Were You There chords by
Sam Cooke

N/A

Key: B major•

Verse 1

B

B

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G#m

G#m

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B

B

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G#m

G#m

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Them was going to Jerusalem

B

B

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He met two strangers along

C#

C#

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the way

B

B

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They were talking all about the

G#m

G#m

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Crucifixion

F#

F#

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They stopped and here's what he said,

he asked them

Verse 2

B

B

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Were you there when they crucified

the Lord?

(Were you there?)

E

E

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Were you there when they

F#

F#

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B

B

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E

E

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B

B

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crucified the Lord?

He asked them,

F#

F#

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were you there when the crucified the Lord?

Verse 3

F#

F#

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B

B

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And one of them told him

E

E

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No, sometimes it causes me to tremble,

tremble, tremble

B

B

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He said I was there

E

E

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F#

F#

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B

B

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I was there when they crucified the Lord

Verse 4

E

E

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B

B

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A fellow said,

I want you to tell me if you were there?

E

E

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B

B

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Tell me, did they really pierce

Him in the side that morn

E

E

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B

B

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O Lord, he said if you were there

I wonder did they pierce the

F#

F#

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B

B

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Savior in the side?

Verse 5

B

B

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E

E

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Sometimes it causes me to tremble

Every time I think about how

they did the Lord

B

B

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It makes me tremble 'cause I was there

E

E

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F#

F#

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B

B

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And they really pierced him

E

E

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in the side that morning

Verse 6

B

B

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A fellow said,

I want you to tell me if you were there?

If you were there kindly tell me

E

E

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B

B

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Did he hang there and never say

Interlude 1

one word?

E

E

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B

B

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F#

F#

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E

E

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B

B

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Verse 7

B

B

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E

E

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Sometimes I have to tremble

Every time I think about

how they done the Lord

B

B

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It makes me tremble

E

E

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Cause I was there when

B

B

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E

E

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they crucified the Lord

B

B

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsB G#m C# F# E

B
G#m
C#
F#
E

Capo: 4

Transpose: 0

0

Chords

B
G#m
C#
F#
E

Capo: 4

Transpose: 0

0

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