Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning

Words & Music:

Mississippi Fred McDoWell,

 

This arrangement is of the Blind Willie Johnson slide cover.  Tabber is unknown. Play in Open E tuning (E B E G# B E).  Don't ever leave your guitar in this tuning.  The "uptuned" strings (G to G#, for example) may warp your guitar's neck.

 

/ = slide up                 \ = slide down

~ = slight vibrato with bottleneck (never leave a slide stationary on a note)

 

INTRO:

 

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Keep-a your lamp all trimmed up & burning. Keep-a your lamp all trimmed up & burning

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Keep-a your lamp             See what the Lord has done.       Well, has done.

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 get worried         Well, has done. ....                       Mmmm mmmmm

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     Well, see what the Lord has done.

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Here I stand with my soul and my heart.  Here I ... oh

Here I stand with my soul and my heart.  See what the Lord has done.

 

Well, has .... get worried.  Well, ........mmmm mmmmm

Well, has .... get worried.  Well, see what the Lord has done.

 

Here I stand with my soul and my heart.  Here I ...

Here I stand with my soul and my heart.  See what the Lord has done.

 

Mmmm mmmmm.... get worried.  Well, see what the Lord has done.

 

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                   Mmmm mmmmm

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dont get worried    Well,         get worried        Well, see what

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the Lord has done.

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I have started on my journey.  I have started

I have started on my journey.  See what the Lord has done.

 

Well, has done. get worried.  Well, has done. get worried

Well, has.....get worried...  Well, see what the Lord has done.

 

Outro:

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