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19 Oct 06 - 07:41 PM (#1863710) Subject: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Johnhenry'shammer Anybody? |
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19 Oct 06 - 08:59 PM (#1863759) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: GUEST,Richie Here's one version: This is an old southern spiritual, inspired by the Bible's Revelation chapter 21. Revelation 21 - King James Version ( Public Domain) Lyrics: [Em] Oh, what a beautiful city. [B7] Oh, what a beautiful city [Em] Oh, what a beautiful city [Em] Twelve gates to the city, [B7] - [[Em] Hallelujah Three gates in the east, Three gates in the west, Three gates in the north Three gates in the south [Em] Twelve gates to the city, [B7] - [[Em] Hallelujah Who are those children dressed in red? There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah Must be the children that Moses led There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah My Jesus done just what He said There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah He healed the sick and He raised the dead. There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah |
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19 Oct 06 - 09:11 PM (#1863769) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Barry T Lyrics *and* mp3 here... http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=6987 Note that the song is titled "Twelve Gates to the City". I also quite enjoy a Christmas version adapted and arranged by the New Christy Minstrels. Great stuff! Here's the chorus and one verse (all I can remember off the top of my head). Oh! What a beautiful city Oh! What a beautiful city Oh! Oh! Oh! What a beautiful city Oh! My Lord is born in Bethlehem. Wise men from the East Shepherds in the field Angels sang from the heavens on high The King of Kings is born in Bethlehem! - - - - - |
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19 Oct 06 - 10:15 PM (#1863800) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: wysiwyg Better done unaccompanied. ~S~ |
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20 Oct 06 - 01:30 AM (#1863899) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: 12-stringer Not if you're Gary Davis. |
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20 Oct 06 - 05:10 AM (#1863971) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: GUEST,buspassed Or Sonny Terry. |
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20 Oct 06 - 09:11 PM (#1864765) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Johnhenry'shammer The Em B7 aint bad but it's not really what I'm looking for. Anybody else? I really like the Dave Van Ronk version if that helps. |
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21 Oct 06 - 06:04 AM (#1864931) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: GUEST,shano Instead of Em B7 you could have Am D7 or Dm A7 |
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23 Oct 06 - 12:33 AM (#1866201) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: GUEST or Rick and Sandy Epping |
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23 Oct 06 - 12:39 AM (#1866203) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: GUEST Might be best to buy DVR's version on one of his CDs. |
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23 Oct 06 - 09:47 AM (#1866437) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: MissouriMud Both Pete Seeger and Eric Darling did versions of this in major key - same basic chord progression as the minor versions described above but with a major tonic chord. I have no idea where they got their versions. |
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23 Oct 06 - 10:37 AM (#1866490) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Philj200 Dave Van Ronk's version is only nominally in the major scale. He may have played a I chord but he was both singing and playing notes in a blues scale, flatting fourths and sixths in it whenever he wanted. And if I recall, Rev. Davis did that vocally as well. |
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23 Oct 06 - 11:49 AM (#1866539) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Mudlark I do the 3 gates/direction part in major, then shift to minor, do the Em/B7 but throw in an Am as well, and slide the B7. Obviously practically any gospel riff can be used in the "verse"...rich and poor, welcome to the city, etc., to extend this song...it's too much fun to sing to quit on it early. |
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23 Oct 06 - 06:32 PM (#1866779) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Johnhenry'shammer So Mudlark, could you show me what you mean exactly whith the chords over the lyrics so I can see what you mean? |
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24 Oct 06 - 12:18 PM (#1867340) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Steve-o Tim O'Brien does a version using three chords (as above), and the fingerstyle guitar playing is astounding! Check this one out. |
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24 Oct 06 - 12:33 PM (#1867350) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Bob the Postman Here are the chords as given in Fred and Irwin Silber's Folksinger's Wordbook: [C] Oh, what a beautiful city. [G] Oh, what a [C] beautiful city Oh, what a beautiful city [C7] Twelve gates [F] to the [C] city, [G7]Halle[C]lujah[G7] [C] Three gates in the east, Three gates in the west, Three gates in the north Three gates in the south [C7} Twelve gates [F] to the [C] city, [G7] Hallelu[C]jah [C] Who are those children dressed in red? [C7} Twelve gates [F] to the [C] city, [G7] Hallelu[C]jah Must be the children that Moses led [C7} Twelve gates [F] to the [C] city, [G7] Hallelu[C]jah Here are the chords as given in Blood's and Patterson's Rise Up Singing Oh, what a beautiful city. Oh, what a beautiful city Oh, what a beautiful city Twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah D D D D / A A DC A / D D D D / D G D A D G D D Three gates in the east, three gates in the west, Three gates in the north, three gates in the south Twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah D D D D / D D D D / D G D A D G D D Who are those children dressed in red? There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah Must be the children that Moses led There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah D D D D / D G D A D G D D / D D D D / D G D A D G D D |
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27 Oct 06 - 12:15 AM (#1869675) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Johnhenry'shammer The Rise up Singing version is PERFECT! Thank you! |
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27 Oct 06 - 11:19 PM (#1870494) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Big Al Whittle If you want to get tricky in the key of c you can go Eflat Dminor on 'to the' But really its something of a weariness of the flesh. (I have found.) |
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28 Oct 06 - 12:02 AM (#1870538) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Oh What a Beautiful City From: Janice in NJ This is from Revelation 21. The chapter is about the new Jerusalem, not the old one that everyone has been fighting over since Biblical times. 21:10. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 21:11. Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 21:12. And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 21:13. On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 21:14. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Question: Does one of those twelve foundations carry the name of Judas Iscariot? Just asking. |