Steal Away chords by Pat Boone
Verse 1
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Steal away, steal away
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Steal away to Jesus
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Steal away, steal away home
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I ain't got long to stay here
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Verse 2
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I was walkin' in Savannah past a church,
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decayed and dim
When there slowly through the window came
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a plaintive fu neral hymn
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My sympathy awakened,
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my wonder quickly grew
Till I found myself environed in
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a little negro pew
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Down in front a young couple
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sat in sor row, nearly wild
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On the altar was a coffin,
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in the coffin was a child
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Rose a sad, old negro preacher
at a little wooden desk
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In a manner grandly awkward
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with a countenance grotesque
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And he said "Now,
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don't be weepin' for this pretty bit of clay
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For the little boy that lived there,
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he done gone and run away
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He's doin' very finely and
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he appreciates your love
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But his sure enough Father want
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him in that large house up above
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He didn't give you that baby
by a hundred thousand miles
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He just think you need some sunshine
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and He lent it for a while
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And He let ya love and keep it
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till your hearts were bigger grown
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And these silver tears you're sheddin',
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they's just interest on the loan
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So, my poor dejected mourners,
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let your hearts with Jesus rest
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Don't go criticizin' the One
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that knows the best
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He's give us many comforts,
He has the right to take away
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To the Lord, be praised in glory now and ever,
Verse 3
let us pray"
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My Lord, He calls me
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He calls me by the thunder
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The trumpet sounds within my soul
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I ain't got long to stay here
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I'm gonna steal away home
Steal Away
Pat Boone
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