Biography:
Billy Preston (9 September 1946 - 6 June 2006) was an American soul and rock singer-songwriter, famously known as a child prodigy pianist before releasing several rnb hits (including #1 smashes "Will It Go 'Round in Circles" and "Nothing From Nothing") and working with classic artists such as Aretha Franklin and The Beatles. He notably performed with Mahalia Jackson at the age of 16 and appeared as a young W.C. Handy in a 1958 biopic. His first solo record was a gospel album called '16 Year Old Soul'.
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Billy Preston (RIP) - That's the way god planned it
Got this from concert for bangladesh - classic
G/B - x20030
F/G - 3x3211
F/E(?) 033211
Bb/A - x0333x
Intro - C G Am C7 F C F/G C
C G/B
Why can't we be humble
Am C7 (C7/G)
Like the good lord said
F C
He promised to exalt us
F/G
But low is the way
C G/B
How man be so greedy
Am C7
When there's so much left?
F C
All things god given
F/G
And they all have been blessed
Chorus
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 F Bb Bb/A Bb Bb/A G F F/E F G
That's the way God wants it to be
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 F Bb Bb/A Bb Bb/A G F F/E F G
That's the way God wants it to be
Let not your heart be troubled
Let mourning sobbing cease
Learn to help one another
And live in perfect peace
If we just be humble
Like the good lord said
He promised to exalt us
But low is the way
Chorus
I hope you get this message
Where you won't others will
You may not understand me
But Billy'll love you still
............................
Thats pretty much it
Peace
Got this from concert for bangladesh - classic
G/B - x20030
F/G - 3x3211
F/E(?) 033211
Bb/A - x0333x
Intro - C G Am C7 F C F/G C
C G/B
Why can't we be humble
Am C7 (C7/G)
Like the good lord said
F C
He promised to exalt us
F/G
But low is the way
C G/B
How man be so greedy
Am C7
When there's so much left?
F C
All things god given
F/G
And they all have been blessed
Chorus
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 F Bb Bb/A Bb Bb/A G F F/E F G
That's the way God wants it to be
C G/B
That's the way God planned it
Am C7 F Bb Bb/A Bb Bb/A G F F/E F G
That's the way God wants it to be
Let not your heart be troubled
Let mourning sobbing cease
Learn to help one another
And live in perfect peace
If we just be humble
Like the good lord said
He promised to exalt us
But low is the way
Chorus
I hope you get this message
Where you won't others will
You may not understand me
But Billy'll love you still
............................
Thats pretty much it
Peace
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