Chords for Nearer My God To Thee - Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers

The _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
minister was preaching
[E] And the crowd _ standing [B] near
_ _ [E] _
_ Was [B] [A#] singing a tune
[C#] And her voice was so [F#] loud and clear
You [B] know the crowd that stood all around him
They [E] were crying at the pain [B] they'd seen
[E] For the song that they sang [D#m] was so [G#m] touching
They were [B] singing, Nero my [E] God
_ [B] _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] be Nero, [B] and Nero's worthy
He came on singing, Nero my God
To [C#] thee, Lord, and [F#] oh, yes to [B] thee
He came on singing, _ _ Nero my God
I [E] want to be Nero, Lord, and Nero to thee
Some of them were crying, but they [E] kept on [B] singing
Nero my God to [E] thee, and [B] oh, yes to thee _ _ _
_ Songs have a feeling
_ [E] There's a story in every song [B] that we sing
And songs have been known to lift heavy burdens
[C#] And all of our troubles to God we [D#] all obey
And if we [B] all are Christian, we ought not to be ashamed
To [E] lift our voices in [B] my Jesus' name
We ought to be glad of who I ought to sing
[E] Nero, [B] Nero my God to thee
And I have mercy, Lord, keep on singing _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Nero, [B] Nero my God to thee
_ Sometimes I get so lonely, Lord, but let me get Nero
I want to get a little bit [C#] Nero to me, Lord
And come [F#] on, Lord, [B] I want to be Nero, _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ Lord, and Nero [B] to thee
I feel all my trials are over now, if [D#] I can get Nero
[F#] I want to get a little bit [B] Nero to [E] me
And I have [B] mercy, Lord, _ trouble
And trouble is one thing [E] that comes into _ [B] everybody's life sometimes
And even the rich now and the poor life
Help me, Lord, they do [C#] not always [B] have peace of mind
But my God told me, he told me these trials would come
So I [E] decided that my God [B] will be done
I'll never give up, every day, [E] I want to get Nero
[B] Father, let me get Nero to [E] thee
I tell [B] him, Lord, I'll be alright if I can get Nero
I _ [E] want to be so Nero, Lord, and [B] Nero to thee
Sometimes I feel like crying, Lord, but let me get Nero
I want to get a little [C#] bit Nero to me, Lord
[F#] And come on, Lord, [B] I want to be _ Nero, Lord, _ _ [E] _ _
_ and [B] Nero to thee _ _ _
_ [E] Come on, Lord, [B] I'm trying to get a little bit Nero to [E] me
And I [B] have mercy, Lord
_ _ Sometimes I like to feel the company
And [E] then again, I like to steal off [B] all alone
For song is the only thing, Father, that will console me, Lord
And I know [C#] trouble, trouble's [F#] about to [B] come
I can fall down on my knees and call God late at night
And I know, [C#] Lord, he'll make my, [E] he'll make my [B] prayers alright
If I tell him, Lord, I'm gonna decide
[E] I'll make it, [B] just to get a little bit Nero
I tell him, Lord, I'll be alright if I can get [E] Nero
I want to be so Nero, _ _ Lord, and Nero [B] to thee
I know I'm a triumphant Roman, Lord
If I can get Nero, I want to get a little bit [D] Nero
And I know, Lord, _ _ _ [F#] _ I'm [D#] gonna be [G#m] Nero, Lord, and [B] _ _
[E] _ Nero to thee
I'm trying [B] to get a little bit Nero to me
Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord
I'm trying to get a little bit Nero to me
And I have mercy, Lord
I wonder, do you know, do you know that the bad company
Will [E] make a good child, a good child [B] go astray
But I don't care what that, what that child may do
That [C#] mother's children will, will, will, will, will [F#] die
And [D#] they'll bring that [B] child to the mother
No matter, no matter what the trial, what they say
[E] Good, that child, mother say that [D#m] child
I pray _ unto Jesus, that I'll [D#]
get Nero
[F#] Mama, let it get [B] Nero _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
I know I'm a triumphant Roman, Lord
If I can get [E] Nero, I want to get a little bit Nero
And [C#] I know, Lord, I'm gonna be Nero, Lord
[G#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ Thank you, Jesus, _ [E] thank you, Lord
I'm trying to [F#] get a little bit Nero to me
One [B] more time _ _ _ _
When [F#] I was a little boy
_ [E] Mother used to steal off, steal [B] off all alone
I used to wonder what my mother was doing
I grew [C#] up that one morning
I found mother was [F#] folding on
[B] And mother had her eyes up
She was looking up toward the sky
And I, I [E] saw the tears
As they fell [B] down my mother's eyes
But I can still hear the [F#] song
Mother was singing
Nero, my, [B] Nero, my, Nero _ _
_ I'm gonna be Nero, _ [G#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
Nero
_ I'm trying to get a little closer
[C#] God to thee, yeah, yeah _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [B] Nero to thee
Oh, _ _ Nero [E] to [F#] thee
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _