Guitar: Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (Including lyrics and chords)

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Yesterday I sang Keep On The Firing Line, a gospel song from The ToneWay Mountain Music Collection. Today's song from the collection is another 'keeper', this time "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning".

Wikipedia has the following article about this song:

"Keep Your Lamp(s) Trimmed and Burning" is a traditional gospel blues song. It alludes to the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, found in the Gospel of Matthew at 25:1-13, and also to a verse in the Gospel of Luke, at 12:35.

The song has been attributed to Blind Willie Johnson, who recorded it in 1928; to Mississippi Fred McDowell, who recorded it in 1959; and to Reverend Gary Davis, who recorded it sometime before 1961.

Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning

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Troubles and trials almost over
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Troubles and trials almost over
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Troubles and trials almost over
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Now see what the Lord has done

Keep your lamp trimmed and burning
Keep your lamp trimmed and burning
Keep your lamp trimmed and burning
Now see what the Lord has done

Heaven's journey's going on stronger
Heaven's journey's going on stronger
Heaven's journey's going on stronger
Now see what the Lord has done

Brother don't you worry
Brother don't you worry
Brother don't you worry
Now see what the Lord has done

Sinner don't stop praying
Sinner don't stop praying
Sinner don't stop praying
Now see what the Lord has done