Take My Hand, Precious Lord Chords by Thomas A. Dorsey, Marion Williams

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Blues, jazz, the gospel.
_ [F] I want to talk about the gospel songs after going back to the field.
_ [Dm] I went out to go to St.
Louis one [Bb] morning to work in a revival.
I left my wife asleep [F] in bed, got in the car and I went along.
She was going to become a mother and I was _ anticipating a great _ _ happiness [C] and great joy
when [Dm] I returned. _
But I got to St.
Louis and about the second night [G] in the meeting, [F] a telegram boy came
and brought me a telegram.
I opened it [C] and it read, your wife [G] just died.
Come home.
I couldn't [C] finish the meeting.
Finally, I got home to Chicago the next morning [D] and it was so.
I found it all [C] true.
They never moved the body and that _ chilled me, killed me off.
I [F] wanted to go back to blues.
But after putting my wife away and the baby [C] in the same casket, _ _ I went to the old Polaroid
college [F] in the music room there, Mr.
Fry and I, just browsing over the keys and seemingly
the words like drops of water, [Dm] crevice of [Gm] a rock above, seemed to drop [Bb] in line _ with
me on the piano.
Precious Lord, [B] take my hand.
_ Lead me on.
Let me stand.
I'm tired.
I'm weak.
I'm worn.
Through the storm, through [G] the night, lead me on to the [F] light.
Take my hand, precious Lord, and lead me home.
Now, God [Gm] has blessed.
I have another family.
[F] I have a wife, son, a daughter, and a grandson about seven, eight years old.
And the Lord [C] has led me and he will lead you.
And I hope some way, somehow.
If you [Gm] don't sing, precious Lord, take my hand.
You will learn to sing it and [C] sing it with a feeling and forever.
God bless you _ [F] and keep [C] you.
_ Precious [F] Lord, _ _ _ [C] take _ _ _ _
[F] my _ hand. _ _ _
_ _ Lead _ me [Bb] on. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] Let [Bb] me _ _ stand. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Lord, _ _ _ _ I'm so [F] tired. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Master, _ _ [A] I'm so [Dm] _ weak.
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Through _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ the _ _ [F]
storm, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] through _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the [F] _
night, _ _ _ _ _ lead _ _ me [Gm] on [Bb] to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the light. _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ Please _ [Gm] take my [F] _ hand, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] precious [F]
Lord, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] and lead _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ me [F] on [Bb] home.
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_ _ When my way _ _
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[F] grows drear. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Precious Lord, [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ here's what I want you to do for me.
To linger _ right _ _ here.
_ _ _ _ Where [Gm] in _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B]
my [F] life _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ is.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Don't _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ you leave me right there, Lord.
This is what I want you to do for me.
Hear my [F] cry. _ _ _ _
Lord, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ take _ my [Bb] _ hand. _ _
Please, _ please, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] don't you let me fall.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ Take _ _ [Gm] _ my _ [F] hand.
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Precious [F] Lord.
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_ Lead me, lead me on.
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