Zen Gospel Singing Chords by Bryan Bowers

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[D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
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_ [F#] _ _ I once [C#] was a _ _ _ Baptist, [F#] _ _ and on each Sunday _ _ morn, _ _ _ _ I'd be in church _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] prayin', as sure as your _ [B] _ _ board.
_ _ We'd sing there like _ _ angels, _ _ _ [F] in that good harmony, _ _ _ _ _ _ but sin and _ [F#] _ salvation _ _ _ aren't no longer for _ me. _ _ _
_ [B] And now I'm a _ _ Buddhist, _ _ I [G#] chant my mantra each _ _ _ day, _ but I miss that hymn _ _ singing, _ _ _ in that good gospel way. _ _ _ _ _
So we'll sing to old Buddha, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ and [D] the wonders of Zen. _ _
_ _ We'll meet [F#] in _ _ _ Nirvana, _ _ _ yes we'll be there then. _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ My old friends [C#] don't like _ me, _
_ [F#] _ since I shave my _ head. _ _
_ And they all talk _ about _ _ [F]
me, _ as if I were dead.
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_ [F#] My good old Zen buddies, _ _ _ _ [G#m] they think I'm okay. _ _ _ _
_ But I [F#] can't get them _ _ singing, _ _ _ more than one note a day. _ _ _ _
And as we sit there cross _ -legged, _ _ _
_ [N] eating brown rice and _ _ tea, _ _ _ we chant our _ _ _ mantras _ _ in four-square harmony. _
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We don't sing of salvation, _
_ _ [F] or _ _ _ _ a heavenly _ _ [N] _ _ _
home.
It's Zen gospel _ _ singing, _ _ _ _ just home, home sweet _ _ _
_ [F#] _ home. _ _
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