Jesus Take Hold Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
Jesus Take Hold
Written and Recorded by Merle Haggard
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Like the ancient Roman empire this
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world is doomed to
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fall
And it's much to big a thing for mortal men
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Just take a look around and see the
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writing on the wall
Somehow we've got to
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find a helping
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hand
This world has never been in the
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awful shape it's
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in
And people scorn the things our leaders
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do
It's
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time the prayer was spoken from the
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heart of every
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man
Jesus take a hold
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and lead us
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through
The mighty roar of gunfire is
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now a local
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sound
And our city streets are filled with angry men
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Law is now a mockery through
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out our troubled land
And destruction seems to
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be the current
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trend
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awful shape it's
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in
And our leaders seem in doubt of what to
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time the prayer was spoken from the
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heart of every
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man
Jesus take a hold
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and lead us
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through
Jesus take a hold
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and lead us
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through
FAQ
Who sang the the song Jesus Take Hold?
- The song Jesus Take Hold was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
