Chords for Willie Banks & The Messengers 1982

[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ me.
And as long as I live, _ I'm gonna be true to his word.
_ Do you know why?
Because [A] I've got _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
religion.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ And as long as I live, _ I'm [D] gonna be true _ to his word.
_ Do you know _ _ why?
Because I've got _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I got my _ _ _ _ religion.
[E] _ _ [G] Hey, [F#] _
_ hey, hey.
_ I'm satisfied.
I'm satisfied, [Bm] _ Lord.
_ Yes, I am.
_ God knows _ I'm had my ups and downs.
I'm glad I held on to my faith in God.
_ I ate that many days.
And I told the Lord, Lord, this is a [A] uphill [Bm] journey. _ _ _ _
_ _ He was looking down on his self, and I said, Lord, I can't make it by [D] myself.
Oh, Lord.
_ Oh, Lord.
This is a uphill, uphill [E] journey.
[F#] Oh, [G] Lord.
I _ [F#] _ can't make it by myself.
[Bm] _ _ Just can't make it.
I just can't make it.
Some people don't understand.
[A] Just can't [Bm] make it.
_ [D] I [Bm] got a right to sing today.
_ _ You see, God has spared my life.
Yes, he has.
And I got a right to sing with all my heart and all my life.
_ On the 6th of July in 1981, _ _ _ God saw the van we were riding in, the overturned down, a 50-foot environment.
[A] _ _ [Bm] Man's coming down the highway, said he saw the whole thing.
[A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] Somebody, somebody, somebody.
Ain't God a good God.
Ain't God a good God.
He was standing right here.
Every time one of us go out there one night, God had [A] his hand in my pocket. _
[Bm] _ _ Ain't God a good God.
Ain't good to you.
_ _ _ _ Hey, [A] _ _
hey, hey, [Bm] hey.
So good.
So good.
_ _ Tell me.
_ You don't know, but they tell me.
_ When they rolled me in the hospital, the doctors told the nurse, they said, clean him up
with the blood and the mud off his body the best you can
because that one won't [A] make it to D [Bm]-Land tomorrow.
_ Three doctors said the same thing, y'all,
but they didn't know.
One Friday evening, I got a headache.
Like, yeah, _ yeah, yeah.
I met a full doctor.
He's got all power [A] in his hand.
[Bm] He was standing right there, right by my bed.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Put my blood sugar up to 800.
He was standing right there.
Every love song of his [A] life.
The world just leave him alone.
[Bm] I ain't finished with him yet.
Let him go back in my name.
Ain't gonna put on a good show.
Yeah, yeah, [A] yeah.
_ So [Bm] good, baby.
[D] I got a right to stand here today and tell you
[A] that I'm God, won't [Bm] I?
Yeah, yeah.
That I ain't gonna die [D] no more.
All I'm gonna do is fly away with you.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm God, won't [E] I?
Yeah, [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ yeah. _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ Never, never, never, [D] never, [Bm] never, never, never die.
Y'all tell me, ain't God a good God?
Yes, he is.
Have he been good to you?
Yeah.
If you ever been sick in your life, raise your hand.
What happened?
Didn't God heal you?
Heal you.
Didn't God heal you? Heal you.
Tell me.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ I said Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
Thank you, [B] Lord.