Chords for soul stirrers-stand by me

_ Get ready to bear witness to history.
These pioneers played a major role in creating the music we know as gospel.
Reuniting on our stage, the gospel of music is proud to present the Soul Starers. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh [F] Father, _ [Gm] _ _ _ you've been my _ [Bb] friend.
_ Now that I'm in [Am] trouble, [Gm] _ _ _ [Fm] stand by me [Bb] until the [Eb] end. _ _ _
I _ _ _ [F] _ want you to _ _ [Bb] stand by [Gm] me, _ _ [Bb] stand by _ _
[Gm] me.
I've lost my [Eb] way, [Bb] _ _ _ all of my money [F] and [Gm] power.
_ _ My friends have [Eb] gone.
[Bb] _ _ _ Lord, I'm in a mean [Gb] world.
[Gm] _ _ And [Ab] I'm slow [Bb] all [Eb] along.
Oh, _ _ _ _ [F] I need you Jesus.
_ [Gm] _ Stand by me, _ _ [Bb] stand by [Gm] me.
_ [Eb] Here's another [Bb] man, the cherry that [F] sounds so living.
[Gm] _ _ He lived in ancient _ [Eb] [Bb] times.
_ [Eb] And [Bb] I know you helped him kill.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Ab]
I've [Bb] lost [Eb] my way, all [Ab] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [F] of _ _ my money _ [Bb] _ and power.
My friends have gone.
_ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] Lord, _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] I'm [Eb] in a mean world.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
And [Eb] _ [Bb] I know you helped him kill.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ Oh, when I begin to feel [Ab] weak _ [Eb] _ _ _ along the way, [F] then you come _ and you give _ me strength again.
[Eb] Oh, [Bb] _ _ _ the Hebrew children within the [F] night [Gm] _ were seven times harder than they ought to [Eb] be.
[Bb] _ And [Eb] just [Bb] like you [Am] delivered them, [Gm] Father, and I [Fm] know that you will do [Bb] the same for [Eb] me.
Oh, _ _ _ do [F] me like you did the Hebrew children _ [Bb] and stand by, _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Eb] [Bb] stand _ by.
[Gm]
Oh, [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb]
sometimes I feel _ _ just like the weight of this world is on [Bb] my shoulders. _ _
And [Eb] _ [Bb] it's all in [Gm] vain.
_ [Fm] Lord, [Eb] _ _ when I begin to feel [Ab] weak _ [Eb] _ _ along the way, [F] then you come and you give me strength _ _ again.
[Bb] Oh, _ _ what _ I've done, [F] _ [Gm] _ _ the very best that I [Eb] can.
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] When it seems you [C] don't love [Gm] your very best friend, [Fm]
they [Bb] don't understand.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm]
Oh, [Eb] when I'm [Bb] sick, Lord, _ [F] _ [Gm] _
stand [Bb] by me.
_ [Ebm] _ [Gm]
When the [Eb] doctors walk [Bb] away from my [F] bedside, [Gm] _
_ please [Bb] stand by [Dm] me.
_ [Gm] _
[Eb] And when I [Bb] lost my mother [F] and [Gm] my father, you [Bb] stood by me.
Did I [Gm] get a witness out there?
And even [Bb] when I lost [Dm] my sister [Gm] and my brother, [Eb] you [Bb] were standing right [Dm] there.
[Gm] Yes, you were.
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Eb] I [Bb] need you, Jesus.
[C] _ [Gm] _
Please [Eb] don't [Bb] leave me far.
Jesus, [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] Jesus, [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] Jesus.
I _ _ want [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] to introduce the incredible, the trailblazers of gospel, the original soul steward.
[N] Who came up with this brilliant idea of reuniting the soul steward? _ _ _
Well, Malico got in touch with _ my deceased brother that passed away not so long ago.
He called me and asked me would I do it.
And to make a long story short, we talked about it.
And I was kind of out of, _ off the circuit for a while, you know, doing other things.
We were all doing other things.
And _ he said, you probably don't want to do it, but I'm going to ask you anyway.
_ _ _ So now, since you're coming again, how does it feel coming back?
Oh, it feels good.
Feels great. _