Tonart: C major
Verse 1
C
G
C
Am
Steal away, steal away,
C
G
steal away to Jesus
C
Am
G
C
I ain't got long to stay.
I was walking in Savannah
near a church decayed dim.
Softly through the window
G
came a plaintive funeral hymn
C
and a sympathy awakened,
G
Am
and a wonder quickly grew
C
till I found myself seated in
G
C
a rickety old pew.
F
Down in front, a young couple
C
sat an d mourned nearly a while.
G
On the altar was a coffin,
C
and in the coffin was a child.
F
Rose, a sad old country preacher
C
behind a little wooden desk,
Dm
G
with a man ner grandly awkward
C
and a countenance grotesque.
And he said, now don't be mourning
for this pretty bit of clay.
G
For the little boy that lives there,
he's done gone and run away.
C
Oh, he thanks you very kindly,
Am
he appreciates your love.
C
But his sure enough father wants him
G
C
in the large house up above.
F
He didn't give you that baby
C
by a hundred thousand miles.
G
just thinks you need some sunshine.
C
So he lent him for a while.
F
And He lets you love and keep it
C
till your hearts were bigger grown.
Dm
G
And these silver tears you're shedding,
C
boy, they're just interest on the lawn.
So my poor dejected brethren,
G
Am
let your hearts with Jesus rest,
Abdim
and don't go criticizing
the one that knows the best.
C
He's given us many comforts.
He has a right to take away.
Am
C
To the Lord be praise and glory,
now and ever.
Let us pray.
Am
Steal away, steal away,
Gm
G
Am
G
F
I ain't got long to stay
Dm
C
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