by Guest » Sat Mar 11, 2017 5:33 am
At my church we always played it in a minor to give it that jazzy bluse feel. I rock from the E to the B on the bass hand hitting the Em inbetween to make it kind of bounce.
Em Am. Em
Between the pages of an old family Bible
Em. B7 (walk up bass B C# Eb E)
I found dates of births deaths and old revivals
Em. . Am Em
I came upon a page. It was written by a feeble hand
Em. B7
It said this is my last request and these are my funeral
Em
plans
Chorus
Em. Am. Em.
When I die let me die speaking in tongues
Em B7 (bass walk up to E)
Let it ring in my ears all these songs I've sung
Em . Am
Give me the strength to praise you, to speak your name one
Em
more time
Em B7 Em
Then have your angels carry me over to the other side
V2
Lord I've lived a long life...now my race is run.
I can't wait to leave here. I've got nothing left undone.
I've got everything in order. Tell my children not to cry.
I've left them a road map and they can meet me in the bye and bye.
V3
Go tell my friends and neighbors not to weep for me.
I'm gonna live forever. I've finally been set free.
Tell 'em not to mourn or to miss me when I'm gone.
They can shout all around my graveside 'cause that ain't my
final home.
At my church we always played it in a minor to give it that jazzy bluse feel. I rock from the E to the B on the bass hand hitting the Em inbetween to make it kind of bounce.
Em Am. Em
Between the pages of an old family Bible
Em. B7 (walk up bass B C# Eb E)
I found dates of births deaths and old revivals
Em. . Am Em
I came upon a page. It was written by a feeble hand
Em. B7
It said this is my last request and these are my funeral
Em
plans
Chorus
Em. Am. Em.
When I die let me die speaking in tongues
Em B7 (bass walk up to E)
Let it ring in my ears all these songs I've sung
Em . Am
Give me the strength to praise you, to speak your name one
Em
more time
Em B7 Em
Then have your angels carry me over to the other side
V2
Lord I've lived a long life...now my race is run.
I can't wait to leave here. I've got nothing left undone.
I've got everything in order. Tell my children not to cry.
I've left them a road map and they can meet me in the bye and bye.
V3
Go tell my friends and neighbors not to weep for me.
I'm gonna live forever. I've finally been set free.
Tell 'em not to mourn or to miss me when I'm gone.
They can shout all around my graveside 'cause that ain't my
final home.