Chords for They're Holding Up the Ladder

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_ [G] _ _ _ I'd like to sing this song in memory of my sister Regina.
She sang it on her deathbed just [D] hours before passing into eternity.
[C] Her battle with cancer was [G] lost on earth, but her home in heaven was sure through Jesus.
Friend, I don't know where you're at on this ladder of life, but I want to encourage you [D] to climb.
Climb, because waiting at [C] the top is Jesus, [G] the author and the finisher of our faith.
As I climb this gospel ladder, always heeding every sign,
[D] I know my Savior's with me [C] and he's teaching [G] me to climb.
Every day that I'm climbing, there's a battle won for me.
[D] Every step on this ladder [C] is another [G] victory.
_ They're holding up the ladder that I'm climbing on.
[D] I'm climbing up the ladder [C] and I'm [G] going home.
At the top of the ladder, oh what joy there shall be,
[D] for the angels are holding [C] up this ladder [G] for me.
There's a mansion being built for me somewhere in glory land,
[D] and this ladder that I'm climbing, [C] it is part [G] of that plan.
_ I can hear the angels beckoning, keep on climbing, don't stop.
There's a [D] crown of life awaiting [C] for you when you [G] reach the _ top. _ _ _
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_ _ Now come on you Christian soldiers, show the world your light and shine.
[D] Get on this gospel ladder [C] and don't be [G] afraid to climb.
_ Can you hear the angels cheering?
Soon the battle will be o'er,
[D] and we'll celebrate the victory [C] when we reach [G] the other shore.
_ _ They're holding up the ladder that I'm climbing [D] on.
I'm climbing up the ladder [C] and I'm going [G]
home.
At the top of the ladder, oh what joy there shall be,
[D] for the angels are holding [C] up this ladder [G] for me.
_ They're holding up the ladder that I'm climbing on.
[D] I'm climbing up the ladder [C] and I'm going [G] home.
At the top of the ladder, oh what joy there shall be,
for [D] the angels are holding [C] up this ladder [G] for me.
[D] Yes, the angels are holding up [C] this ladder _ [G] for me. _ _
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