Chords for The Canton Spirituals - Just Can't Let The Lord Down
Tempo:
94.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
Em
E
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A] [Em]
[D] [E]
[D] [A] [Em] You all just do that just [A] one more time.
[E] You
[D] all put [A] them hands together.
[Em]
Listen, listen here.
[D] [E] People say [D] that I'm [A] [Em] acting constrained.
[E] Well, they don't know.
[D] What they don't know.
[A] Lord in my [Em] life, shown no better change.
That's [B] why I'm searching for, searching for, a better, better place to live.
Oh, [A] I just can't, I just can't, I just [Em] can't let the [Em] Lord down.
[B]
[Em] Oh, I just can't, I just can't, I just can't let the [E] Lord down.
I'm going to say that one [Em] more time, y'all.
Is it all right?
[D] [E] People say [D] that I'm [A] acting [Em]
constrained.
[B] [E] Well, they don't know.
[D] What they don't know.
Lord [A] in my life, shown no better change.
You know what?
That's [B] why I'm searching for, looking for, a better, better, better place [A#] to live.
Oh, [A] I just can't, I just can't, I just can't [G] let the Lord down.
How [B] many of y'all feel like I [Em] feel tonight?
No matter what [C#] nobody says.
I just can't, I just [A] can't let the [E] Lord down.
Just one more verse I want [Em] to do, just one more verse.
I [E] love y'all.
[D] Oh, my God.
[A] [C#] Every [E] one of my grown.
As long as I live, as long [D] as I live, I'm [A] going to hasten [Em] to my [E] God's throne.
[Am] That's [B] why I'll hasten to, hasten to, hasten to my God's throne.
[A#] [A] I just can't, I [G] just can't let the Lord down.
[E]
[Em] [C#] I just can't, [A] I just [Em] can't let the Lord down.
Let's move on now.
[E] Is it all [B] right?
Is it all right?
[Em] I just can't let him down.
[C#] I just can't let the Lord down.
[B] I can't help [E] it now.
I just [C#] can't let the Lord down.
[B] He's meant to, meant to be.
I just can't let the Lord down.
I [E] [B] just can't let the Lord down.
I don't know about you.
I just can't let the Lord down.
I can't help [G] it now.
I just can't let [Em] the Lord down.
He's meant [B] to be.
I just can't let the Lord down.
And I keep letting [E] him down.
I just can't let [Em] the Lord down.
[B]
[D] Oh!
[Em] I just can't let [B] the Lord down.
How many feel like that?
I can't!
I just can't let the Lord down.
I can't hear you [A] say yes.
Just stay in love with the [E] Lord.
[Em] Is [B] that alright?
[Em] I said, is that alright?
I said, is that alright?
[G] Come on, lift that hand.
[B] Come on, lift it.
Come on, fellas.
[B] Lift that hand.
Lift that hand up.
Lift that hand.
Lift that hand.
Let [G] me hear you say yes.
[A] Just stay in love with [Bm] the Lord.
Let [G] me hear you say yes.
Just stay in love with the Lord.
Let me hear you say yes.
Just stay in love with the Lord.
Let me hear you say yes.
I can't let him down.
Just stay in love with the [Bm] Lord.
[G] Just [A] stay in love with the [B] Lord.
Thank you.
[G] I can't let him down.
Just [A] stay in love [B] with the Lord.
[E]
Come on.
[A]
[Em] [A] [B]
[Em] [B] [E] Thank you so [N] much.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
[G#] Is that Robert Dixon I [N] see?
Robert Dixon of the Salem Travelers.
Raise your hand.
Y'all give Robert a hand.
The singers are coming.
I like that.
That's one of my good singers there.
[A] You talk like you sing.
Give me an [D] A, y'all.
[E] Thank you, Lord.
[Am] That's gonna do it, fellas.
I don't have time
[G#] to thank you for all the good things you've [D] done.
[Am] Lord, I know you've been good.
[A] Lord, I know [D] you've been good.
I know you've been good.
[Am] You've been good to me.
That's enough.
[N]
Y'all don't know nothing about that kind of singing.
