Shout Sister Shout Chords & Tabs

by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

[Content]
G               C   
Shout, sister, shout
G               C   
Shout, sister, shout
G               C   
Shout, sister, shout
          D                         G   
Tell the whole world what it's all about
      G                C                    
Now, listen everybody, to the precious words
      G                          C            
I'm gonna do some chirping and I ain't no bird
           G               
There's a reason for living
   C              
A reason for dying
   D                                          
A darned good reason why a woman starts crying
  G                
A reason for a mole
  C                  
A reason for a dimple
          D                                    
But there ain't no reason why a man's so simple
Yeah
  G              C                    
(Shout, sister, shout) I'm tellin' you
  G              C         
(Shout, sister, shout) Yeah
         D                         G    
Tell the whole world what it's all about
          G                  
There's a way to be brilliant
  C               
A way to be a fool
  G                   
A way to get to heaven
 C                     
Observe the golden rule
  G                      
A way to get a sweetheart
  C                
A way to get a wife
        D                                                          
But the day you quit me, brother, that's the day you lose your life
Yeah
 G              C             
(Shout, sister, shout) Oh, boy
 G              C          
(Shout, sister, shout) Yeah
         D                          G   
Tell the whole world what it's all about
          G                    
There's a reason for a mountain
  C                
A reason for a hill
  G                           C             
A reason why a doctor gives a patient a pill
  G              
A reason to dance
  C             
A reason to sing
          D                                     
But there ain't no reason why a band can't swing
      G                   
I can understand the birds
          C                  
And I can understand the bees
              G                     C              
Sister, I can even understand why a rat eats cheese
      G                
I can understand my dog
          C                  
And I can understand your cat
      D                     
Well, fill me full of rhythm
Can you understand that?
I got you covered, sister
Hallelujah
 G              C                
(Shout, sister, shout) Hallelujah
 G              C                
(Shout, sister, shout) Hallelujah
         D                         G    
Tell the whole world what it's all about
          G    
I'm gonna shout
          C    
I'm gonna shout
          G        C  
I'm gonna shout it out
             D                        C  G  
And tell the whole world what it's all about