Chords for John Legend surprises Baptist Church in West Philly ("How I Got Over")

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John Legend surprises Baptist Church in West Philly ("How I Got Over") chords
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I grew up singing and playing gospel music.
Led a bunch of choirs as a kid, even up through going to college and everything.
I helped pay my way through school by being a director of music at a church.
A lot of the greatest soul singers in American history started in a black church.
It's very obvious when you listen to gospel music and you listen to soul music.
You can [D] see and hear and [G#] feel the connection.
It's [G] no different for me.
[G#] I haven't [G] performed at church in a while.
[A#] I would love to have that [C#] experience again.
I think it would be fun.
One of my favorite albums of all time [G#m] is called Amazing Grace by Aretha Franklin.
One of [F#] the coolest songs on there is a song called How I Got Over.
[G#m] It's just a really good song.
I think we'll get the crowd, get the church moving with that one.
Philadelphia is [Cm] a great city [F#] for me [G#] because I went to school here.
[G#m] I'm excited to be back performing here at the arena but [A] also here at the church this morning.
We [N] have a phenomenal surprise.
I'm getting ready to hand my microphone over to the incomparable, the gifted [A#]
[G] John [E] [F#] Legend.
[B]
[A] [G#]
[C#] [F#] [B] So how I [G#] got over.
[C#m] [F#] How I [B] got over.
[F#m] [B] My [F#] soul looked back and wondered how [C#m] I got [F#] over.
How I got over.
[B] [A]
[F#] My [G#m] soul looked back and wondered how I got [C#] over.
[F#] How I got over.
[B]
[C] [F#] My soul looked back [G#] and wondered [F#] how I got over.
[F#m]
This is true [C#m] as [B] I see [F#m] Jesus.
The [G#m] man who made me free.
[F#m] The man who [G#m] bled and suffered.
[F#] He [F#m] died for you and [E] me.
[F#m] I'm gonna thank him because he brought me.
Gonna [B] thank him because [C#m] he taught [F#m] me.
[B] Gonna thank him because he kept me.
[D#m] Gonna thank him because he [F#] never left me.
I'm gonna sing.
[B] Hallelujah.
[A] Thank [C#m] [F#] him.
[B] [F#] How I got over.
[C#]
[D#] My [F#] [G#m] [F#] soul back in wonder.
How [B] I got over.
[F#]
How I got [C#] over.
[C#m] My [D#m]
[F#] soul back in wonder.
How I [B] got over.
[F#] Gonna wear a diamond gem.
[C#m] In the [B] new [F#] Jerusalem.
Gonna [F#m] walk the streets of [F#] gold.
In a [G#] whole land [C#m] full of soul.
[B] [F#] Gonna view the [G#m] host and wife.
[D#m] Who travel day [G#] and night.
[F#m] Coming up from every nation.
To [C#m] join the great corn [F#m] nation.
[F#] I'm gonna sing.
[F#m] Hallelujah.
Thank him.
Gonna [F#]
[G#] thank him.
For all he's done [B] for me.
[F#] How I got [C#] over.
[E] [D#]
[F#] My soul back in wonder.
How I got over.
How I got [C#] over.
[F#] [A]
[D#] [G#m] My soul [F#] back in wonder.
[B] How I got [F#] over.
My soul [C#] [E]
[D#] [F#] [C#] back in [F#] wonder.
[G#m] My [G#] [F#]
[G#m] soul [F#] back in wonder.
[B] My [A] [F#] soul [B] [A]
back [C#m] in wonder.
[B] [A] My soul [F#m] back in wonder.
My [C#m] [G#m] soul [A] [F#] back in wonder.
How I got over.
I wanna thank him.
[F#m] Thank him lord.
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[F#m] you, [G#]
thank you, [F#] thank you.
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I grew up singing and playing gospel music.
Led a bunch of choirs as a kid, even up through going to college and everything.
I helped pay my way through school by being a director of music at a church.
A lot of the greatest soul singers in American history started in a black church.
It's very obvious when you listen to gospel music and you listen to soul music.
You can [D] see and hear and [G#] feel the connection.
It's [G] no different for me.
[G#] _ I haven't [G] performed at church in a while.
[A#] I would love to have _ that [C#] experience again.
I think it would be fun.
One of my favorite albums of all time [G#m] is called Amazing Grace by Aretha Franklin.
One of [F#] the coolest songs on there is a song called How I Got Over.
[G#m] It's just a really good song.
I think we'll get the crowd, get the church moving with that one.
_ Philadelphia is [Cm] a great city [F#] for me [G#] because I went to school here.
[G#m] I'm excited to be back performing here at the arena but [A] also here at the church this morning.
We [N] have a _ phenomenal surprise.
_ _ I'm getting ready to hand my microphone over _ to the _ incomparable, _ _ the _ _ gifted _ _ [A#] _
_ [G] John [E] [F#] Legend. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ So how I [G#] got over.
[C#m] _ [F#] _ _ How I [B] got over.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] My [F#] soul looked back and wondered how [C#m] I got _ [F#] over.
How I got over. _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] My [G#m] soul looked back and wondered how I got [C#] over.
_ [F#] _ How I got over.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F#] My soul looked back [G#] and wondered [F#] how I got over.
_ [F#m]
This is true [C#m] as [B] I see [F#m] Jesus. _
The [G#m] man who made me free.
[F#m] The man who [G#m] bled and suffered.
[F#] He [F#m] died for you and [E] me.
[F#m] I'm gonna thank him because he brought me.
Gonna [B] thank him because [C#m] he taught [F#m] me.
[B] Gonna thank him because he kept me.
[D#m] Gonna thank him because he [F#] never left me.
I'm gonna sing.
_ _ _ [B] Hallelujah. _ _
[A] Thank _ [C#m] _ [F#] him. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ How I got _ _ over.
_ _ [C#] _
_ [D#] My [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] soul back in wonder.
How [B] I got over.
[F#] _
How I got _ _ [C#] over. _
_ [C#m] My [D#m] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] soul back in wonder.
How I [B] got over.
[F#] _ _ Gonna wear a diamond gem.
[C#m] In the [B] new _ [F#] Jerusalem.
Gonna [F#m] walk the streets of [F#] gold.
In a [G#] whole land [C#m] full of soul.
[B] [F#] Gonna view the [G#m] host and wife.
[D#m] Who travel day [G#] and night.
[F#m] Coming up from every nation.
To [C#m] join the great corn [F#m] nation.
[F#] I'm gonna sing. _ _ _
[F#m] Hallelujah.
_ _ _ _ Thank him.
Gonna [F#]
[G#] thank him.
For all he's done [B] for me. _
[F#] _ _ How I got _ [C#] over.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
[F#] My soul back in wonder.
How I got over.
_ _ How I got [C#] over.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D#] _ [G#m] My soul [F#] back in wonder.
[B] How I got _ _ [F#] over. _ _
My soul [C#] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] back in [F#] wonder.
_ [G#m] My [G#] _ _ [F#] _
[G#m] soul _ [F#] back in wonder. _
[B] My [A] _ [F#] _ _ soul [B] _ [A]
back [C#m] in wonder.
_ [B] _ [A] My soul [F#m] back in wonder.
My [C#m] [G#m] soul _ [A] [F#] back in wonder.
How I got over.
_ _ I wanna thank him.
[F#m] Thank him lord. _ _ _
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