They don't sing like that
[D] [E]
[D] [A] [Em] You all just do that just [A] one more time.
[E] You
[D] all put [A] them hands together.
[Em]
Listen, listen here.
[D] [E] People say [D] that I'm [A] [Em] acting constrained.
[E] Well, they don't know.
[D] What they don't know.
[A] Lord in my [Em] life, shown no better change.
That's [B] why I'm searching for, searching for, a better, better place to live.
Oh, [A] I just can't, I just can't, I just [Em] can't let the [Em] Lord down.
[B]
[Em] Oh, I just can't, I just can't, I just can't let the [E] Lord down.
I'm going to say that one [Em] more time, y'all.
Is it all right?
[D] [E] People say [D] that I'm [A] acting [Em]
constrained.
[B] [E] Well, they don't know.
[D] What they don't know.
Lord [A] in my life, shown no better change.
You know what?
That's [B] why I'm searching for, looking for, a better, better, better place [A#] to live.
Oh, [A] I just can't, I just can't, I just can't [G] let the Lord down.
How [B] many of y'all feel like I [Em] feel tonight?
No matter what [C#] nobody says.
I just can't, I just [A] can't let the [E] Lord down.
Just one more verse I want [Em] to do, just one more verse.
I [E] love y'all.
[D] Oh, my God.
[A] [C#] Every [E] one of my grown.
As long as I live, as long [D] as I live, I'm [A] going to hasten [Em] to my [E] God's throne.
[Am] That's [B] why I'll hasten to, hasten to, hasten to my God's throne.
[A#] [A] I just can't, I [G] just can't let the Lord down.
[E]
[Em] [C#] I just can't, [A] I just [Em] can't let the Lord down.
Let's move on now.
[E] Is it all [B] right?
Is it all right?
[Em] I just can't let him down.
[C#] I just can't let the Lord down.
[B] I can't help [E] it now.
I just [C#] can't let the Lord down.
[B] He's meant to, meant to be.
I just can't let the Lord down.
I [E] [B] just can't let the Lord down.
I don't know about you.
I just can't let the Lord down.
I can't help [G] it now.
I just can't let [Em] the Lord down.
He's meant [B] to be.
I just can't let the Lord down.
And I keep letting [E] him down.
I just can't let [Em] the Lord down.
[B]
[D] Oh!
[Em] I just can't let [B] the Lord down.
How many feel like that?
I can't!
I just can't let the Lord down.
I can't hear you [A] say yes.
Just stay in love with the [E] Lord.
[Em] Is [B] that alright?
[Em] I said, is that alright?
I said, is that alright?
[G] Come on, lift that hand.
[B] Come on, lift it.
Come on, fellas.
[B] Lift that hand.
Lift that hand up.
Lift that hand.
Lift that hand.
Let [G] me hear you say yes.
[A] Just stay in love with [Bm] the Lord.
Let [G] me hear you say yes.
Just stay in love with the Lord.
Let me hear you say yes.
Just stay in love with the Lord.
Let me hear you say yes.
I can't let him down.
Just stay in love with the [Bm] Lord.
[G] Just [A] stay in love with the [B] Lord.
Thank you.
[G] I can't let him down.
Just [A] stay in love [B] with the Lord.
[E]
Come on.
[A]
[Em] [A] [B]
[Em] [B] [E] Thank you so [N] much.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
[G#] Is that Robert Dixon I [N] see?
Robert Dixon of the Salem Travelers.
Raise your hand.
Y'all give Robert a hand.
The singers are coming.
I like that.
That's one of my good singers there.
[A] You talk like you sing.
Give me an [D] A, y'all.
[E] Thank you, Lord.
[Am] That's gonna do it, fellas.
I don't have time
[G#] to thank you for all the good things you've [D] done.
[Am] Lord, I know you've been good.
[A] Lord, I know [D] you've been good.
I know you've been good.
[Am] You've been good to me.
That's enough.
[N]
Y'all don't know nothing about that kind of singing.
They don't sing like that
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] You all just do that just [A] one more time.
_ _ [E] _ You _
[D] _ _ all put [A] them hands together.
