Biography:
Not to be confused with the doo wop group Little Anthony & The Imperials. Between 1958 and 1963 they were sometimes simply called The Imperials.
The multi-award-winning (including 4 Grammys) group, and Gospel Music Association's hall of fame inductees, began in 1964. Jake Hess of the Statesmen Quartet decided to hand-pick the best singers he could find to put together what he would call a "super group" that would be known as The Imperials: Hess (lead)
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
G
When you're up against a struggle
C
That shatters all your dreams
G
Your hope's been cruelly crushed
C
By Satan's manifested scheme
Em
And you feel the urge within you
C
To submit to earthly fears
G
Don't let the faith your standing in
C Am
Seem to disappear
[Chorus]
C
Praise the Lord
Am
He can work through those who praise Him
G
Praise the Lord
Em
For our God inhabits praise
Am
Praise the Lord
C D
For the chains that seem to bind you
Am D
Serve only to remind you
C D
That they drop powerless behind you
C G C D
When you praise Him
[Verse 2]
G
Now Satan is a liar
C
And he wants to make us think
G
That we are paupers when he knows himself
C
We're children of the King
Em
So lift up the mighty shield of faith
C
For the battle must be won
G
We know that Jesus Christ is risen
C Am
So the works already done
[Chorus]
C
Praise the Lord
Am
He can work through those who praise Him
G
Praise the Lord
Em
For our God inhabits praise
Am
Praise the Lord
C D
For the chains that seem to bind you
Am D
Serve only to remind you
C D
That they drop powerless behind you
C G C D
When you praise Him
G
When you're up against a struggle
C
That shatters all your dreams
G
Your hope's been cruelly crushed
C
By Satan's manifested scheme
Em
And you feel the urge within you
C
To submit to earthly fears
G
Don't let the faith your standing in
C Am
Seem to disappear
[Chorus]
C
Praise the Lord
Am
He can work through those who praise Him
G
Praise the Lord
Em
For our God inhabits praise
Am
Praise the Lord
C D
For the chains that seem to bind you
Am D
Serve only to remind you
C D
That they drop powerless behind you
C G C D
When you praise Him
[Verse 2]
G
Now Satan is a liar
C
And he wants to make us think
G
That we are paupers when he knows himself
C
We're children of the King
Em
So lift up the mighty shield of faith
C
For the battle must be won
G
We know that Jesus Christ is risen
C Am
So the works already done
[Chorus]
C
Praise the Lord
Am
He can work through those who praise Him
G
Praise the Lord
Em
For our God inhabits praise
Am
Praise the Lord
C D
For the chains that seem to bind you
Am D
Serve only to remind you
C D
That they drop powerless behind you
C G C D
When you praise Him
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