Chords for Rev. Cleophus Robinson- Poor Boy From Mississippi (Pts. 1 & 2)

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[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] I'm a poor [Gm] boy _ [F] from [Bb] Mississippi, _ _ _ _ [Eb] but the Lord _ _ [Bbm] has [Bb] been good to me.
_ _ Oh, [Eb] I'm a poor boy _ from Mississippi, _ [Cm] _ _
but [Eb] the Lord _ _ has been [Bb] good to me.
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[Bb] I'm a poor boy from [F] _ Mississippi, [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] but the Lord [D] _ _
has been good to [Bbm] me. _
[Eb] You know He kept me, [Bb] _ _
He never left me. _ _
You know He raised me, [Ab] and showed [Bb] love to save me.
_ And _ [Ab] I'm a [Bb] man [C] way, _ [F] way beyond the [Bb] sky. _
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[F] _ I used [Bb] to live _
[F] in a country house _ _ with a [Bb] chimney standing on the top.
Oh, _ I used [Eb] to live _ in a country house _ [Bb] _ with a chimney [Bbm] _
_ standing on the top. _
_ [F] I [Bb] used to live _
[F] _ in a country _ house [Bbm] _ [F] with a chimney standing on the [Eb] top.
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Cowboy in the lot, _ boy was their [Bbm] home. _
Oh, the neighbors around one to [Eb] each other, no harm.
[Bbm] I'm a poor [Bb] boy, [G] oh, I [C] got a mansion [F] way beyond [Bb] the sky.
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_ [F] _ I used to walk _ _ two miles to school _ _ with my [E] books back [F] on [Bb] my back.
I _ _ _ [Eb] used to walk [Ab] _ [Eb] two miles to school _ _ with my books _ [C] back on [Bb] my back.
[F] _ I used to walk _ two miles to [Bbm] school _ _ [F] with my books back on my [Eb] back.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ Mama would [Bb] fix my lunch, _ put it in a brown [Db] paper sack.
[Bbm] And [F] every now and then when _ my soul would look back, [Bb] I'd have to thank her more.
_ [G] _ _ [C] How good your heart [F] _ has [Bb] been to me, _ [Eb] oh yes.
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_ [F] You got my little story I want you to hear.
[Bb] _ _ _ [E] _ My home [Bbm] _ is [Bb] Calum, Mississippi. _
I left home on the [Bbm] 19th day of March, [F] _ _ 1948.
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[Bb] I had two dollars.
_ I went to Jackson [Ebm] to get my fare to Chicago.
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_ [Bbm] My bus fare from Calum to Jackson was 59 cents.
_ So you see, I had a dollar and 41 cents left when I got there.
[D] Hallelujah. _
But oh, [Fm] since that day, _ [Bb] _
the Lord [F] picked me up,
_ sent me from the streets of Mississippi to the continents of you, _
_ singing his [Bbm] praises [Gm] and preaching his word.
[F] And I [Bbm] can tell the world, _ [F] _ God [Bb] made a way.
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] God made a [F] way.
Yeah. _ _ _
_ _ Oh, Lord.
_ _ Oh, [Bbm] Lord.
_ _ _ You've _ been _ so good.
_ _ Do you know God _ _ found a different way?
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Oh, _ _ [Bb] God. _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ Oh, _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] God. _
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Oh, _ _ _ [Bb] God.
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Oh.
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_ _ _ _ Yeah, [F] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. _
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. _
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