Johnny Cash - I Was There When It Happened
With His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957)
Original in F, so when played in C: Capo 5
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C G7 C (stop)
C F C C
There are some people who say we cannot tell
G7 G7 C F C (stop)
Whether we are saved or whether all is well
C C7 F F
They say we only can hope and trust that it is so
C G7 C F C (stop)
But I was there when it happened and so I guess I ought to know
G7 G7
Yes I know when Jesus saved me (saved my soul)
C C
The very moment He forgave me (made me whole)
D7 D7 G7 (stop)
He took away my heavy burdens, Lord he gave me peace within (peace within)
C C
Satan can't make me doubt it (I won't doubt it)
F F
It's real and I'm gonna shout it (I'm gonna shout it)
C G7 C F C (stop)
I was there when it happened and so I guess I ought to know
C G7 C (stop)
C F C C
I don't care who tells me salvation is not real
G7 G7 C F C (stop)
Though the world may argue that we cannot feel
C C7 F F
The heavy burdens lifted and the vile sins go
C G7 C F C (stop)
I was there when it happened and so I guess I ought to know
G7 G7
Yes I know when Jesus saved me (saved my soul)
C C
The very moment He forgave me (made me whole)
D7 D7 G7 (stop)
He took away my heavy burdens, Lord he gave me peace within (peace within)
C C
Satan can't make me doubt it (I won't doubt it)
F F
It's real and I'm gonna shout it (I'm gonna shout it)
C G7 C F C
I was there when it happened and so I guess I ought to know