Chords for Steppin' With King! Pathway To Glory
Tempo:
82 bpm
Chords used:
Am
A
E
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[F#] [E] [A]
[F#] [Am]
[E] [D]
[Am] He's [A] a man in [B] his glory, [Am] a boy in [E] his dreams, [A] and he's living his life in between.
[Am] Tomorrow will answer for [A] yesterday's dreams, [Am] while today [A] he is living [Am] in between.
Beware, [G] oh [Gm] brother, beware [D] the words they're telling [Am] lies.
Beware, [G] oh brother, [D] beware, don't you listen to the words.
He [Am] rejoices in [A] wedlock with [Am] a lover unseen, [E] and he's living his life [Am] in between.
[A] He thinks of the [Em] sorrow that his conscience will [E] bring, and he's living his life [A] in between.
[Am] Beware, [G] oh brother, beware, [D] don't you listen to the words.
[Am]
[C] Beware, [G] oh brother, beware, [D] don't you listen to the words.
[Am] I say to you today, [A] my friend,
[A] [D]
[A] [E] so even [Am] though we [E] face the difficulties [Am] of today and [A] tomorrow,
I still have a dream.
[Am] It is a [D] dream deeply rooted [A] in the American dream.
[Am] I have a dream [A] that one day this [D]
nation [E] will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed.
We all need to choose to be self-evident that all [A] men are created equal.
[Am]
[A] [Am] I have a dream that [Am] one day on the red hills of Georgia, [E] sons of former [Am] slaves and the sons of [A] former slave owners,
[Am] will they be [E] able to sit down [Am] together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day [A] [E] even the state of [Am] Mississippi, a state sweltering with [A] the heat of [E] injustice,
[Am] sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of [D] freedom and justice.
I [Am] have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the [D] content of their character.
[Am] I have a dream today.
[A]
[Am] [A] [Am]
[E] I have a [Am] dream that one [D] day down [B] in Alabama,
[E] with its vicious [A] racists, [D] with its governors [A] having his [Am] words of [A] indignation [Am] and justification,
one [D] day right down in Alabama, [Am] little black boys and [F#] black girls will [Am] be able to join hands with [D] little white boys and white girls
as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
[E] I have a [A] dream that one day every [Am] valley shall be exalted,
every [D] hill and mountain shall be made [Am] low, the rough places will [E] be made plain, and [Am] the crooked places will be [D] made straight,
and the glory of the [E] Lord shall be revealed in all blacks.
Let us [A] see it together.
[G] This is our hope.
[A] This is the faith that our eyes hold back to the ground.
[A] With this faith, we will be able to hew out of [Am] the mountain of despair a thorn of hope.
With this faith, we will be able to transform the dangling discourse of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together,
knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning,
high country [A] children.
[D] Sweet land of [E] liberty, a be our day.
Land where [Am] my father's side, land of the pilgrims' pride.
From every mountainside,
[A] let freedom ring.
And if America's to be a great nation, [E] this must become true.
So let freedom ring from the [Am] prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of Central Dixie.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the crevassious slopes of California.
But not only that, let freedom ring from the stone mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from the lookout mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and mole hill of Mississippi.
From [F] every [Em] mountainside, let freedom ring.
And [E] when this happens, [Am] when [A] we let it rain from every village and every hamlet,
[Am] from every state [D] and every city, [B]
we will [D] be able to speed up [A] that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, free at last, free at last.
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.
Thank you, Jesus.
[Am] [A]
[E]
[Am] [A]
[Am] He measures his [A] wisdom [E] from sorrow he deems.
He's living his life in between.
[Am] The pathway [A] to glory [Am] is a long [D] road it seems, and he's living [Bm] his life [Am] in between.
Beware, oh brother [N] beware.
[F#] [E] [A]
[F#] [Am]
[E] [D]
[Am] He's [A] a man in [B] his glory, [Am] a boy in [E] his dreams, [A] and he's living his life in between.
[Am] Tomorrow will answer for [A] yesterday's dreams, [Am] while today [A] he is living [Am] in between.
Beware, [G] oh [Gm] brother, beware [D] the words they're telling [Am] lies.
Beware, [G] oh brother, [D] beware, don't you listen to the words.
He [Am] rejoices in [A] wedlock with [Am] a lover unseen, [E] and he's living his life [Am] in between.
[A] He thinks of the [Em] sorrow that his conscience will [E] bring, and he's living his life [A] in between.
[Am] Beware, [G] oh brother, beware, [D] don't you listen to the words.
[Am]
[C] Beware, [G] oh brother, beware, [D] don't you listen to the words.
[Am] I say to you today, [A] my friend,
[A] [D]
[A] [E] so even [Am] though we [E] face the difficulties [Am] of today and [A] tomorrow,
I still have a dream.
[Am] It is a [D] dream deeply rooted [A] in the American dream.
[Am] I have a dream [A] that one day this [D]
nation [E] will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed.
