Chords for The Mighty Clouds of Joy-Bright Side
Tempo:
75.875 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Dm
G
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [F] Well, there was a lady that had five sons.
[C] It's fine to be both a mother and a father for a children.
And you know how some [F] children are.
When they have a children, they do wrong things.
Sometimes they can get accused of doing [C] things that they didn't necessarily have to do.
Oh Lord, one night, great [F] God, Holy Son, happened to be in the same neighborhood [C] where a [F] man had been killed.
The next day, good God Almighty, the police officer came to the old lady's house and shot her.
[C] Old lady, he said, last night, last night, he said a man was killed.
He said, your child [F] has [C] been accused of [F] taking this man's life.
He said, don't you know the penalty in this town for taking a child?
[C] And the old lady said, no.
He said, tomorrow, [Cm] tomorrow, he said [C] tomorrow at 12 o'clock.
He said, your child will have to die.
Oh [Gm] Lord, the [C] old lady stood there with tears in her eyes.
She stood there in a moment of confusion.
She [Gm] looked at the [Am] police officer [C] and said to him,
she said, all my life, I've [F] tried to raise my children the best I know how.
She said, I [C] know, child forgiven.
She said, you take them on anyway.
She said, I'll try to figure out [Am] some way to stop you [C] from taking my child.
Oh Lord, but the old lady heard that they had a husband in the town.
[G] He wouldn't [Ab] take any more life.
[Em] You have to [C] toll the bell three times.
Oh [Gm] Lord, [C] and if the bell didn't toll, that mean her child would be set free.
Oh Lord, when the old lady heard this, good God Almighty,
she reached in the closet and [F] put on her old hat.
She reached up on the shelf and put on her coat.
She made her way out to that old bell.
There [Dm] was a bowl of toad.
Oh [C] Lord, yeah, she took her time and crawled up in that bell.
She wrapped her arms around the toad in that bell.
She was trying to stop the bell from tolling.
She knew that the bell [D] [Am]
[F] would set her child free.
Oh Lord, she held on there until I heard the man.
He said, go home and toll the bell so we can take the [Dm] child.
But what [F] they didn't know, the old lady was up in that bell holding on.
[Dm] [C] The man reached up, grabbed a [Dm] hold of the rope.
He [C] pulled, he pulled, he pulled.
[Am] [F]
He was torn.
After a while, [C] he looked around and said, something [F] is wrong up in that bell.
He said, [C] oh, oh.
[Gm] [F] He let the child go free.
When the old lady heard, she fell down on [C] the ground.
My son ran over to her, kneeled down beside her.
He said, Michael,
[Cm] you [F] shouldn't give up on me.
You shouldn't give up [Dm]
on me.
Go [C] free.
She looked up at her son.
He said, son, I'm getting old.
[G] I'm getting [C] fever.
She said, they're taking my life today.
And I know you're sad.
Son looked at her.
She opened her eyes.
He looked around at the child.
He said, [F] oh, oh.
Confusion.
[Dm] Somebody walked over to her son [C] and told her son these words.
He said, don't worry, son, because I want you to know this.
And they told him, they said, there's a bright sun somewhere.
They told him [Dm] not to worry.
[C] They told him, [D] [C] there's a bright sun [G] somewhere.
They told him, don't feel bad.
[F] Don't you stop.
[C] Stop until [F] you find it.
[C] [Cm] [C]
Somewhere.
[F] They told him, they said, [C] there's a bright sun somewhere.
And you know that.
Somewhere.
There's a bright sun [G] somewhere.
[C] [F] Until you find [C] [G]
[Dm] it.
[C] [F] And then her son got up.
You know what he [C] told him?
He told him, he said, I will go into my secret glory.
This is what he told him.
I will fall down [A] on my knees.
[Dm] And then he told him [G] this.
Oh, [C] God.
[Am] [F] Oh, my Jesus.
Oh, [C] just let it go.
Just [G] let it go.
Just let it go.
[C] And I believe.
And when [F] he got up, he [C] told him this.
He said, there's a bright sun [A] [C] somewhere.
Oh, yes, there's a bright sun [G] somewhere.
Until [C]
[Am] you find it.
[F] [Dm] [C]
[F] [G] [Dm] [C] Somewhere.
[F] Somewhere.
[C] [Am] That's all right, there.
