Chords for The Canton Spirituals Mourning Dove

[F#m] _ [A] [E] Oh, [A] _ _ Lord, she's been so, _ [C#m] so [E] _ good [Dm] to me.
_ [A] _ _ [D] Lord, [A] I don't [D] know _ [F#] [B] what _ I would do.
_ [A] But if I had wings,
[E] _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] Like a [B] morning [F#m] dove,
Do you [D] know why?
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
I'd _ [D#] suffer if you're [B] all over [F#m] _ [D]
me.
And I would be [A] at rest.
_ _ [D]
Yes, [E] I would [A] be at rest.
_ Sometime daddy would look [Bm] up [A] _ and say,
Lord, you brought me _ here.
[B] Hey, you brought me from a mile away.
[C#] _ [E] Hey, [A] you watched over me too.
[D]
Not [F#m] just one day, but you, you [C#] watched over [F#m] me every day.
Yes, you did.
[D] And [A] if I had wings,
_ [F#m] _
_ _ [B] Like a morning dove,
How many of y'all ever feel like [D] that sometimes?
When you're bored or [A] just_ Fly away.
_ _ [F#m]
I won't have to worry about what folks say about me [F] no [D] more.
And then I would just be [A] at rest.
_ _ [D]
Yes, I would be [A] at rest.
Just one more thing. _
[D] _ _ _ [A] Lord, you've been so_
Lord, God's been good to me, y'all.
Y'all, excuse [Em] me.
[A] Lord, I knew you'd _ _
_ [E] _ [D] be_
Oh, [F#m] Lord, you done done so [D] much for me, Jesus.
_ [A] If you [F#m] leave me, I don't know what I, [B] what I would do.
Y [D]'all, excuse me, but [A] sometimes I feel like that.
[E] If I had [F#m] wings,
_ _ _ [B] If I just had wings like a morning [D] dove,
I'd just spread my wings and fly [A] away.
I'd just fly away, fly [F#m] away.
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#m] [F] Yes, [A] I would.
[D] And I'd be [A] at rest.
_ _ [D]
Yes, I would, y'all.
[A] Be at rest.
[D] Yes, I would, y'all.
[A] Be at rest.
[D] Yes, _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
I would, [D] y'all.
[A] Be at rest.
_ Don't it get [D] lonely sometimes?
[C#] [A] Be at rest.
I said, don't it get [D] lonely sometimes?
[A] Be at rest.
And ooh, God bless [D] you.
Yes, I would.
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