We all need to choose to be self-evident that all [A] men are created equal.
[Am]
[A] [Am] I have a dream that [Am] one day on the red hills of Georgia, [E] sons of former [Am] slaves and the sons of [A] former slave owners,
[Am] will they be [E] able to sit down [Am] together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day [A] [E] even the state of [Am] Mississippi, a state sweltering with [A] the heat of [E] injustice,
[Am] sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of [D] freedom and justice.
I [Am] have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the [D] content of their character.
[Am] I have a dream today.
[A]
[Am] [A] [Am]
[E] I have a [Am] dream that one [D] day down [B] in Alabama,
[E] with its vicious [A] racists, [D] with its governors [A] having his [Am] words of [A] indignation [Am] and justification,
one [D] day right down in Alabama, [Am] little black boys and [F#] black girls will [Am] be able to join hands with [D] little white boys and white girls
as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
[E] I have a [A] dream that one day every [Am] valley shall be exalted,
every [D] hill and mountain shall be made [Am] low, the rough places will [E] be made plain, and [Am] the crooked places will be [D] made straight,
and the glory of the [E] Lord shall be revealed in all blacks.
Let us [A] see it together.
[G] This is our hope.
[A] This is the faith that our eyes hold back to the ground.
[A] With this faith, we will be able to hew out of [Am] the mountain of despair a thorn of hope.
With this faith, we will be able to transform the dangling discourse of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together,
knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning,
high country [A] children.
[D] Sweet land of [E] liberty, a be our day.
Land where [Am] my father's side, land of the pilgrims' pride.
From every mountainside,
[A] let freedom ring.
And if America's to be a great nation, [E] this must become true.
So let freedom ring from the [Am] prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of Central Dixie.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the crevassious slopes of California.
But not only that, let freedom ring from the stone mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from the lookout mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and mole hill of Mississippi.
From [F] every [Em] mountainside, let freedom ring.
And [E] when this happens, [Am] when [A] we let it rain from every village and every hamlet,
[Am] from every state [D] and every city, [B]
we will [D] be able to speed up [A] that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, free at last, free at last.
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.
Thank you, Jesus.
[Am] [A]
[E]
[Am] [A]
[Am] He measures his [A] wisdom [E] from sorrow he deems.
He's living his life in between.
[Am] The pathway [A] to glory [Am] is a long [D] road it seems, and he's living [Bm] his life [Am] in between.
Beware, oh brother [N] beware.
Key:
Am
A
E
D
G
Am
A
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ He's [A] a man in [B] his glory, [Am] a boy in [E] his dreams, [A] and he's living his life in between.
_ _ [Am] Tomorrow will answer for [A] yesterday's dreams, [Am] while today [A] he is living [Am] in between.
_ _ _ Beware, _ [G] oh [Gm] brother, beware [D] the words they're telling [Am] lies.
_ Beware, _ [G] oh brother, [D] beware, don't you listen to the words.
He [Am] rejoices in [A] wedlock with [Am] a lover unseen, [E] and he's living his life [Am] in between.
_ _ [A] He thinks of the [Em] sorrow that his conscience will [E] bring, and he's living his life [A] in between.
_ _ [Am] Beware, _ _ [G] oh brother, beware, [D] don't you listen to the words.
[Am] _ _ _
[C] _ Beware, [G] oh brother, beware, [D] don't you listen to the words.
[Am] I say to you today, [A] my friend, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] so even [Am] though we [E] face the difficulties [Am] of today and [A] tomorrow,
I still have a dream.
_ [Am] It is a [D] dream deeply rooted [A] in the American dream. _
[Am] I have a dream [A] that one day this [D]
nation [E] will rise up, _ live out the true meaning of its creed.
We all need to choose to be self-evident that all [A] men are created equal.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Am] I have a dream that [Am] one day on the red hills of Georgia, _ [E] sons of former [Am] slaves and the sons of [A] former slave owners,
[Am] will they be [E] able to sit down [Am] together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day _ [A] _ [E] even the state of [Am] Mississippi, a state sweltering with [A] the heat of [E] injustice,
[Am] _ sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of [D] freedom and justice.
I [Am] have a dream that _ _ my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the [D] content of their character.
[Am] I have a dream today.
[A] _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [E] I have a [Am] dream that one [D] day _ down [B] in Alabama,
[E] with its vicious [A] racists, [D] with its governors [A] having his [Am] words of [A] indignation [Am] and justification,
one [D] day right down in Alabama, [Am] little black boys and [F#] black girls will [Am] be able to join hands with [D] little white boys and white girls
as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ I have a [A] dream that one day every [Am] valley shall be exalted,
every [D] hill and mountain shall be made [Am] low, the rough places will [E] be made plain, and [Am] the crooked places will be [D] made straight,
and the glory of the [E] Lord shall be revealed in all blacks.
Let us [A] see it together.
[G] This is our hope.
[A] This is the faith that our eyes hold back to the ground.