[Cm]
[C] It's fine to be both a mother and a father for a children.
And you know how some [F] children are.
When they have a children, they do wrong things.
Sometimes they can get accused of doing [C] things that they didn't necessarily have to do.
Oh Lord, one night, great [F] God, Holy Son, happened to be in the same neighborhood [C] where a [F] man had been killed.
The next day, good God Almighty, the police officer came to the old lady's house and shot her.
[C] Old lady, he said, last night, last night, he said a man was killed.
He said, your child [F] has [C] been accused of [F] taking this man's life.
He said, don't you know the penalty in this town for taking a child?
[C] And the old lady said, no.
He said, tomorrow, [Cm] tomorrow, he said [C] tomorrow at 12 o'clock.
He said, your child will have to die.
Oh [Gm] Lord, the [C] old lady stood there with tears in her eyes.
She stood there in a moment of confusion.
She [Gm] looked at the [Am] police officer [C] and said to him,
she said, all my life, I've [F] tried to raise my children the best I know how.
She said, I [C] know, child forgiven.
She said, you take them on anyway.
She said, I'll try to figure out [Am] some way to stop you [C] from taking my child.
Oh Lord, but the old lady heard that they had a husband in the town.
[G] He wouldn't [Ab] take any more life.
[Em] You have to [C] toll the bell three times.
Oh [Gm] Lord, [C] and if the bell didn't toll, that mean her child would be set free.
Oh Lord, when the old lady heard this, good God Almighty,
she reached in the closet and [F] put on her old hat.
She reached up on the shelf and put on her coat.
She made her way out to that old bell.
There [Dm] was a bowl of toad.
Oh [C] Lord, yeah, she took her time and crawled up in that bell.
She wrapped her arms around the toad in that bell.
She was trying to stop the bell from tolling.
She knew that the bell [D] [Am]
[F] would set her child free.
Oh Lord, she held on there until I heard the man.
He said, go home and toll the bell so we can take the [Dm] child.
But what [F] they didn't know, the old lady was up in that bell holding on.
[Dm] [C] The man reached up, grabbed a [Dm] hold of the rope.
He [C] pulled, he pulled, he pulled.
[Am] [F]
He was torn.
After a while, [C] he looked around and said, something [F] is wrong up in that bell.
He said, [C] oh, oh.
[Gm] [F] He let the child go free.
When the old lady heard, she fell down on [C] the ground.
My son ran over to her, kneeled down beside her.
He said, Michael,
[Cm] you [F] shouldn't give up on me.
You shouldn't give up [Dm]
on me.
Go [C] free.
She looked up at her son.
He said, son, I'm getting old.
[G] I'm getting [C] fever.
She said, they're taking my life today.
And I know you're sad.
Son looked at her.
She opened her eyes.
He looked around at the child.
He said, [F] oh, oh.
Confusion.
[Dm] Somebody walked over to her son [C] and told her son these words.
He said, don't worry, son, because I want you to know this.
And they told him, they said, there's a bright sun somewhere.
They told him [Dm] not to worry.
[C] They told him, [D] [C] there's a bright sun [G] somewhere.
They told him, don't feel bad.
[F] Don't you stop.
[C] Stop until [F] you find it.
[C] [Cm] [C]
Somewhere.
[F] They told him, they said, [C] there's a bright sun somewhere.
And you know that.
Somewhere.
There's a bright sun [G] somewhere.
[C] [F] Until you find [C] [G]
[Dm] it.
[C] [F] And then her son got up.
You know what he [C] told him?
He told him, he said, I will go into my secret glory.
This is what he told him.
I will fall down [A] on my knees.
[Dm] And then he told him [G] this.
Oh, [C] God.
[Am] [F] Oh, my Jesus.
Oh, [C] just let it go.
Just [G] let it go.
Just let it go.
[C] And I believe.
And when [F] he got up, he [C] told him this.
He said, there's a bright sun [A] [C] somewhere.
Oh, yes, there's a bright sun [G] somewhere.
Until [C]
[Am] you find it.
[F] [Dm] [C]
[F] [G] [Dm] [C] Somewhere.
[F] Somewhere.
[C] [Am] That's all right, there.
[Cm]
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[Bb] _ [F] _ Well, there was a lady that had five sons.
