Chords for Singing Americans - "Somebody Touched Heaven For Me" - 1988
Tempo:
71.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Bb
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] Amen.
Come on.
[G] Sing a song.
Go [F] [C] get some.
[D] Sing it, [E] now.
I [F] was lost and undone.
Without God or His Son, [Bb] I was blanded.
And I [F] could not see.
But then a [Bb] strong [F] hand of love reached down [A] [Bb] from above.
[F] And somebody [C] touched heaven [F]
for me.
[Bb] Oh, somebody touched heaven for me.
Oh, [Bb] somebody touched heaven [F] for [Bb] me.
[F] With [Dm] a touch from [F] above, He [Gm] filled me [Bb] with love.
I [F] want Jesus [C] touched heaven for me.
[D]
This [G] song is my testimony tonight.
For I once was [C] blinded by the chains of sin.
[G] I'm a preacher's son, [Gm] and we're supposed to know a whole lot better.
But you know, [G] a lot of times we find ourselves being human [C] just like everybody else's kids.
And in my [G] late teens and early twenties, I threw away a lot of [C] years.
Trying to be popular [Gm] on the wrong [G] side of the fence.
[C] [Gm] I'm thankful that the Lord didn't give up on me.
[G] I didn't like anything about [C] church.
[G] I'd go in on Sunday morning and sit on the back just to try to make the family [C] look good.
Try to do my [D] family [G] duty.
But I realized one night, [Bm] about ten years ago now, [G] that that just wasn't good enough.
[C] I needed something special in my life.
I was craving for [G] things to satisfy me.
To give me a real peace and a real happiness.
And the things of the world, well, they just don't last very long.
[C] You're still looking around for something just a few weeks [A] later on.
After you find something to satisfy, [G] it's not long until your spirit gets dry again.
You [C] start looking elsewhere.
[G]
Well, about ten years ago [C] there, I met a man who made the [F] difference in my life.
He gave me a [C] peace.
He gave me a happiness.
[G] Something that I've never lost.
And I don't intend to lose it.
I'm going [Gm] to heaven with it.
Amen!
I tell you right [G] now, it feels good all the way now to know [C] tonight that I've got Jesus living on my [G] side.
This second verse means everything to me.
It explains what I'm trying to say.
I'll sing it to you.
I hope it will mean as much to you as it has to me down through the years.
You listen.
Here's why I'm happy.
[C] [G]
[B]
[C] [G]
[A] [G]
It's [Am] his peace now.
[C] [G]
I've got Jesus.
[D] He's at heaven.
[F]
[G] [C] Oh, it was heaven for me.
[Em] Oh, [F] somehow it was heaven [C] for me.
Oh, yes, he [A] gave with a [E] touch [F] from [C] above.
He [D] filled [E] me with [F] love [C] of Jesus.
[G] Just heaven [C] for [A] me.
[C] With a touch [F] from [C]
above.
He filled me [Dm] with [Em] love [C] of Jesus.
[G] He touched heaven.
[C] [G] Oh, [C] heaven for me.
[N]
Come on.
[G] Sing a song.
Go [F] [C] get some.
[D] Sing it, [E] now.
I [F] was lost and undone.
Without God or His Son, [Bb] I was blanded.
And I [F] could not see.
But then a [Bb] strong [F] hand of love reached down [A] [Bb] from above.
[F] And somebody [C] touched heaven [F]
for me.
[Bb] Oh, somebody touched heaven for me.
Oh, [Bb] somebody touched heaven [F] for [Bb] me.
[F] With [Dm] a touch from [F] above, He [Gm] filled me [Bb] with love.
I [F] want Jesus [C] touched heaven for me.
[D]
This [G] song is my testimony tonight.
For I once was [C] blinded by the chains of sin.
[G] I'm a preacher's son, [Gm] and we're supposed to know a whole lot better.
But you know, [G] a lot of times we find ourselves being human [C] just like everybody else's kids.
And in my [G] late teens and early twenties, I threw away a lot of [C] years.
