Karen Clark Sheard - Higher Ground Chords

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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh yeah, yeah, _ _ _ [Ab] yeah.
[Bbm] Oh, _ [Fm] _ _
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[Fm] I'm [Bbm] moving _ _ _
[Ab] higher [Eb] ground. _ _
[Bb] _ I'm moving on.
[Fm] _
_ Can't nothing stop me now.
[Bb] I'm pressing on _
[Fm] higher ground.
[Eb] The higher _ [Bbm] ground is just a day.
[C] _
_ [Gbm] It's a brand new [Eb] day now.
[Ab] _ [Bbm] A brand new day.
[Ab]
The higher [Eb] _ ground. _
[Bbm] _ _ _ Obstacles and [F] situations, _ people, places, and things.
I must overcome, _ because there's a battle [Db] to be won.
[Ab] With [Bbm] my mind set on [Fm] higher things, these things have become my [Bb] footstool.
I'm determined to reach my [Fm] goal.
I need [Eb] peace for my soul.
[Bbm] _ I'm moving on.
[Fm] That's why I'm moving on.
Can't nothing stop me now.
I'm pressing on.
[Bb] I'm pressing on.
To a [Eb] higher ground.
Each [Bb] step I take.
Each step I [Fm] take.
Oh, _ [F] it's not the ground enough.
For [Bbm] my higher [Bb] place.
I'm pressed to fail.
On my [Fm] higher ground.
The [Eb] higher ground. _
[Bb] _ [Bbm] I'm pressing [Bb] on [Fm] _ [Ab] the upward [Eb] way.
[Bbm] _ Brand new heights I'm gaining [Fm] every _ [Eb] _ _
[Bbm] day.
No _ _ [Fm]
place that I really have found.
[Bbm] I'm on my _ feet.
[Eb] _
_ I'm on my feet.
On higher ground.
[Bbm] Forgetting what [Cm] is already [Eb] behind me.
[Cm] Oh, [C] _
_ I'm moving _ on.
[Eb] For what's ahead.
[Bbm] I'm pressing _ [Eb] on. _
_ Can't nothing stop me now.
Nothing's gonna stop me.
I'm pressing [Cm] on. _
_ To a [Eb] higher ground.
Yeah, [Bbm] yeah, yeah, yeah.
Each step I [Cm] take.
Oh, [Fm] _ it's not the ground enough.
[Ab] Yesterday's [Bbm] now yesterday.
[Fm] _
Yeah, [Eb] yeah.
To a higher ground.
[Bbm] The race is not given [Fm] to the swift.
No, the battle is strong.
[Bbm] But it's to the one [C] that endures.
[Cm] But we gotta [Eb] stay strong and fight.
Oh, [Bbm] yeah.
Sometimes you feel [Fm] like you put mice left.
Cause there's [F] too much going [Bb] on.
_ Just realize your [Fm] _
_ [Eb] struggle.
Hold on, _
[Bbm] be strong.
I'm moving on.
[Ab] I'm [Fm] moving on.
Can't nothing stop me now.
[Bb] Nothing, no, no, no, no.
I'm pressing on. _
_ [Eb] To a higher ground.
[Ab] Yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] Each step I [C] take.
Oh, it's [F] a brand new day.
It's a brand new morning now.
[Bb] Brand new [C] day.
I'm setting the pace.
Oh, [Eb]
yeah, yeah.
For a higher ground.
[Bb] _ I'm moving on.
[Eb] _
_ Can't nothing stop me now.
[Bb] _ I'm pressing [C] on. _
[F] _ [Eb] To a higher ground.
[Bbm] _ Each step I [C] take. _
[F] _ [Ebm] It's a brand new morning now.
[Bb] _ [E] A brand new day.
[Eb] _
_ For a higher ground.
[Bbm] Be strong.
_ _ [C] _
[F] And fight [Ab] on. _ _
[Gb] But by all [Eb] means.
Keep _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bb] moving.
_ [C] I'm a witness.
For Jesus.
Nobody [Ab] but Jesus.
[Bb] When I was [Eb] down and no one was there.
He got up and carried me.
[Bb] I'm a witness.
[C] I'm a witness.
For Jesus.
Nobody but [Ab] Jesus.
[Bb] When I was [Bbm] down and no one [Eb] was there.
He got up and carried me.
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[Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [C] _ _
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