Songs Of Praise

We Shall Overcome by Songs Of Praise

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice


Time:   4/4
Tempo:  Q=140        

Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.

Verse:

   G         C           G        +                         C           G        +
E|-----------0----0----|------------------------|-----------0----0----|------------------------|
B|-3----3--------------|-3-------p1---0---------|-3----3--------------|-3-------p1---0---------|
G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|------0---------2----|------0------------0----|------0---------2----|------0------------0----|
A|-----------3---------|------------------------|-----------3---------|------------------------|
E|-3-------------------|-3------------3---------|-3-------------------|-3------------3---------|
   We   shall over-      come,                    we   shall over-      come,
A           D             +       +                   +
E|-----------0----2----|-3--------/5---------|-2------------p0---2--p0---|-----------0--h2--------|
B|-3----3--------------|---------------------|---------------------------|-3----------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0-------|------0------------0----|
A|-----------3---------|-----------0---------|-0---------0---------------|-0---------0------------|
E|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
    We   shall over-     come      some        da-           aa-           ay!       Oh, 

  C a            +       +     G                     Em            +       +
E|-3---------2---0-----------|---------------------|-0--------------------------|---------------------|
B|-1---------------------3---|---------------------|-----------3--p1-------0----|----------------0----|
G|-0-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
D|------2------------x-------|------0---------0----|------2------------2--------|------2---------2----|
A|-3---------3---------------|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0----------------|-0---------0---------|
   deep      in  my      heart,                      I         do  believe,                      that

   G         C           G         D           G
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------|
B|-3----3---------1----|-0-------------------|---------------------|--------|
G|-----------0---------|-----------2---------|-0-------------------|-0------|
D|------0---------2----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|-0------|
A|-----------3---------|-----------0---------|-----------2---------|--------|
E|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-3------|
   we   shall over-      come      some        day!


Lyrics:

We shall overcome ...

We'll walk hand in hand ...

We shall live in peace ...

We are not afraid ...

We are not alone ...

The truth shall make us free ...

The Lord will see us through ...

We shall brothers be ...


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| h    Hammer on
| p    Pull off 
| x    Dead note
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down
a      Arpeggio (all notes in the chord are played harp-like in fast sequence)
+      Eighth
                                         
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