Trying to be popular [Gm] on the wrong [G] side of the fence.
[C] [Gm] I'm thankful that the Lord didn't give up on me.
[G] I didn't like anything about [C] church.
[G] I'd go in on Sunday morning and sit on the back just to try to make the family [C] look good.
Try to do my [D] family [G] duty.
But I realized one night, [Bm] about ten years ago now, [G] that that just wasn't good enough.
[C] I needed something special in my life.
I was craving for [G] things to satisfy me.
To give me a real peace and a real happiness.
And the things of the world, well, they just don't last very long.
[C] You're still looking around for something just a few weeks [A] later on.
After you find something to satisfy, [G] it's not long until your spirit gets dry again.
You [C] start looking elsewhere.
[G]
Well, about ten years ago [C] there, I met a man who made the [F] difference in my life.
He gave me a [C] peace.
He gave me a happiness.
[G] Something that I've never lost.
And I don't intend to lose it.
I'm going [Gm] to heaven with it.
Amen!
I tell you right [G] now, it feels good all the way now to know [C] tonight that I've got Jesus living on my [G] side.
This second verse means everything to me.
It explains what I'm trying to say.
I'll sing it to you.
I hope it will mean as much to you as it has to me down through the years.
You listen.
Here's why I'm happy.
[C] [G]
[B]
[C] [G]
[A] [G]
It's [Am] his peace now.
[C] [G]
I've got Jesus.
[D] He's at heaven.
[F]
[G] [C] Oh, it was heaven for me.
[Em] Oh, [F] somehow it was heaven [C] for me.
Oh, yes, he [A] gave with a [E] touch [F] from [C] above.
He [D] filled [E] me with [F] love [C] of Jesus.
[G] Just heaven [C] for [A] me.
[C] With a touch [F] from [C]
above.
He filled me [Dm] with [Em] love [C] of Jesus.
[G] He touched heaven.
[C] [G] Oh, [C] heaven for me.
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
Bb
D
C
G
F
_ _ [F] Amen.
Come on.
[G] Sing a song.
Go _ [F] _ [C] get some.
[D] Sing it, [E] now.
I [F] was _ lost and undone.
Without God or His Son, [Bb] I was blanded.
And I [F] could not see.
_ _ But then a [Bb] strong [F] hand of love reached down [A] [Bb] from above. _
[F] And somebody [C] touched heaven [F] _
for me.
[Bb] Oh, _ somebody _ touched heaven for _ me.
Oh, [Bb] somebody touched heaven [F] for _ _ [Bb] me.
[F] With [Dm] a touch from [F] above, He [Gm] filled me [Bb] with love.
I [F] want Jesus [C] touched heaven for me.
[D] _
This [G] song is my testimony tonight.
For I once was [C] blinded by the chains of sin.
[G] I'm a preacher's son, [Gm] and we're supposed to know a whole lot better.
But you know, [G] a lot of times we find ourselves being human [C] just like everybody else's kids.
And in my [G] late teens and early twenties, I threw away a lot of [C] years.
Trying to be popular [Gm] on the wrong [G] side of the fence.
_ [C] [Gm] I'm thankful that the Lord didn't give up on me.
[G] I didn't like anything about [C] church.
[G] I'd go in on Sunday morning and sit on the back just to try to make the family [C] look good.
Try to do my [D] family [G] duty.
But I realized one night, [Bm] about ten years ago now, [G] that that just wasn't good enough.
[C] I needed something special in my life.
I was craving for [G] things to satisfy me.
To give me a real peace and a real happiness.
And the things of the world, well, they just don't last very long.
[C] You're still looking around for something just a few weeks [A] later on.
After you find something to satisfy, [G] it's not long until your spirit gets dry again.
You [C] start looking elsewhere.
[G]
Well, about ten years ago [C] there, I met a man who made the [F] difference in my life.
He gave me a [C] peace.
He gave me a happiness.
[G] Something that I've never lost.