[C] It's _ fine to be both a mother and a father for a children.
And you know how some [F] children are. _
When they have a children, they do wrong things.
Sometimes they can get accused of doing [C] things that they didn't necessarily have to do.
Oh Lord, one night, great [F] God, Holy Son, happened to be in the same neighborhood [C] where a [F] man had been killed.
The next day, good God Almighty, the police officer came to the old lady's house and shot her.
_ _ [C] Old lady, he said, last night, last night, he said a man was killed.
_ He said, your child [F] has [C] been accused of [F] taking this man's life.
He said, don't you know the penalty in this town for taking a child?
_ [C] And the old lady said, no.
He said, tomorrow, [Cm] _ tomorrow, he said [C] tomorrow at 12 o'clock.
He said, your child will have to die.
Oh [Gm] Lord, the [C] old lady stood there with tears in her eyes.
She stood there in a moment of confusion.
She [Gm] looked at the [Am] police officer [C] and said to him,
she said, all my life, _ _ _ I've _ [F] tried to raise my children the best I know how.
She said, I [C] know, child forgiven.
She said, you take them on anyway.
She said, I'll try to figure out [Am] some way to stop you [C] from taking my child.
Oh Lord, but the old lady heard _ _ that they had a husband in the town. _ _
_ [G] He wouldn't [Ab] take any more life.
[Em] You have to [C] toll the bell three times.
Oh [Gm] Lord, [C] and if the bell didn't toll, that mean her child would be set free.
Oh Lord, when the old lady heard this, good God Almighty,
she reached in the closet and [F] put on her old hat.
She reached up on the shelf and put on her coat.
She made her way out to that old bell.
There [Dm] was a bowl of toad.
Oh [C] Lord, yeah, she took her time and crawled up in that bell.
She wrapped her arms around the toad in that bell.
She was trying to stop the bell from tolling.
She knew that the bell [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] would set her child free.
Oh Lord, she held on there until I heard the man.
He said, go home and toll the bell so we can take the [Dm] child.
But what [F] they didn't know, the old lady was up in that bell holding on.
[Dm] [C] The man reached up, grabbed a [Dm] hold of the rope.
He [C] pulled, he pulled, he pulled.
[Am] _ _ [F] _
_ He was torn.
After a while, [C] he looked around and said, something [F] is wrong up in that bell.
He said, [C] oh, oh.
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ He let the child go free.
When the old lady heard, _ _ she fell down on [C] the ground.
My son ran over to her, kneeled down beside her.
He said, Michael, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] you [F] shouldn't give up on me.
You shouldn't give up [Dm]
on me.
Go [C] free.
She looked up at her son.
He said, son, I'm getting old.
[G] I'm getting [C] fever.
She said, they're taking my life today.
And I know you're sad.
Son looked at her.
She opened her eyes.
He looked around at the child.
He said, _ _ _ _ _ [F] oh, oh.
_ Confusion.
_ _ [Dm] Somebody walked over to her son [C] and told her son these words.
He said, don't worry, son, because I want you to know this.
And they told him, they said, there's a bright sun _ somewhere.
They told him [Dm] not to worry.
[C] They told him, [D] [C] there's a bright sun _ [G] somewhere.
They told him, don't feel bad.
[F] Don't you stop.
[C] Stop _ until [F] you find it.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [C]
Somewhere.
[F] They told him, they said, [C] there's a bright sun _ somewhere.
And you know that.
_ Somewhere.
There's a bright sun _ [G] somewhere. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] Until you find _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[Dm] it.
[C] [F] And then her son got up.
You know what he [C] told him?
He told him, he said, I will _ go into my secret glory.
This is what he told him.
I will fall down _ _ [A] on my knees.
[Dm] And then he told him [G] this.
Oh, [C] God. _ _
[Am] [F] Oh, my Jesus.
Oh, [C] just let it go.
Just [G] let it go.
Just let it go.
[C] And I believe.
And when [F] he got up, he [C] told him this.
He said, there's a bright sun [A] _ [C] somewhere.
Oh, yes, _ there's a bright sun _ _ [G] somewhere.
_ Until _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] you find it.
[F] _ [Dm] _ [C] _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] [C] Somewhere.
[F] Somewhere.
_ [C] _ [Am] That's all right, there.
