Chords for RH Harris of the Soul Stirrers (video)
Tempo:
120.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
G#m
F#
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [A]
[E] Sam's particular hero was legendary gospel singer R.H. Harris, one of gospel music's most innovative [A#] vocalists.
[E]
[A#] [E]
Harris [A] had a kind of [D] dignified but extremely intense style.
He did what was called yodeling, which was really a leap to the falsetto.
It was a very distinctive thing, and all these kids, [B] kids like Sam Cook growing up in the South, he was an enormously influential [G#m] figure.
[C#] such
[F#] message coming [G] down from [F#] up above.
[B] Lord, this whole world of [D#] sin, I no longer [E] stand.
I asked my mother, [C#] how else can I know the man?
[E] She said, [Bm] you must [B] be, [G#m] don't you see, [C#] oh, [G#m] [F#]
[B] you gotta [E] be born again.
For more than a decade, Harris had been lead singer with Chicago's premier gospel quartet, the Soulsters.
But in 1950, [B] he shocked his fans when at the height of their fame, he left the group.
R.H. [D#] Harris gave a great quote which indicated that he had gotten [G#m] out of, he quit the Soulsters because the morals had just fallen right out of the business.
Now at the same time, many in the business felt that the reason that he left the Soulsters was because there were a number of court orders and paternity suits out against [E] him.
[A] I mean, it's noteworthy that [F#] almost as soon [G#m] as he quit the group, another group made up of former Soulsters and [C#m] started touring again.
[E] [F#] The remaining [B] Soulsters were [Em] left without their star singer.
[G] But there was a backup
[E] Sam's particular hero was legendary gospel singer R.H. Harris, one of gospel music's most innovative [A#] vocalists.
[E]
[A#] [E]
Harris [A] had a kind of [D] dignified but extremely intense style.
He did what was called yodeling, which was really a leap to the falsetto.
It was a very distinctive thing, and all these kids, [B] kids like Sam Cook growing up in the South, he was an enormously influential [G#m] figure.
[C#] such
[F#] message coming [G] down from [F#] up above.
[B] Lord, this whole world of [D#] sin, I no longer [E] stand.
I asked my mother, [C#] how else can I know the man?
[E] She said, [Bm] you must [B] be, [G#m] don't you see, [C#] oh, [G#m] [F#]
[B] you gotta [E] be born again.
For more than a decade, Harris had been lead singer with Chicago's premier gospel quartet, the Soulsters.
But in 1950, [B] he shocked his fans when at the height of their fame, he left the group.
R.H. [D#] Harris gave a great quote which indicated that he had gotten [G#m] out of, he quit the Soulsters because the morals had just fallen right out of the business.
Now at the same time, many in the business felt that the reason that he left the Soulsters was because there were a number of court orders and paternity suits out against [E] him.
[A] I mean, it's noteworthy that [F#] almost as soon [G#m] as he quit the group, another group made up of former Soulsters and [C#m] started touring again.
[E] [F#] The remaining [B] Soulsters were [Em] left without their star singer.
[G] But there was a backup
Key:
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B
G#m
F#
A
E
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G#m
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ Sam's particular hero was legendary gospel singer R.H. Harris, one of gospel music's most innovative [A#] vocalists.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Harris [A] had a kind of [D] dignified but extremely intense style.
He did what was called yodeling, which was really a leap to the falsetto.
It was a very distinctive thing, and all these kids, [B] kids like Sam Cook growing up in the South, _ he was an enormously _ influential [G#m] figure. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _such
[F#] message _ coming [G] down from [F#] up above.
_ _ [B] Lord, this whole world of [D#] sin, I no _ longer [E] stand.
I asked my mother, _ [C#] how else can I know the man?
[E] She said, [Bm] you must [B] be, [G#m] don't you see, [C#] oh, _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _
[B] you gotta [E] be _ born again.
For more than a decade, Harris had been lead singer with Chicago's premier gospel quartet, the Soulsters.
_ But in 1950, [B] he shocked his fans when at the height of their fame, he left the group.
_ _ R.H. [D#] Harris gave a great quote which indicated that he had gotten [G#m] out of, he quit the Soulsters because _ the morals had just fallen right out of the business.
Now at the same time, many in the business felt that the reason that he left the Soulsters was because there were a number of court orders and paternity suits out against [E] him. _
[A] _ I mean, it's noteworthy that [F#] almost as soon [G#m] as he quit the group, another group made up of former Soulsters and [C#m] started touring again.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] The remaining [B] Soulsters were [Em] left without their star singer.
[G] But there was a backup
_ [E] _ Sam's particular hero was legendary gospel singer R.H. Harris, one of gospel music's most innovative [A#] vocalists.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Harris [A] had a kind of [D] dignified but extremely intense style.
He did what was called yodeling, which was really a leap to the falsetto.
It was a very distinctive thing, and all these kids, [B] kids like Sam Cook growing up in the South, _ he was an enormously _ influential [G#m] figure. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _such
[F#] message _ coming [G] down from [F#] up above.
_ _ [B] Lord, this whole world of [D#] sin, I no _ longer [E] stand.
I asked my mother, _ [C#] how else can I know the man?
[E] She said, [Bm] you must [B] be, [G#m] don't you see, [C#] oh, _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _
[B] you gotta [E] be _ born again.
For more than a decade, Harris had been lead singer with Chicago's premier gospel quartet, the Soulsters.
_ But in 1950, [B] he shocked his fans when at the height of their fame, he left the group.
_ _ R.H. [D#] Harris gave a great quote which indicated that he had gotten [G#m] out of, he quit the Soulsters because _ the morals had just fallen right out of the business.
Now at the same time, many in the business felt that the reason that he left the Soulsters was because there were a number of court orders and paternity suits out against [E] him. _
[A] _ I mean, it's noteworthy that [F#] almost as soon [G#m] as he quit the group, another group made up of former Soulsters and [C#m] started touring again.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] The remaining [B] Soulsters were [Em] left without their star singer.
[G] But there was a backup