Black John The Conqueror Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][C][Dm][Bb][Dm][F][Dm]

[Verse 1]
There's an [Dm]old man
[F]who[Dm] lives down on Decatur [C]Street[G]
He's [Dm]got a little word of wisdom for every
single soul that [G]he meets[Dm][C][Dm]
Every time he get next to me he try
to tell [F]me that I [G]really can be
Be [Dm]one with everything free
[F]living in etern[C]ity
[G]Lord and I'll never forget

[Verse 2]
him because I tell it
[F]Black John the Conqueror [G]in his hand
[F]Black John the Conqueror
[G]in his hand
[C][Dm]

[Verse 3]
He'll say boy,
when you get near you'll see heaven on
earth [C]is really [G]here[C][G][C]
Watch your [Dm]attitude disappear when
you realize there's nothing
to [C]fear but fear itself and [G]nobody else
can put you [Dm]in n[G]obody else
Cause you know then that you
don't want [Dm]them to

[Verse 4]
Lord there's [Dm]something [Bb]the w[Dm]ords is all
[C]here cause they call on [G]you[Dm]
[G]Ah now the rain gonna fall [Gm]on yo[C]u[Dm]
[C]But it'[Dm]ll make you feel
real good when you
realize in your [G]heart [Dm]that all
the joy [E]is [C]all [G]you need
Oh it stoned me dead and you

[Verse 5]
know I hope it never ends
[F]Black John the Conqueror in
[G]his [Gm]hand[C]
[F]Black John the Conqueror
[G]in his hand
[C]

[Verse 6]
[Dm]
All the colors in the doors and the
windows in [F]your life will all open
and [G]never [C]close[G]
[C]And tak[G]e you[Dm]r church to the one you
feel cause I'm the only one
that'll tell you the truth and I tell you I'm the
one [C]who [G]knows [Gm]Him[G][Gm][Dm]
[C]And e[Dm]verything will be open to you and
I'll show you the color that
I [Dm]know [G]is real[Dm]
Do what you want to do and I'm
gonna make you [F]know that
[C]everything [F]you be [C]lie[G]ve in my heart
let me tell you know it's real

[Verse 7]
I'm gonna tell you that
[F]Black John the conqueror [G]in his hand
Whoa get ready cause
[F]Black John the conqueror
[G]in his hand
Everybody get ready [C]now
[F]Black John the [G]conqueror in his hand
It's gonna help you get through it [C]now
[F]Black John the conqueror in [G]his [C]hand

[Verse 8]
[Dm]It's a boy you see is
seeking the wheel
blessing you with the [F]shield
[G]oh yes I tell you it's real
It's given [Dm]up high in the wisdom of
the words of wheel when you enter
the [G]kingdom you know
what I said real you
know that its true whatever it
is you [C]feel[Dm]
The truth has a way of being revealed to kill
Solomon to come [G]unsealed[C][Dm]
Everybody trying to walk through
the valley and shadow [F]of death
because you [G]know that
per[Dm]dition is real [G]but
you be protected with the shield
but what you [F]say

[Verse 9]
Black John the Conqueror [G]in his hand
[F]Black John the Conqueror
[G]in his hand

[Verse 10]
[Dm]
If you [F]want to get next [Dm]to me
I'm gonna tell you that you
[F]really can [G]be
You got to stop the you there ain't
nothing that [C]you can't [Dm]do
Get yourself free there's no
difference between
nothing as long [F]as we [G]all living
in the same [C]eternity
You can put [Dm]miles and
miles between us now
But we still living [F]here in
[C]the same [G]moment
[C]Can you [F]feel the power I'm trying
to [G]tell you [C]about[Dm]
Lord I'm just so [F]glad that I found [G]out

[Verse 11]
and now I'm gonna tell you
[F]Black John the Conqueror [G]in [F]his hand
Black John the Conqueror
[G]in his [C]hand
[F]Black John the Conqueror
[G]in his [F]hand
Black John the Conqueror
[G]in his [F]hand
Black John the Conquer
[G]or in [Bb]his [F]hand
Black John the Conqueror in his hand