Chords for What A Time

_ _ Praise the Lord, [Bb] Saint. _ _
_ [Db] _ _ We're living [Eb] in a world now that _
[Bb] _ every now and then makes you want to take wings and get on out of here.
_ _ _ _ Sometimes I want to go to a place where
it ain't no welfare line, _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] no doctors, no [Bb] hospital, _
no [Bbm] police,
_ [Bb] and no crime. _ _
[Bbm] _ And to be honest with you,
[Bb] _ _
I got more friends on the other side than I got left here. _ _ _
But they can't crown him till I get there.
_ Reach over and touch [Bbm] somebody and tell them they can't crown him till [Bb] I get there. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ When [Bbm] all _ [Bb]
God's children get _ _ _ together,
_ [Bbm] _ what [Cm] a time, _ [Eb] what a time, _ [Bb] what a time. _
_ [F] Oh, [Bb] we're gonna sing out of pain,
_ of the rich,
[Am] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
of the poor,
[Bb] of the blind, _
[C] when _ _ _ _ [Eb] all [Bbm] _
God's [Bbm] children get [Eb] _ _ [Bb]
together,
_ _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] what a time, _ what a time, what a time.
We're _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] gonna sing out of pain,
_ of the rich,
_ of _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] the poor,
_ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] all [Eb] singing _ [Bb] down here,
we'll be over, _ [Bbm] _
yes, and [Fm] we'll,
[Eb] what a time, [Bbm] _
what a [F] time, _ [Bb] what a time. _
_ [Fm] _ _ We're [Bb] gonna sing [C] out of [Bbm] pain,
_ _ sit down, _ _ _ sit down,
all _ trouble _ will be over. _ _ _
_ _ Nothing but joy, _ joy, _ _ joy, _ _ joy, _ _ joy, _ _ joy, [Bb] _ _ joy, [Bbm] _ _
[Bb] joy, joy, joy,
[Db] like a river, [Bb] _ I got a story, [F] I got to tell,
[Bbm] _ sit down, _ sit [Bb] down,
by [F] the banks, by the banks,
of the _ river,
[D] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[C] of the [F] river,
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ of [F] preaching, _ _
whispering,
we'll _ be [Fm] _ over,
_ [Bbm] _ _ what a [Eb] time, _ what a time, [Bb] what a time. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] We're gonna [Bbm] sit down, _ sit down,
I got any witnesses here,
[C] _ [F] sit down, sit down, _
_ [Bbm] shout, _ [F] trouble over,
[Bbm] _
shout, _ _ [Bbm] trouble over, _ _
sit down, sit down,
[Bb] by the banks,
_ of the _ _ _ river,
_ _ _ what a [Gm] time, _ [C] what a [F] time, _ [Bb] what a time.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ [Bb] By the banks, _ _
[Ab] you [Bb] heard about the banks,
[F] _ _ anybody heard about the banks of the river?
[Bb] We're gonna sit down.