Chords for Mavis Staples - "MLK Song" (Full Album Stream)

[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ If I can help somebody as they pass along, if I [C] can cheer somebody with a word or a song,
if I [D] can show somebody that they're traveling wrong, [G] then my living will not be in vain.
_ _ [Em] If I can [G] do my duty [Em] as a [G] Christian ought, [Em] if I should [C] sing salvation [A] to the world He
wrought, [Am] if I can spread the message as the [Eb] Master taught, [G] then my living will [D] not be [G] in vain.
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_ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ Well, it really doesn't matter most of the deeds I've [A] done.
[C] It really doesn't matter the prizes I may have won.
[G] I'd like [Dm] for somebody to say I [Am] tried to love someone [D] [G] when I had [D] to meet my [G] day.
_ _ In the crawl for justice, I helped somebody run.
[Em] In the [C] walk for the hungry, [A] I fed someone.
_ [Am] And in the march for peace, [Cm] tell them I played the drum [G] when I had [D] to meet my [G] day.
_ _ In the crawl for justice, I helped somebody run.
[Em] In the walk [C] for the hungry, [E] [A] I fed someone.
[Am] And in the march for peace, tell them [Cm] I played the drum [G] when I [D] had to meet [Gm] my day.
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_ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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[Cm] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
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