[A] With this faith, we will be able to hew out of [Am] the mountain of despair a thorn of hope.
With this faith, we will be able to transform the dangling discourse of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together,
knowing that we will be free one day.
_ This will be the day. _
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning,
high country [A] children.
[D] Sweet land of [E] liberty, a be our day.
Land where [Am] my father's side, land of the pilgrims' pride.
From every mountainside,
[A] let freedom ring.
And if America's to be a great nation, [E] this must become true.
So let freedom ring from the [Am] prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of Central Dixie.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the crevassious slopes of California.
But not only that, let freedom ring from the stone mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from the lookout mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and mole hill of Mississippi.
From [F] every [Em] mountainside, let freedom ring.
And [E] when this happens, _ _ _ [Am] when [A] we let it rain from every village and every hamlet,
[Am] from every state [D] and every city, [B]
we will [D] be able to speed up [A] that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, free at last, free at last.
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last. _ _
Thank you, Jesus.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] He measures his [A] wisdom [E] from sorrow he deems.
He's living his life in between. _
_ [Am] The pathway [A] to glory [Am] is a long [D] road it seems, and he's living [Bm] his life [Am] in between. _
_ _ Beware, _ oh brother [N] beware.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ He's [A] a man in [B] his glory, [Am] a boy in [E] his dreams, [A] and he's living his life in between.
_ _ [Am] Tomorrow will answer for [A] yesterday's dreams, [Am] while today [A] he is living [Am] in between.
_ _ _ Beware, _ [G] oh [Gm] brother, beware [D] the words they're telling [Am] lies.
_ Beware, _ [G] oh brother, [D] beware, don't you listen to the words.
He [Am] rejoices in [A] wedlock with [Am] a lover unseen, [E] and he's living his life [Am] in between.
_ _ [A] He thinks of the [Em] sorrow that his conscience will [E] bring, and he's living his life [A] in between.
_ _ [Am] Beware, _ _ [G] oh brother, beware, [D] don't you listen to the words.
[Am] _ _ _
[C] _ Beware, [G] oh brother, beware, [D] don't you listen to the words.
[Am] I say to you today, [A] my friend, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] so even [Am] though we [E] face the difficulties [Am] of today and [A] tomorrow,
I still have a dream.
_ [Am] It is a [D] dream deeply rooted [A] in the American dream. _
[Am] I have a dream [A] that one day this [D]
nation [E] will rise up, _ live out the true meaning of its creed.
We all need to choose to be self-evident that all [A] men are created equal.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Am] I have a dream that [Am] one day on the red hills of Georgia, _ [E] sons of former [Am] slaves and the sons of [A] former slave owners,
[Am] will they be [E] able to sit down [Am] together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day _ [A] _ [E] even the state of [Am] Mississippi, a state sweltering with [A] the heat of [E] injustice,
[Am] _ sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of [D] freedom and justice.
I [Am] have a dream that _ _ my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the [D] content of their character.
[Am] I have a dream today.
[A] _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [E] I have a [Am] dream that one [D] day _ down [B] in Alabama,
[E] with its vicious [A] racists, [D] with its governors [A] having his [Am] words of [A] indignation [Am] and justification,
one [D] day right down in Alabama, [Am] little black boys and [F#] black girls will [Am] be able to join hands with [D] little white boys and white girls
as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ I have a [A] dream that one day every [Am] valley shall be exalted,
every [D] hill and mountain shall be made [Am] low, the rough places will [E] be made plain, and [Am] the crooked places will be [D] made straight,
and the glory of the [E] Lord shall be revealed in all blacks.
Let us [A] see it together.
[G] This is our hope.
[A] This is the faith that our eyes hold back to the ground.
[A] With this faith, we will be able to hew out of [Am] the mountain of despair a thorn of hope.
With this faith, we will be able to transform the dangling discourse of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together,
knowing that we will be free one day.
_ This will be the day. _
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning,
high country [A] children.
[D] Sweet land of [E] liberty, a be our day.
Land where [Am] my father's side, land of the pilgrims' pride.
From every mountainside,
[A] let freedom ring.
And if America's to be a great nation, [E] this must become true.
So let freedom ring from the [Am] prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of Central Dixie.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the crevassious slopes of California.
But not only that, let freedom ring from the stone mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from the lookout mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and mole hill of Mississippi.
From [F] every [Em] mountainside, let freedom ring.
And [E] when this happens, _ _ _ [Am] when [A] we let it rain from every village and every hamlet,
[Am] from every state [D] and every city, [B]
we will [D] be able to speed up [A] that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, free at last, free at last.
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last. _ _
Thank you, Jesus.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] He measures his [A] wisdom [E] from sorrow he deems.
He's living his life in between. _
_ [Am] The pathway [A] to glory [Am] is a long [D] road it seems, and he's living [Bm] his life [Am] in between. _
_ _ Beware, _ oh brother [N] beware.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _