Chords for Kenneth Cope "White Dress" Pearl Awards 2003 performance

Here to perform White Dress from his nominated album Hear My Praise, please welcome Kenneth Cope. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] Long before morning [Bb] without a warning Annie [Fm] came [Eb] calling to little Louisa
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Wearing the moonlight [Bb] but [Eb] wanting the sunlight [Bbm] She stood at her bedside [Eb] and poured out her [Eb] heart
_ [Cm] Get up [Gm] and tell mama [Ab] all [Eb] that I said
[Gm] Cause [Fm] I can't move ahead [Bb] unless I can get [Eb] a white dress
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ Charlotte O'Grady, a [G] dear-hearted [Cm] lady [Eb] She's seen nearly [Fm] 80 years coming and going
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_ [Eb] One night while [Ab] she's dreaming her [Bb] mother comes [Eb] pleading
[Db] Saying Charlotte [Ab] I'm needing [Bb] your help to move on
_ Now don't [Gm] wait for not [Ab] a moment [Eb] each day _ [Fm] Take up my name [Bb] and see that I get a white dress
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[Ab] Mothers and daughters [Bb] are shedding a tear [Gm] _ Heaven's rejoicing [Ab] as Jesus [Eb] draws near
And [Fm] it's like this, [Bb] they're _ [Eb] getting their white dress
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_ [Eb] In Wichita, [Ab] Kansas, [Bb] Nettie and [Cm] Francis Bow over [Fm] breakfast [Bb] to start off [Eb] the day
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] When the voice of [Ab] the Spirit [Bb] pays them [Eb] a visit Says [Db] it's time to [Ab] get with it, there's family [Eb] to say
_ [Cm] Your fathers and [Ab] mothers are [Eb] biding their time _ [Fm] They're waiting for you [Ab] to help them get dressed [Bb] up in white
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Nettie and [Fm] Francis are filled with desire [Eb] They're searching [Gm] through [Ab] records, feeling the [Eb] fire
[Fm] And after each [Bb] day's inquire [Eb] It's up to God's mountain [Bb] where white is [Eb] applied
[Ab] And he in his [Fm] robes, she in her gown [Eb] They're doing [Gm] their best [Ab] to turn it [Eb] around
And they won't rest, _ [Bb] _ _ all [Eb] are in white dress [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] Walking [Bb] with Jesus [Eb] in white, wearing their [Eb] white _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] dress Walking [Bb] with Jesus [Ab] in white, [Eb] wearing their white dress
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Walking [Bb] with Jesus [Ab] in white, [Eb] wearing their white dress
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ Walking [Bb] with Jesus [Ab] in white, wearing their [Cm] white dress
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Before the [Ab] Lord's coming, Elijah's been [Gm] stirring And [Ab] _ fathers [Fm] are turning [Bb] to you _ _ and [Eb] to me _ _
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