Chords for The Clark Sisters - Blessed & Highly Favored

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[G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
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_ _ [N] _ _ It's an honor and a privilege to introduce a group of ladies I was introduced to as a kid.
Now, their hits, I Expect a Miracle and You Brought the Sunshine, helped to shape the
direction of what we all know and love as contemporary gospel music.
Yeah.
But more than that, this is gospel royalty, people.
For more than three decades, the legacy in this genre continues to shine.
Please help me welcome Grammy Award winning, my girls, my sisters, the incredible, the
_ _ incredible Clark sisters.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ He's [G] brought me through my [Eb] trials.
_ He's [Em] brought me [E] through [Ab] tribulations.
_ Never let a [C] day go by and I realize [Ab] I've _ [Abm] _
_ been for the [C] lord who was on my side.
Back was [Ab] against the wall, [G] not for [Cm] me.
_ He [E] heard my cry and the [Gm] rest can [Ab] be.
He never let a day go by and I realize I've been for the lord who was on my side.
But [C] they go by and [Ab] realize _ we [Am] are blessed.
_ _ [Eb] Don't take it for granted [G] that we are here [Cm] today. _ _
[Gb] _ _ Just [Am] _ [Cm] know that [Bb] we're blessed and [D] highly [G] favored.
How?
[C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ That [Fm] we're blessed and [Eb] highly favored. _
Oh.
[Bb] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _ He [G] brought me through our [Cm] trials.
He brought me through.
He brought me [Gm] through.
Oh, [Ab] I never let a [C] day go by that I realized
[Ab] that _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] I was [G] against the law.
[D] He would [Cm] _ replace me, but he [E] heard your cry.
_ _ [Ab] _ But he never let a [C] day go by that I [Ab] realized
that _ we are [A] blessed.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Don't take [G] it for granted that we are here [Cm] today. _ _
[Fm] _ _ [C] _ [F] Just know that [Ab] we're blessed and [Bbm] highly favored.
Oh, I'm [C] so glad _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] that [Ab] we're blessed and highly [Eb] favored.
Now, everybody here can just take [Fm] a look back.
[Cm] _ [Ab] _ _ Through the [Bb] years, don't you know that [Eb] _ it's amazing [Ab] how he got it?
[Cm] _ [Ab] What the devil meant [Fm] for evil.
But [G] what the [E] devil [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ [G] said in the end. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ Oh, that [Bb] we're [F] blessed and highly [Cm] favored. _ _
[F] _ Just want you to think [Ab] about it for a moment. _
Oh, [G] _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ it could have [Gm] been me.
It [Dm] should have [Ab] been me.
It would have [B] been [G] me.
If it was [Gm] another, _ it would have been me.
It should [Ab] have been me.
[F] It would have been me.
If it was [Cm] another, _ it would have been me.
[Bb] It should have [Eb] been [Ab] me.
It would have [G] been me.
[F] If it wasn't [Cm] for the blood it [Gm] could have been me
[D] It [Am] should have [Eb] been me
[Fm] It would have [F] been me
If it wasn't [Cm] for the blood, it could have [Bb] been me
It should have [Ab] been me
It would have [G] been me
If it wasn't for the [Gm] blood, it could have been me
It [Eb] should have [Ab] been me
[Fm] It would have [F] been me
If it [Cm] wasn't for the grace _ _ [G] _
_ of [Fm] God that brought me _
[Ab] _ [Bb] to [Eb] heaven, I'm taking my [Ab] own life.
I'm taking my own life.
[A] Mercy's a [Cm] new way.
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[G] Nobody can do it to [Fm] me. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab]
We're blessed and [D] highly.
[G] You'll _ have to [C] excuse me, because God _ [A] knows.
I know that [Ab] we're blessed and [C] highly, [Eb] baby. _ _
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