Chords for CeCe Winans and Terrence Blanchard – “Blessed Assurance” Cicely Tyson Kennedy Center Honors

Two years ago when Miss Tyson starred on Broadway in the play The Trip to Bountiful
Something amazing happened at every performance soon after the curtain rose for the start of the second act Miss Tyson would sing the hymn Blessed _ _ Assurance _
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were so [Bm] moved so overwhelmed
We joined in
The song itself has [B] personal meaning for Miss Tyson in the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem
[Bm] There is a pew and on that pew is a plaque which she dedicated _ to mother Blessed Assurance
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[D] _ _ _ [Eb] power of music is [C] also a passion for Miss Tyson
[Eb] It's when she [B] shared with her one-time husband legendary trumpeter Miles [Eb] Davis
[B] _ Even though they went their separate ways [Bm] and Miles has passed on
Miss [F] Tyson continues to [B] commemorate his birthday with [Abm] a very [Ab] special tradition
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Every year she goes to a jazz club
[B] Where she no [C] doubt hears the rendition of the standard that Miles [Abm] made his own
My Funny Valentine
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Now to celebrate [N] your Kennedy Center honor, please welcome
Cece Winans, Terrence Blanchard and
the Cicely Tyson Community School of [G] [A] Performing and [B] Fine [Cm] Arts Choir
performing Blessed [C] Assurance
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Assurance
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_ Jesus [Db] [Bb] is _ [Eb] mine
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_ [Gb] Oh what [Gm] a holy _ [Gb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _
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salvation
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_ _ Purchase [Bb] of _ [Gb] God
[Gm] Oh yeah _ of [Eb] his _ spirit
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Washed [Fm] _ in [Bb] his _
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_ [F] This is [Bb] my _ story
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song
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_ [D] _ Sing [Gm] my song
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This _ _ [Bb] is my [D] song
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Praise be [Cm] my _ _ Savior
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Oh [F] _ my [Bb] God
Thank _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _
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you Jesus
Your [C] _ _ _ [F] name
All [Bb] the days of
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_ _ [Cm] Praise be my Savior
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Yo-Yo Ma
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