Chords for Twelve Gates To The City

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Twelve Gates To The City chords
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Both the [G] pastor [F] and also from that church.
[N] Interesting, you know, you used to not be able to play music in some churches.
Fiddles the devil's box, for gosh sake.
[A] [E]
[A]
[Am] [E]
[Bm] [A]
[G]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[Eb] [A] [E] [Am]
[E]
[B] [Am]
[A]
[D] [E] [Am]
[B] [G] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [Ab] [A]
[Bm] [Am] [A]
[E] [Ab] [A] [E] [A]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[B] [Am] [E]
[A] Whoa, what a beautiful [E] city.
Whoa, [Am] what a beautiful [D]
[A] city.
Whoa, what a beautiful city.
[D] [Am] We'll get to [E] the city.
[A]
I [B] sit and walk.
[A] We'll [D] get to the city.
I [A] sit and walk.
Whoa what a beautiful city.
[E] Whoa [Am] what a beautiful [A] city.
[G] [A] Beautiful city [D] we'll get [E] to the [A] city.
[B] [Am] [E]
[A] There's three gates to the east, three gates to the west, three gates in the northwest,
[Am] three gates to [G] the [A] south.
[D] Where can [E] you see the island?
[B] [Ab] [A]
It's in the middle [D] [A] of the [E] city.
Whoa!
[A] [Am] In the [A] middle of the city.
[D] Where can [E] you see the island?
[B] [A] [E]
[A]
[E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [Abm]
[A] [E] [Am] [C]
[A] [Dm] [Am]
[C] [Em] [A] [E]
[A] [B]
[E] [Am]
[A]
[D] [E]
[Am] [A] [E]
[A] When I get up to heaven, I'm sure to sing and shout.
There [E] ain't no saint [D] or angel
[A] trying to keep me [Am] out.
There's twelve [E] gates to the island.
[Eb] [A] [Em]
[A] It's in the [D] [Ab] [Am] middle of the city.
[E] [Am] Whoa!
In the middle of the [A] city.
There's
[D] twelve [Eb] gates [E] to the city.
[B] [A] Now [Em]
[A] [E] [Am] [Em] [A]
[Ab] [E]
[Am] [G] [A]
[C] [A]
[D] [E] [Am]
[C] [Em] [A] if you see my daughter and mother, would you say a favor to me?
[E] See my [A] daughter and mother down in the arm of [E] God.
[A] [E] There's [A] twelve [D] gates [A] to the island.
[C]
[E] I [A] said, oh, look in the middle [E] of the city.
Whoa!
[Gb] In the middle [A] of the city.
[D] Look in the middle of the city.
[E] Where can you see the [D]
[A] [E] island?
There [A]
[E]
[A] ain't no saint [F] [E]
[A] or angel [E]
[A] trying to keep me [D] out.
[E] [Am]
There's twelve [Bm] gates [A] to the island.
Whoa!
In the middle of the city.
[E]
In the middle of the [Am] city.
[A] Whoa!
In the middle of the [D] city.
There's twelve gates [E] to the island.
There's [A] twelve gates to the island.
[E] [A] There's three [E] gates [A] to the [D] east.
[A] Three [E] gates [A] to the west.
[E] Three [A] gates in the north land.
Three gates down south.
[D] Twelve gates [E] in the crown of my head.
[B]
[A] I [E] [A] said, oh, look [D] in the [Em] middle of the city.
[E] Whoa!
In [Am] the middle of the city.
[A] In the middle of the [D] city.
There's twelve gates [E] to the city.
[D] I [A] said, oh, look in the [Em] middle [E] [A]
of the city.
[E] Whoa!
There's twelve [A] gates to the city.
[E] [Am] [D] There's twelve [E] gates to the [Em] city.
[Abm] Ha-haw-lee-hoo
[A]
[Abm] Ha [Am]-haw-lee [A] [Eb]-hoo
[A] Ha-haw-lee [B]-hoo
[A] [E]
[A]
[N]
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_ Both the [G] _ pastor [F] and also from that church.
[N] _ _ _ _ Interesting, _ _ you know, you used to not be able to play music in some churches.
_ Fiddles the devil's box, for gosh sake.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [B] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [B] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ Whoa, what a beautiful [E] city.
_ Whoa, [Am] what a beautiful [D]
[A] city.
Whoa, _ what a beautiful city.
[D] _ [Am] We'll get to [E] the city.
[A]
I [B] sit and walk.
[A] We'll [D] get to the city.
I [A] sit and _ walk.
Whoa what a beautiful city.
[E] _ Whoa [Am] what a beautiful [A] city.
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] Beautiful city [D] _ we'll get [E] to the [A] city.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
[A] There's three gates to the east, _ three gates to the west, _ three gates in the northwest, _
_ [Am] three gates to [G] the [A] south.
_ [D] Where can [E] you see the island?
[B] _ _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _
It's in the middle [D] [A] of the _ [E] city.
_ Whoa!
_ [A] _ [Am] In the _ [A] middle of _ the city.
[D] _ Where can [E] you see the island?
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Abm] _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] When I get up to heaven, _ I'm sure to sing and shout. _ _
There [E] ain't no saint [D] or angel _
[A] _ trying to keep me [Am] out.
There's twelve [E] gates to the island.
[Eb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
[A] It's in the [D] _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ middle of the city.
[E] _ [Am] Whoa!
In the middle of the [A] city.
_ _ There's _ _ _
[D] twelve [Eb] gates [E] to the city. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A] Now _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ if you see my daughter and mother, _ would you say a favor to me? _ _ _
[E] See my [A] daughter and mother down in the arm of [E] God.
_ [A] _ _ [E] There's [A] twelve [D] gates [A] to the island.
_ [C] _
_ _ [E] _ _ I [A] said, oh, look in the middle [E] of the city.
Whoa!
_ [Gb] _ In the middle [A] of the city. _
_ _ [D] Look in the middle of the city.
[E] Where can you see the _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] island?
There [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] ain't no saint [F] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] or angel _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ trying to keep me [D] out.
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
There's twelve _ [Bm] gates [A] to the island.
Whoa! _
_ In the middle of the city.
[E] _ _ _
In the middle of the [Am] city.
[A] Whoa! _
In the middle of the [D] city.
There's twelve gates [E] to the _ island.
There's [A] twelve gates to the island. _ _
_ _ [E] _ [A] There's three [E] gates [A] to the [D] east.
_ [A] Three [E] gates [A] to the west.
_ _ [E] Three [A] gates in the north land.
_ Three gates down south.
_ _ _ [D] Twelve gates [E] in the crown of my head.
[B] _ _ _
[A] I [E] _ [A] said, oh, look [D] in the [Em] middle of the city.
[E] Whoa! _
In [Am] the middle of the city.
[A] In _ _ the middle of the [D] city.
There's twelve gates [E] to the city.
[D] I [A] _ said, oh, look in the [Em] middle [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
of the city.
[E] _ Whoa!
There's twelve [A] gates to the city. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Am] _ [D] There's twelve [E] gates to the [Em] city.
[Abm] Ha-haw-lee-hoo
_ [A] _
[Abm] Ha [Am]-haw-lee [A] _ [Eb]-hoo
[A] Ha-haw-lee [B]-hoo _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _

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