Steal Away Chords

Lyrics & chords

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