Biography:
Not to be confused with the doo wop group Little Anthony & The Imperials. Between 1958 and 1963 they were sometimes simply called The Imperials.
The multi-award-winning (including 4 Grammys) group, and Gospel Music Association's hall of fame inductees, began in 1964. Jake Hess of the Statesmen Quartet decided to hand-pick the best singers he could find to put together what he would call a "super group" that would be known as The Imperials: Hess (lead)
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Other songs:
Water Grave by the Imperials
http://www.theimperials.com/
From the album "Back to the Roots"
standard tuning
Intro
e|--------------------1-----1-------------------------------
B|------3------3-------------------1-----1------3-----3------
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------/ x2
A|----------------1-1---1-1----------3-3---------------------/
E|--3-3----3-3-----------------1-1----------3-3---3-3-------/
Gm Bb
Now, in my house there's been a mercy killing
F C/G Gm
The man I used to be's been crucified
Gm Bb
And the death of this man is the final way of revealing,
F C/G Gm
In the spiritual way, to live I had to die
Gm Bb
Now if I let that dead man linger in me,
F C/G Gm
I might get a little idle in my way
Gm Bb
So I'm going down to the celebration river,
F C/G Gm
Gonna take this dead man down to a water grave
Gm - Bb - F - C/G - Gm x2
Gm Bb
I'm going down to the river
F C/G Gm
I'm gonna be buried alive
Gm Bb
I want to show my Heavenly Father,
F C/G Gm
The man I use to be has finally died
Gm
When I think of where I'm going
Bb
In terms of where I've been,
F C/G Gm
It makes me glad to know, my Lord, that I've been born again x2
Gm Bb
I'm going down to the river
F C/G Gm
I'm gonna be buried alive
Gm Bb
I want to show my Heavenly Father,
F C/G Gm
The man I use to be has finally died x2
Chords used:
Gm Bb F C/G C
e|---3---1---1---0---0---|
B|---3---3---1---1---1---|
G|---3---3---2---0---0---|
D|---5---3---3---2---2---|
A|---5---1---3---3---3---|
E|---3---x---1---3---x---|
Jarle Skjennum & Mathias Loken
http://www.theimperials.com/
From the album "Back to the Roots"
standard tuning
Intro
e|--------------------1-----1-------------------------------
B|------3------3-------------------1-----1------3-----3------
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------/ x2
A|----------------1-1---1-1----------3-3---------------------/
E|--3-3----3-3-----------------1-1----------3-3---3-3-------/
Gm Bb
Now, in my house there's been a mercy killing
F C/G Gm
The man I used to be's been crucified
Gm Bb
And the death of this man is the final way of revealing,
F C/G Gm
In the spiritual way, to live I had to die
Gm Bb
Now if I let that dead man linger in me,
F C/G Gm
I might get a little idle in my way
Gm Bb
So I'm going down to the celebration river,
F C/G Gm
Gonna take this dead man down to a water grave
Gm - Bb - F - C/G - Gm x2
Gm Bb
I'm going down to the river
F C/G Gm
I'm gonna be buried alive
Gm Bb
I want to show my Heavenly Father,
F C/G Gm
The man I use to be has finally died
Gm
When I think of where I'm going
Bb
In terms of where I've been,
F C/G Gm
It makes me glad to know, my Lord, that I've been born again x2
Gm Bb
I'm going down to the river
F C/G Gm
I'm gonna be buried alive
Gm Bb
I want to show my Heavenly Father,
F C/G Gm
The man I use to be has finally died x2
Chords used:
Gm Bb F C/G C
e|---3---1---1---0---0---|
B|---3---3---1---1---1---|
G|---3---3---2---0---0---|
D|---5---3---3---2---2---|
A|---5---1---3---3---3---|
E|---3---x---1---3---x---|
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