Trouble In The Amen Corner chords by Porter Wagoner
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Verse 1
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It was a stylish congregation
you could see they'd been around
And they had the biggest pipe organ
of any church in town
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But over in the Amen Corner of that church
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sat Brother Ira
And he insisted every Sunday
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on singing in the choir
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His voice was cracked and broken age
had touched his vocal chords
And nearly every Sunday he'd
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get behind and miss the words
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Well at last the storm cloud burst
and the church was told in vine
That Brother Ira must stop his singing
or the choir was gonna resign
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So the pastor appointed a committee I
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think it was three or four
And they got their big fine car and
drove up to Ira's door
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They found the choir's great trouble
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sittin' in an old arm chair
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And the summer's golden sunbeams lay
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upon his snow white hair
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Said York we're here dear Brother with
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the best res approbation
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To discuss a little matter that affects
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the congregation
Now it was our understanding
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when we bargained for the chair
That they were to relieve us that
is they'd do the singin' for us
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Now we don't want no singin' except
what we've bought
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The newest tunes are all the rage
the old ones stand for nought
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And so we have decided
are you listenin' Brother Ira
You'll have to stop your singin'
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it's messin' up our choir
The old man raised his head
a sign that he did hear
And on his cheek the three men
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caught the glitter of a tear
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His feeble hands pushed back the locks
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as white as silky snow
And he answered the committee
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in a voice both soft and low
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I've sung the songs of David nearly
eighty years said he
They've been my staff and comfort
all along life's dreary way
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I'm sorry if I disturbed the choir
I guess I'm doin' wrong
But when my heart is filled with praise
I can't hold back a song
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I wonder if beyond the tide
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that's breaking at my feet
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In that far off heavenly temple where
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my Master I shall meet
Yes I wonder if when I try to sing the
songs of God up higher
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I wonder if they'll kick me out up there
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for singin' in Heaven's choir
A silence filled the little room the old
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man bowed his head
The committee went on back to town
but Brother Ira was dead
Oh the choir missed him for a
while but he was soon forgot
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And a few church goers watched the door
but the old man entered not
Far away his voice is sweet
and he sings his heart's desire
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Where there are no church committees
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and no fashionable choirs
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Trouble In The Amen Corner
Porter Wagoner
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