Were You There chords by
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke

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Key: B major
Verse 1
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Them was going to Jerusalem
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He met two strangers along
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the way
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They were talking all about the
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Crucifixion
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They stopped and here's what he said,
he asked them
Verse 2
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Were you there when they crucified
the Lord?
(Were you there?)
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Were you there when they
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crucified the Lord?
He asked them,
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were you there when the crucified the Lord?
Verse 3
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And one of them told him
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No, sometimes it causes me to tremble,
tremble, tremble
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He said I was there
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I was there when they crucified the Lord
Verse 4
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A fellow said,
I want you to tell me if you were there?
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Tell me, did they really pierce
Him in the side that morn
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O Lord, he said if you were there
I wonder did they pierce the
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Savior in the side?
Verse 5
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Sometimes it causes me to tremble
Every time I think about how
they did the Lord
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It makes me tremble 'cause I was there
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And they really pierced him
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in the side that morning
Verse 6
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A fellow said,
I want you to tell me if you were there?
If you were there kindly tell me
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Did he hang there and never say
Interlude 1
one word?
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Verse 7
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Sometimes I have to tremble
Every time I think about
how they done the Lord
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It makes me tremble
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Cause I was there when
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they crucified the Lord
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Em A D C

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