His Record Is On High chords by Jerry Salley
Verse 1
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In a Mississippi graveyard
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with a friend of mine one day
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We'd come to see a famous man
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at his final resting place
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When a hand etched on a tombstone,
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pointing upward, caught our eye.
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And below the hand, the epitaph,
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his record is on high.
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We for
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got about the legend.
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We'd come to see that day.
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a moment stood there speechless
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At an unknown stranger's grave
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And although we didn't know him
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The story of his life
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Was carved there on that piece of rock
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His record is on high
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No doubt He had it put there
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for folks like us to read
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A final testimony of the life He chose to lead
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I found comfort in those words
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and pray that when I die
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Someone can say about me,
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his record is on high.
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Well, dead men don't tell stories.
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At least that's what I've learned.
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One who did just that
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with five simple words
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And I wonder just how many
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other passersby
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Have had their lives changed
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when they read
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His record is on high
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No doubt He had it put there
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for folks like us to read,
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a final testimony of the life
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He chose to lead.
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I found comfort in those words
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and pray that when I die,
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Someone can say about me,
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His record is on high.
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Yes, I found comfort in those words
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and pray that when I die,
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Someone can say about me,
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his record is on high.
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His Record Is On High
Jerry Salley
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