Chords for "Rosetta, Mahalia & Joe"- Cleophus Robinson

_ _ _ Down through the [Dbm] years, [Ab] _
_ _ there were [Abm] four major soloists.
[Ab] _
_ _ _ In the late 30s and the early 40s, _ _ _ _ [Fm] a young lady came out with [Db] a style [Bbm] _ _ _
[Fm] that nobody was ever able to duplicate. _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] She kind of [C] sounds something like [Db] this. _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] Always hear church people say _ they [Eb] are in the [Ab] lonely way.
[Abm] There are strange things _
[F] happening [Ab] every day.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ Every church can be _ when they drive [C] them [Fm] all away.
_ _ [Db] Strange [Abm] things happening every [Ab] _ _ [Dbm] day.
[Eb] Whoa, every day.
Every _ _ _ day.
_ _ [Ab] _ Well, well, well, [Abm] well, strange things.
_ All right.
[C] _
Hold it just [Eb] _ a little later on. _
_ _ In 1945, _ _ _ a young lady made a song that shook the whole world.
She said it something like this.
_ [Abm] _
Move _ [Db] up _ [Eb] a little [Ab] _ _ _ higher.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ Deal [Db] with the [Dbm] whole [Ab] land down here. _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] Move _
[Db] up [Ab] a little _ higher. _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Make my _ [Db] _ _ [Dbm] heart [Ab] tremble. _
_ [Eb] Okay.
Peace and love for you, [Ab] Queen.
Hallelujah.
_ _ [Bb] A little later on, _ [Eb] _
_ 1949, _ _ a young man made a song that sounded like this.
He said, whoa, [Db] search me, Lord.
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Abm] Please search [Eb] me, Lord.
_ [Ab] _
[Eb] Now, now, you've just turned the light [Bb] from heaven [Eb] on my [D] soul.
_ [Eb] _ _
Whoa, I'm a man that shouldn't [C] be.
[Db] _ Take it out on a stranger than me.
[Fm] I want to be right.
I [Bb] want to be saved, [Ab] Lord.
I've got to be. _ _ _ _
They all [Eb] gone and left me now.
_ _ They left me all alone.
_ But this is what I want them to do for me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Mahalia, tell _ [Abm] him. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ebm] You [Ab] tell him _ _ [Ab] _
[B] I _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] belong. I _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] belong.
I [Ebm] _ belong.
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ Lord, [Ab] _ [Db]
let [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] your faith _ [Cm] _ tell [Ebm] him I'll [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] be home _ _ [Abm] one _ day.
_ Oh, _ y'all _ tell him. _ _
Oh, y'all _ _ _ tell him _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
he will be home. _ _ _
[Abm] _ Lord, _ I _ [Ab] _
belong [Db] _ _ _ one [Abm] _
day.
_ _ _ Tell him [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] I _
[Eb] _ [Abm] _ belong [Db] _ _ [Abm] _
[Ab] one day. _ _ _ _
Oh, [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] tell my mother.
_ _ _ _ [Abm] You [Db] _ _
[Abm] _ tell my [Gb] [Ab] mother. _ _
[Gb] _ _ I _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ belong.
_ [Ab] _ _ Home, home, _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] home.
_ [N] _ _