Chords for Canton Spirituals - Struggling and Straining

[F#] _ _ _ _ Oh, [A] sometimes in my life
_ Bird don't get hugged too [Bm] bad
But I don't let it bother me
[A] _
_ I just [E] keep on going anyway
Listen, [A] I've been struggling
[D] _ [A] [D] I've been straining
[A] But I'm on my [D] way home
_ [A] [E] I've [F#m] _ [G#] _
[A] been struggling
[D] _ [A] I've [Bm] been [D] straining
[E] But I'm on my way [A] home
[E] [D] Let me tell y'all something
[Bm] [A] I've had a lot of things
[F#m] To happen [A] to me in life
[Bm] Sometimes [D] life gets hard
[D#] It could taste like a knife
[B] [A] I've been struggling
[Bm] [A] I've [D] been straining _
[A] But I'm on my way [D] home
Is that [A] alright?
_ [Bm] _
[A] I've been struggling
[Bm] _ [A] [Bm] I've been [D] straining
[A] But I'm on my way [D] home
_ [A] [E] Yes, I am
[F#m] _
[E] [A] I've been struggling
God knows [D] I've been straining
[E] But I'm on my way home
_ [F#m] Listen, _
[Bm] [B] I've took a lot [A] of beatings
I've even went without eating
[D] But I've never lost a pound
[D#] Because they never let me down
[A] I've been struggling
I've [D] been straining
[A] But I'm on my way [D] home
[A] One more time Oh, Lord
[Bm] _
[A] I've been struggling
[Bm] _ [A] [D] I've been straining
[A] But I'm on my way [D] home
Somebody out there
[A] been struggling [E] too
[D] You know what?
[G#] [A] I've been struggling
_ [D] I've been straining
[E] But I'm on my way home
[A] [E] Now listen to this
[D]
[Bm] I [A] recorded a lot of songs
[G] Some of them didn't [A] get played
[D] I never received a Grammy
[D#] But I hope somebody will say
[A] I've been struggling
I've [D] been straining
[A] But I'm on my way [D] home Now, [C#m] _ [Bm] yeah _ [A] Struggling, _ _ [D] straining
Guess I had you [A] Struggling, _ _ [D] _ straining
I'd like to take [A] time Struggling, straining
And tell you a few [D] things
That happened to [F#m] me [A] Struggling, straining
Since I [D] decided
To hit you to my choice [A] Struggling, [C#] straining
I've [A] beenlined [D] on Straining
I've been talking [A] Struggling, straining
I've been lined [D] on Straining
I've been talking [A] about Stranging
[G] I've been [A] [D] lonely Straining
Anybody been lonely Stranging
[C#] I've been [D] always Straining
But that's [A] alright Struggling
[G] I've [A] made up my [D] mind Straining
I'm gon' hold [A] on Stranging
I'm gon' hold [D] on Straining
Many times in life
♪ [A] Strugglin', [G] strugglin', [F#m] hard [D] work, but strainin'
♪ Many [A] times in my life, [D] tears [A] all in [D] my eyes ♪ Strugglin'
♪ Won't God make [A] a way
♪ Strugglin', [Bm] strugglin', [C#] I've been [Bm] strugglin' tonight
♪ [D] Won't God make [A] a way
♪ Strugglin', _ _ [D] _ strugglin', [A] I've been strugglin'
♪ Strugglin', strugglin', yes, I have, [D] yes, I have ♪ Strainin'
♪ Listen, [A] I been, I [D] been strainin' _
[A] But I'm on my way [D] home _ [C#m] Crazy
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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