C F/A C F
A long time ago they put me on a train to Selma, Alabama
C F C F
And I rode that train all the way to Tala... Taladega
F G
My papa said son you better educate your mind
Em Am
So he sent me away to a school for the blind
F G/E
I guess there were good times and I know there were bad
C Am G F G
But I never blamed the Lord for the trouble I had
[Chorus]
C F
While they stayed on the gospel side
C F
I stayed on the gospel side
[Instrumental]
Am G C F C F
[Verse]
C
Well the teachers there
F C F
soaked the rope in water overnight
C
and I was bound to get a whoopin'
F C F
if I did wrong, or if I did right
F G
I was lost sometime and now I'm found
C F
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
F G
one night on the radio I heard the Golden Gate Quartet
C Am G F G
I started singin' for the Lord and I ain't stopped singin' yet
[Chorus]
C F
I stayed on the gospel side
C F
I stayed on the gospel side
Am G F
I seen the sinner and the sanctified
G C
but I stayed on the gospel side
[Bridge]
Am Em Am Em F
[Verse]
C F C F
When my work is done and I'm finally goin' home to see my maker
C F C F
Nothin' scarin' me in this world no more, not the devil or the undertaker
F G
I'll finally see my father's face
C F
hold my mother close and feel her grace
[Chorus]
C F
I just stayed on the gospel side
C F
I stayed on the gospel side
Am G F
I seen the sinner and the sanctified
F G C
though I stayed on the gospel side
C F
I stayed on the gospel side
C F
I stayed on the gospel side)
[Outro]
Am G F
I seen the sinner and the sanctified
F G C
