#m] pray.
[G] _ _ Cause I've got [D] to be [G] ready, _ for that [D] judgment day.
_ _ [G] And I know [Bm] you _ [Em] can't turn _ [D] me around.
_ [G] _ _ _ Cause [D] I'm ready [Em] _ for a _ _ _
[G] _ higher ground, and I [Bm] know you _ [Em] can't turn me [D] _
around.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ Cause [D] I'm ready [G] _ for _ [D] _ _ [G]
a higher ground.
Cause [D] when I, _ [G] walk down, and [D] I've had my _ [G] _ time.
Jesus [D] Christ, came to [G] my life, and [D] saved me, he's [G] on my mind.
And the [D] cross, _ [G] is done, _ and that's [F#m] just too much to [Em] bear.
[G] _ _ [D] _ And _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[D] I [G] _ _ [Bm] know, you _ [G] can't turn _ [D] me around. _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] Cause [D] I'm ready _
_ [Em] for a _ _ _ [G]
higher _ _ ground, [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ higher [D] ground. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ And I know, you can't turn me _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] around.
_ _ _ _ Cause _
[G] _ I'm ready, for a higher _ _ _ _ _ _ ground. _ _
_ _ That [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
night _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] I got, _ _ seven children on the stage at one time.
It make me feel good. _
_ See how you're the witness? _ _ _
Seven children
_ [G] _ _ singing the gospel.
_ _ And all the time I didn't know
they were watching me.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Ain't none of them on dope.
_ _ _ Ain't nobody on drugs.
No kind of drug.
_ _ [E] I know y'all have raised your families
and seen them do well.
Don't it make you feel good to see them do well?
_ _ _ God is a good [D] God.
_ Those of [D] you that know
the words of prayer, I want you
to know how to get a prayer through.
_ I want [D#] y'all to pray
for one of our members,
[D] _ Brother [G] John Carter, who's been with us so long.
He's real sick now. _
But I know
prayer can change [F#m] things. _
_ I want to let [Em] you know
whatever you're going [D] through,
put God [G] first.
_ [B] And if you put God first,
He'll make it all [D] right.
How many of y'all
are going to be a witness to that tonight?
_ You [Bm] know, I was thinking
[D] _ _ _ in [G] the last three years _
there have been so many
gospel singers that went on the globe.
Can I get a witness?
_ Willie [E] Banks
of the Messengers.
_ [D] Then there's [Em] God of the Supreme [D] Angel.
B.T. Thomas [B] of Dixie [D]-Hummingbird.
Charlie Monwell
of the Swanee-Quintet.
Rufus Thomas of the Swanee-Quintet.
Brother [G] Gus
of the Swanee [E]-Quintet.
And [A] I can go on and go on.
Brother Bobo of the Dixie-Hummingbird.
_ [Dm] Jimmy [D] Walker.
Motty Cloud of John.
_ _ Junior Franklin. _
Quit.
[Dm] _ _ Leon.
Junior Franklin.
_ Quit.
_ _ _ Leon.
Johnny [D] Martin.
And many others have gone on.
But I'm trying to tell
everybody _ that our [G] time
ain't [A] long in the house now.
[D] Can I get a witness?
It ain't time to
play [B] no more.
It's time
to get right [D] with God.
Those of you that don't know it,
it's time to get to know
Him.
It's time to
tell somebody that
God is good.
Not some time, but [Bm] all the time.
[D]
Can I get a witness?
All week long
I [Dm] was wondering
was I going to be able to walk tonight.
Did y'all hear what I [D] said?
Ain't been able to walk all week long.
But now look at me tonight.
I'm able to walk.
[G] Ain't God a good [A#] God?
Oh, I'm going to start giving
a witness [Dm] here tonight.
_ Somebody here tonight
that knows God's been good.
If you don't want to [D] hear that, _
[Gm] just wave your [Dm] hand.
You know there's a way back home. Tell somebody
to heal a hand for the night.
_ Heal a hand for the night. _ _
Ask somebody
[D] because along _