[Em] _
Listen, listen here.
[D] _ [E] People say _ [D] that I'm _ [A] _ [Em] acting _ constrained.
_ [E] Well, they don't know. _
[D] What they don't know.
[A] Lord in my [Em] life, shown no better change.
That's [B] why I'm searching for, _ searching for, a better, better place to live.
Oh, [A] I just can't, I just can't, I just [Em] can't let the [Em] Lord down.
[B] _ _
[Em] Oh, I _ _ just can't, I just can't, I just can't let the [E] Lord down.
I'm going to say that one [Em] more time, y'all.
Is it all right?
[D] _ _ [E] People say [D] that _ I'm [A] acting [Em] _
constrained.
[B] _ _ [E] Well, they don't know. _
[D] What they don't know.
Lord [A] in my life, shown no better change.
You know what?
That's [B] why I'm searching for, _ looking for, a better, better, better place [A#] to live.
Oh, [A] I just can't, I just can't, I just can't [G] let the Lord down.
How [B] many of y'all feel like I [Em] feel tonight?
No matter what [C#] nobody says.
I just can't, I just [A] can't let the [E] Lord down.
Just one more verse I want [Em] to do, just one more verse.
I [E] love y'all.
[D] Oh, my God.
_ [A] _ _ [C#] Every [E] one of my grown.
As long as I live, as long [D] as I live, I'm [A] going to hasten [Em] to my [E] God's throne.
[Am] That's [B] why I'll hasten to, _ hasten to, _ hasten to my God's throne.
_ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _ I just can't, I [G] just can't let the Lord down.
_ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C#] I just can't, [A] I just [Em] can't let the Lord down.
Let's move on now.
[E] Is it all [B] right?
Is it all right?
[Em] I just can't let him down.
[C#] I just can't let the Lord down.
[B] I can't help [E] it now.
I just [C#] can't let the Lord down.
[B] He's meant to, meant to be.
I just can't let the Lord down.
I _ [E] [B] just can't let the Lord down.
I don't know about you.
I just can't let the Lord down.
I can't help [G] it now.
I just can't let [Em] the Lord down.
He's meant [B] to be.
I just can't let the Lord down.
And I keep letting [E] him down.
I just can't let [Em] the Lord down.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Oh!
_ [Em] I just can't let [B] the Lord down.
How many feel like that?
I can't!
I _ _ _ just _ can't let the Lord down.
I _ can't hear you [A] say yes.
Just stay in love with the [E] Lord.
_ _ _ [Em] Is [B] that alright? _
[Em] _ I said, is that alright?
I said, is that alright?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Come on, lift that hand.
[B] _ Come on, lift it. _
Come on, fellas.
[B] Lift that hand.
_ Lift that hand up.
Lift that hand.
_ Lift that hand.
Let [G] me hear you say yes.
[A] Just stay in love with [Bm] the Lord. _
Let [G] me hear you say yes.
Just stay in love with the Lord.
Let me hear you say _ yes.
Just stay in love with the Lord.
Let me hear you say yes.
I can't let him down.
Just stay in love with the [Bm] Lord. _
_ _ [G] Just [A] stay in love with the [B] Lord.
Thank you.
[G] I can't let him down.
Just [A] stay in love [B] with the Lord.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ Come on.
_ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] Thank you so [N] much.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
[G#] _ Is that Robert Dixon I [N] see?
Robert Dixon of the Salem Travelers.
Raise your hand.
Y'all give Robert a hand. _
The singers are coming.
I like that.
That's one of my good singers there.
_ [A] You talk like you sing.
Give me an [D] A, y'all.
_ _ [E] Thank you, Lord. _ _ _
[Am] _ That's gonna do it, fellas.
I don't have time
[G#] to thank you for all the good things you've [D] done.
_ [Am] Lord, I know you've been good.
[A] Lord, I know [D] you've been good.
I know you've been good.
[Am] You've been good to me.
That's enough.
[N] _ _ _ _
_ Y'all don't know nothing about that kind of singing.
They don't sing like that
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] You all just do that just [A] one more time.