And I don't intend to lose it.
I'm going [Gm] to heaven with it.
Amen!
I tell you right [G] now, it feels good all the way now to know [C] tonight that I've got Jesus living on my [G] side.
_ _ _ This second verse means everything to me.
It explains what I'm trying to say.
I'll sing it to you.
I hope it will mean as much to you as it has to me down through the years.
You listen.
Here's why I'm happy.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
It's [Am] his peace now.
[C] _ _ _ [G]
I've got Jesus.
[D] He's at heaven.
_ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ Oh, it was heaven for me.
_ [Em] Oh, [F] somehow it was _ heaven [C] for me.
Oh, yes, he [A] gave with a [E] touch [F] from [C] above.
He [D] filled [E] me with [F] love _ [C] of Jesus.
[G] Just heaven [C] for [A] me.
_ _ [C] With a touch [F] from [C]
above.
He filled me [Dm] with [Em] love [C] of Jesus.
[G] He touched heaven.
_ [C] [G] Oh, _ [C] heaven for me. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
Come on.
[G] Sing a song.
Go _ [F] _ [C] get some.
[D] Sing it, [E] now.
I [F] was _ lost and undone.
Without God or His Son, [Bb] I was blanded.
And I [F] could not see.
_ _ But then a [Bb] strong [F] hand of love reached down [A] [Bb] from above. _
[F] And somebody [C] touched heaven [F] _
for me.
[Bb] Oh, _ somebody _ touched heaven for _ me.
Oh, [Bb] somebody touched heaven [F] for _ _ [Bb] me.
[F] With [Dm] a touch from [F] above, He [Gm] filled me [Bb] with love.
I [F] want Jesus [C] touched heaven for me.
[D] _
This [G] song is my testimony tonight.
For I once was [C] blinded by the chains of sin.
[G] I'm a preacher's son, [Gm] and we're supposed to know a whole lot better.
But you know, [G] a lot of times we find ourselves being human [C] just like everybody else's kids.
And in my [G] late teens and early twenties, I threw away a lot of [C] years.
Trying to be popular [Gm] on the wrong [G] side of the fence.
_ [C] [Gm] I'm thankful that the Lord didn't give up on me.
[G] I didn't like anything about [C] church.
[G] I'd go in on Sunday morning and sit on the back just to try to make the family [C] look good.
Try to do my [D] family [G] duty.
But I realized one night, [Bm] about ten years ago now, [G] that that just wasn't good enough.
[C] I needed something special in my life.
I was craving for [G] things to satisfy me.
To give me a real peace and a real happiness.
And the things of the world, well, they just don't last very long.
[C] You're still looking around for something just a few weeks [A] later on.
After you find something to satisfy, [G] it's not long until your spirit gets dry again.
You [C] start looking elsewhere.
[G]
Well, about ten years ago [C] there, I met a man who made the [F] difference in my life.
He gave me a [C] peace.
He gave me a happiness.
[G] Something that I've never lost.
And I don't intend to lose it.
I'm going [Gm] to heaven with it.
Amen!
I tell you right [G] now, it feels good all the way now to know [C] tonight that I've got Jesus living on my [G] side.
_ _ _ This second verse means everything to me.
It explains what I'm trying to say.
I'll sing it to you.
I hope it will mean as much to you as it has to me down through the years.
You listen.
Here's why I'm happy.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
It's [Am] his peace now.
[C] _ _ _ [G]
I've got Jesus.
[D] He's at heaven.
_ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ Oh, it was heaven for me.
_ [Em] Oh, [F] somehow it was _ heaven [C] for me.
Oh, yes, he [A] gave with a [E] touch [F] from [C] above.
He [D] filled [E] me with [F] love _ [C] of Jesus.
[G] Just heaven [C] for [A] me.
_ _ [C] With a touch [F] from [C]
above.
He filled me [Dm] with [Em] love [C] of Jesus.
[G] He touched heaven.
_ [C] [G] Oh, _ [C] heaven for me. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _