You Gotta Sing

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Raffi Cavoukian

Lyrics (Aneeta's version)

You gotta (have to) sing         (or love  live  cry  go  come  laugh  etc)
When the spirit says sing
You gotta sing 
When the spirit says sing
And praise the name of the Lord


Source: Aneeta's Sufi Dancing in Poona, nr 58.

Lyrics and chord notation (Raffi version)

Dm                        A          Dm                ┐  >>  Repeat for each verse:
You gotta sing when the spirit says sing               |  You gotta clap...  hum... snap... swim... stomp... hush... sing...
                                                       |
Dm                                   A                 |
You gotta sing when the spirit says sing               |
                                                       |
Dm                                    Gm7              |
When the spirit says sing, you gotta sing right along  |
                                                       |
Dm              A          Dm                          |
Sing when the spirit says sing                         ┘


>>  The ending goes like this:
Dm                        A          Dm
You gotta sing when the spirit says sing

Gm7                       A          Dm
You gotta sing when the spirit says sing

Gm7                       A          Dm
You gotta sing when the spirit says sing

Dm                            A          Dm
And you gotta stop when the spirit says stop 


For the two outro chords, play the top 3 strings (GBE) at the 7th and then 8th frets.
Note: the Gm7 is played as 353333

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