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If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side


Titel: If The Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side
Längd: 1:36
Kompositörer:
Henry Slaughter
Utgivare: Imperial Publishing/Elvis Presley Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1966-05-28
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 01:00-05:00
Inspelningsplats: RCA Studio B – Nashville, TN
Matrix: TPA4 0922
Tagning master: 5
Producent: Felton Jarvis
Studiotekniker: Jim Malloy


Musiker:
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Gitarr: Chip Young
Bas: Bob Moore
Bas, munspel och gitarr: Charlie McCoy
Trummor: D. J. Fontana
Trummor och pukor: Buddy Harman
Piano: Floyd Cramer
Piano och orgel: Harry Slaughter
Steel guitar: Pete Drake
Saxofon: Boots Randolph
Saxofon: Rufus Long
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Imperials
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mllie Kirkham
Kör/bakgrundssångare: June Page
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Dolores Edgin


Första utgivning: How Great Thou Art (LSP-3758)
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Text:

I don’t know just what I’d do
If the Lord wasn’t walking by my side
When I was drifting (when I was drifting on the sea of a despair)
And I was wandering (I was wandering if Jehovah’s up there)
When Jesus found me, (Jesus found me in my sinful life)
He heard me praying (he heard me praying on my knees at night)
Now I’m singing (Now I’m singing this happy song)
Because I’m happy (because I’m happy as I go along)
And I don’t know (I don’t know) just what I’d do
If the Lord wasn’t walking by my side
What would I do, (What would I do when a tear fills my eyes)
What would I do (What would I do when it’s my time to die)
Well I’d be lonely, discouraged
Burdened on the way
If the Lord wasn’t walking by my side every day

I’d be so friendless (I’d be friendless all alone and blue)
And I’d be helpless (I’d be helpless, wouldn’t know what to do)
And I don’t know (I don’t know) just what I’d do
If the Lord wasn’t walking by my side

What would I do when the tears fill my eyes
(What would I do) What would I do when it’s my time to die
(I’d be lonely, discouraged, burdened on the way)
If the Lord wasn’t walking by my side every day

I’d be so friendless, (I’d be friendless all alone and blue)
I’d be so helpless (I’d be helpless, wouldn’t know what to do)
And I don’t know (I don’t know) just what I’d do
If the Lord wasn’t walking by my side every day

If the Lord (wasn’t walking) wasn’t walking by my side
(wasn’t walking by my side)