_ _ [E] _ You _
[D] _ _ all put [A] them hands together.
[Em] _
Listen, listen here.
[D] _ [E] People say _ [D] that I'm _ [A] _ [Em] acting _ constrained.
_ [E] Well, they don't know. _
[D] What they don't know.
[A] Lord in my [Em] life, shown no better change.
That's [B] why I'm searching for, _ searching for, a better, better place to live.
Oh, [A] I just can't, I just can't, I just [Em] can't let the [Em] Lord down.
[B] _ _
[Em] Oh, I _ _ just can't, I just can't, I just can't let the [E] Lord down.
I'm going to say that one [Em] more time, y'all.
Is it all right?
[D] _ _ [E] People say [D] that _ I'm [A] acting [Em] _
constrained.
[B] _ _ [E] Well, they don't know. _
[D] What they don't know.
Lord [A] in my life, shown no better change.
You know what?
That's [B] why I'm searching for, _ looking for, a better, better, better place [A#] to live.
Oh, [A] I just can't, I just can't, I just can't [G] let the Lord down.
How [B] many of y'all feel like I [Em] feel tonight?
No matter what [C#] nobody says.
I just can't, I just [A] can't let the [E] Lord down.
Just one more verse I want [Em] to do, just one more verse.
I [E] love y'all.
[D] Oh, my God.
_ [A] _ _ [C#] Every [E] one of my grown.
As long as I live, as long [D] as I live, I'm [A] going to hasten [Em] to my [E] God's throne.
[Am] That's [B] why I'll hasten to, _ hasten to, _ hasten to my God's throne.
_ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _ I just can't, I [G] just can't let the Lord down.
_ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C#] I just can't, [A] I just [Em] can't let the Lord down.
Let's move on now.
[E] Is it all [B] right?
Is it all right?
[Em] I just can't let him down.
[C#] I just can't let the Lord down.
[B] I can't help [E] it now.
I just [C#] can't let the Lord down.
[B] He's meant to, meant to be.
I just can't let the Lord down.
I _ [E] [B] just can't let the Lord down.
I don't know about you.
I just can't let the Lord down.
I can't help [G] it now.
I just can't let [Em] the Lord down.
He's meant [B] to be.
I just can't let the Lord down.
And I keep letting [E] him down.
I just can't let [Em] the Lord down.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Oh!
_ [Em] I just can't let [B] the Lord down.
How many feel like that?
I can't!
I _ _ _ just _ can't let the Lord down.
I _ can't hear you [A] say yes.
Just stay in love with the [E] Lord.
_ _ _ [Em] Is [B] that alright? _
[Em] _ I said, is that alright?
I said, is that alright?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Come on, lift that hand.
[B] _ Come on, lift it. _
Come on, fellas.
[B] Lift that hand.
_ Lift that hand up.
Lift that hand.
_ Lift that hand.
Let [G] me hear you say yes.
[A] Just stay in love with [Bm] the Lord. _
Let [G] me hear you say yes.
Just stay in love with the Lord.
Let me hear you say _ yes.
Just stay in love with the Lord.
Let me hear you say yes.
I can't let him down.
Just stay in love with the [Bm] Lord. _
_ _ [G] Just [A] stay in love with the [B] Lord.
Thank you.
[G] I can't let him down.
Just [A] stay in love [B] with the Lord.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ Come on.
_ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] Thank you so [N] much.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
[G#] _ Is that Robert Dixon I [N] see?
Robert Dixon of the Salem Travelers.
Raise your hand.
Y'all give Robert a hand. _
The singers are coming.
I like that.
That's one of my good singers there.
_ [A] You talk like you sing.
Give me an [D] A, y'all.
_ _ [E] Thank you, Lord. _ _ _
[Am] _ That's gonna do it, fellas.
I don't have time
[G#] to thank you for all the good things you've [D] done.
_ [Am] Lord, I know you've been good.
[A] Lord, I know [D] you've been good.
I know you've been good.
[Am] You've been good to me.
That's enough.
[N] _ _ _ _
_ Y'all don't know nothing about that kind of singing.
They don't sing like that