Chords for The Thief - The Canton Spirituals, "New Life: Live in Harvey, IL"

_ Little song we _ _ want to sing. _ _
Hope you like it.
_ Y'all can start it when you get ready. _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ That's my new guitar [Bm] player, y'all.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ Went on the _ [E] _
cross _ _ _ cavalry.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Where the law _ _ _ _ was crucified.
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ The _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] mob _ _ _ stood _ around _ [A] and mocked [Bm] him.
_ [C#] Didn't they do it, [F#m] y'all? _
_ _ _ _ [B] They _ _ mocked [G] _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [E] him till he died. _ _ _ _
_ _ Two [A] _ _
thieves were [E] _
hanging _ _ _ [A] beside [B] _ [E] him.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] They said _ _ _ _ his _ _ _ [C#] _ _
angering. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] But one, _ _ [D#] one of them _ cried [A] _
out.
Oh, [C#] master, he [F#m] cried out and said, oh.
[D] _ One [A]
law _ _ [E] free _ [A] will _ from [D]
me.
_ _ _ _ [A]
Let me say it again.
[E] Went [E] _ [A] _
on the [E] _ _
_ cross _ [A] of cavalry.
Where _ [C#] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] [D] the law was _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [E] crucified. _
[A] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ The [E] mob _ stood _ _ around.
Didn't they do it?
[F#] _
[A] Oh, they mocked [C#] him.
_ Oh, [F#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [B] don't they mock my savior. _ _ _
_ Until _ _ [E] he died. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ Two _ [A] thieves _ were [E] _ _ _ [C#m] hanging [A] _
beside _ [D] him. _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] Just to share. _ _
Oh, _ _ his _
[C#] angering.
_ His _ angering.
[G#] _ _ [A] Oh, [D] but one, _ _ _ _
[D#] one of them _ _ just cried out.
[C#] He said, I [F#m] know who you are, Jesus.
[Bm] I know who [A] you are.
I know who you are, Lord.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] Remember me, Lord.
_ [Bm] This [A] is what he said.
_ [B] _ _
Remember me.
_ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
[A] Until I fall to die.
[D] I can't help it.
[A] Y'all sing now.
[B] Remember me, Lord. _ _ _
Oh, when trouble. _
[B] Don't [D] sometimes trouble get harder [B] out.
[A]
I heard [F#] that thief when he said, [E] whatever you [A] come out.
_ _ [C#] I know who you are.
_ I [D] know who you are.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] He said, Father.
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Remember me, Jesus.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] Remember [E] me.
_ _ I'm getting happy. _
_ When tears _ _
[A] are [D] _ falling down.
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ Remember me.
When trouble [A] _ _
is [D] all alone. _
_ _ If I get rough. _
_ _ Oh, [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [D] that thief just said, [A] Father.
_ Father.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Father.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Jesus.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Can't y'all [A] hear that thief just said.
_ [C#m] Father.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ One of the [A] thieves said, if you be God.
Father.
_ [D] _ _
_ He said, why don't you [A] save us and then save yourself.
_ _ [D] _ _
The other thief on the right said, [A] don't you fear God.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ That's when it [A] sounded out.
_ That's when [D] it sounded out.
_ [D] _ [E] That's when that thief sounded out.
_ _ _ [D] He said, I saw him spit on him.
[A] He never said a word.
_ _ _ [D] He said, I saw him stick knives in [A] him and put all in [C#] him.
_ [Bm] _
He [D] said, he never said a moment of word.
[A] He said, this man got to be the son of God.
[D] _ _
_ _ That's [A] when the sound was good.
[E] I believe [D] _
that thief.
I [A] believe that thief. _
Turned his head.
_ _ [D] _
Looked up and called Jesus.
_ [A] Father. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _
Father.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _
Father.
[E] _ _ _ _ [D]
I can hear that thief get serious.
[A] My father, my father, my father, my father. _ _