Тональность: D major
Verse 1
Edim
D
Gm
A
You know I like the old songs
D
A
I like them because
back in the country
D
My grandfather was my pastor
and many days
Em
When they were get ting ready to have
A
that old revival meeting
D
My grandfather would
make his way up in the pulpit
Look out in that country church and he
Em
D
did n't have a real strong voice
Gm
D
But he was saying those old songs
They will be getting ready for the revival
A
meeting
And it seemed like in my mind,
Asus4
I can hear him sometimes singing
Verse 2
D
C
D
nearer,
G
my God
Abdim
D
To Thee, oh near
Bm
(Nearer) nearer (to
A
Thee) to Thee
D
He will say nearer (oh near,
A
D
G
D
nearer ), my (my God)
G
D
(To thee) to Thee, oh near,
A
D
I will be nearer (oh near)
Bm
A
D
A
Nearer (nearer)
D
to (to Thee), to Thee
Verse 3
D
A
Listen
Verse 4
D
Am
D
G
Sons, they have a feeling,
you see
D
(Doo) there is a story
Bm
and every song that (doo)
A
We sing sometimes when you listen at a song
D
(doo)
Sons (doo- doo), sons they know,
Bm
D
I'll have your burden when you stay
A
Nearer (oh, nearer) nearer (to
D
G
Thee) to Thee (to Thee)
Verse 5
D
A
You see, in those days,
Bm
D
my grandmother
Was the mother of the church,
C
and I was the oldest grandchild
D
Many days I would go by her home
G
D
to talk to her, she taught me a lot
G
And some days when I would
Abdim
G
get to that old wooden house
D
Tears would be running down
those wrinkled cheeks
Bm
By me being the oldest boy, I always thought I
Verse 6
A
could help
D
I used to ask her saying, "Why,
A
Am
why are you crying?"
A
She would look at me and say, "Son,
D
you're too young now
You're too young
to understand my tears"
C
A
She said, "But just keep on liv
D
G
ing," and friends today
D
I can understand her tears, I'm
G
not ashamed to tell the world
Abdim
D
Sometimes, I have to cry
Verse 7
A
And some days when I would
get to that old house
Bm
A
She would be humming and
D
she wouldn't come out and say the words
And I would say to her,
A
Bm
D
"Why are you moaning like this?"
Verse 8
A
She would say, "Son, when I
Am
D
moan it confuses everybody
G
It confuses the devil, he doesn't know
what I'm moaning about"
Abdim
Now, I may not be able to
moan like a lot of people
D
But I believe I can moan a little
bit like my grandmother
A
If she was still with us today,
Bm
A
she would sound something like this
Verse 9
D
In my mind, I can hear her sometimes
Working, washing and ironing
in that old wooden house
G
Seems like when she would moan, it
D
would make the work easier
G
And in my mind, friends,
Abdim
D
sometimes when I'm rid ing along in the bus
Or flying through the air
A
Bm
I can hear her humming
D
G
D
Sometime like this, listen
A
D
G
Hmm, hm-
Verse 10
D
G
mm (doo)
G
A
Hmm, hmm (doo)
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