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Tune: Were You There · none · E

Were You There?

Words: African-American Spiritual, before 1899.

Key
Eoriginal
Tempo
100bpm

Shown in the original key. The loop button repeats the tune for every verse; the last phrase serves as the introduction.

Words

  1. 1Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
  2. 2Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
  3. 3Were you there when they pierced Him in the side? Were you there when they pierced Him in the side? Oh! Were you there when they pierced Him in the side?
  4. 4Were you there when the sun refused to shine? Were you there when the sun refused to shine? Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
  5. 5Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb? Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb? Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
  6. 6Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb? Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb?