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Ain't No Grave Key - Am (original key Bm) Original Chorus: Claude Ely Addt'l. Words and Music: Molly Skaggs | Jonathan Helser | Melissa Helser Tempo - 74 | Time - 4/4 (based on the recording by Cageless Birds & Molly Skaggs) [Verse 1]
A7(no3)Shame is a prison as cruel as a grave D5Shame is a robber and he’s come to take my name A7(no3 Love is my redeemer lifting me up from the ground D5Love is the power where my freedom song is found
[Chorus 1]
There ain’t no A7(no3)grave gonna hold my body down There ain’t no Dgrave gonna hold my A7(no3)body down When IA7(no3) hear that trumpet sound I’m gonna rise up out of the ground There ain’t no Dgrave gonna hold my body A7(no3)down
[Instrumental 1] ||: D5 | G5 | A7(no3) :|| | [Verse 2]
A7(no3)Fear is a liar with a smooth and velvet tongue DFear is a tyrant he’s always telling me to run A7(no3 Love is resurrection and love is a trumpet sound DLove is my weapon I’m gonna take my giants down
[Instrumental 2] ||: G5 | D/F# | Esus | D5 | G5 | A7(no3) | :|| [Verse 3] A7(no3 There was a battle a war between death and life
DThere on a tree the Lamb of God was crucified He A7(no3)went on down to hell He took back every key He Drose up as a lion now He’s setting all the captives free
[Chorus 2]
There ain’t no A7(no3)grave could hold His body down There ain’t no Dgrave could hold His body A7(no3)down When He A7(no3)heard the trumpet sound He rose up out of the ground There ain’t no Dgrave could hold His body A7(no3)down There ain’t no Dgrave could hold His body A5down