Were You There?
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L087
Credit: Traditional (African American spiritual) · 1899
Origin: Spiritual first printed 1899. Public domain.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Were_You_There
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Key of D (as written on the sheet).
D D7 G A7 D G D Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (Were you there?) A E7 A Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (Were you there?) D G D D7 G D Oh... Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble D7 G A7 D G D Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (Were you there?) D D7 G A7 D G D Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? (Were you there?) A E7 A Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? (Were you there?) D G D D7 G D Oh... Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble D7 G A7 D G D Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? (Were you there?) D D7 G A7 D G D Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb? (Were you there?) A E7 A Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb? (Were you there?) D G D D7 G D Oh... Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble D7 G A7 D G D Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb? (Were you there?) D D7 G A7 D G D Were you there when He rose up from the grave? (Were you there?) A E7 A Were you there when He rose up from the grave? (Were you there?) D G D D7 G D Oh... Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble D7 G A D G D Were you there when He rose up from the grave? (Were you there?)