[Cm] _ _ _
[C] It's _ fine to be both a mother and a father for a children.
And you know how some [F] children are. _
When they have a children, they do wrong things.
Sometimes they can get accused of doing [C] things that they didn't necessarily have to do.
Oh Lord, one night, great [F] God, Holy Son, happened to be in the same neighborhood [C] where a [F] man had been killed.
The next day, good God Almighty, the police officer came to the old lady's house and shot her.
_ _ [C] Old lady, he said, last night, last night, he said a man was killed.
_ He said, your child [F] has [C] been accused of [F] taking this man's life.
He said, don't you know the penalty in this town for taking a child?
_ [C] And the old lady said, no.
He said, tomorrow, [Cm] _ tomorrow, he said [C] tomorrow at 12 o'clock.
He said, your child will have to die.
Oh [Gm] Lord, the [C] old lady stood there with tears in her eyes.
She stood there in a moment of confusion.
She [Gm] looked at the [Am] police officer [C] and said to him,
she said, all my life, _ _ _ I've _ [F] tried to raise my children the best I know how.
She said, I [C] know, child forgiven.
She said, you take them on anyway.
She said, I'll try to figure out [Am] some way to stop you [C] from taking my child.
Oh Lord, but the old lady heard _ _ that they had a husband in the town. _ _
_ [G] He wouldn't [Ab] take any more life.
[Em] You have to [C] toll the bell three times.
Oh [Gm] Lord, [C] and if the bell didn't toll, that mean her child would be set free.
Oh Lord, when the old lady heard this, good God Almighty,
she reached in the closet and [F] put on her old hat.
She reached up on the shelf and put on her coat.
She made her way out to that old bell.
There [Dm] was a bowl of toad.
Oh [C] Lord, yeah, she took her time and crawled up in that bell.
She wrapped her arms around the toad in that bell.
She was trying to stop the bell from tolling.
She knew that the bell [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] would set her child free.
Oh Lord, she held on there until I heard the man.
He said, go home and toll the bell so we can take the [Dm] child.
But what [F] they didn't know, the old lady was up in that bell holding on.
[Dm] [C] The man reached up, grabbed a [Dm] hold of the rope.
He [C] pulled, he pulled, he pulled.
[Am] _ _ [F] _
_ He was torn.
After a while, [C] he looked around and said, something [F] is wrong up in that bell.
He said, [C] oh, oh.
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ He let the child go free.
When the old lady heard, _ _ she fell down on [C] the ground.
My son ran over to her, kneeled down beside her.
He said, Michael, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] you [F] shouldn't give up on me.
You shouldn't give up [Dm]
on me.
Go [C] free.
She looked up at her son.
He said, son, I'm getting old.
[G] I'm getting [C] fever.
She said, they're taking my life today.
And I know you're sad.
Son looked at her.
She opened her eyes.
He looked around at the child.
He said, _ _ _ _ _ [F] oh, oh.
_ Confusion.
_ _ [Dm] Somebody walked over to her son [C] and told her son these words.
He said, don't worry, son, because I want you to know this.
And they told him, they said, there's a bright sun _ somewhere.
They told him [Dm] not to worry.
[C] They told him, [D] [C] there's a bright sun _ [G] somewhere.
They told him, don't feel bad.
[F] Don't you stop.
[C] Stop _ until [F] you find it.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [C]
Somewhere.
[F] They told him, they said, [C] there's a bright sun _ somewhere.
And you know that.
_ Somewhere.
There's a bright sun _ [G] somewhere. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] Until you find _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[Dm] it.
[C] [F] And then her son got up.
You know what he [C] told him?
He told him, he said, I will _ go into my secret glory.
This is what he told him.
I will fall down _ _ [A] on my knees.
[Dm] And then he told him [G] this.
Oh, [C] God. _ _
[Am] [F] Oh, my Jesus.
Oh, [C] just let it go.
Just [G] let it go.
Just let it go.
[C] And I believe.
And when [F] he got up, he [C] told him this.
He said, there's a bright sun [A] _ [C] somewhere.
Oh, yes, _ there's a bright sun _ _ [G] somewhere.
_ Until _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] you find it.
[F] _ [Dm] _ [C] _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] [C] Somewhere.
[F] Somewhere.
_ [C] _ [Am] That's all right, there.
[Cm] _ _ _