The Color Purple (reprise) s2723

From: “The Color Purple (Musical)”

The Color Purple from the Broadway Musical The Color Purple by ALLEE WILLIS, BRENDA RUSSELL and STEPHEN BRAY

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THE COLOR PURPLE from the Broadway Musical THE COLOR PURPLE Words and Music by BRENDA RUSSELL, ALLEE WILLIS and STEPHEN BRAY Freely Csus2 x

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CELIE:

Dear

God,

dear

stars, ,

dear

F(add2)

dear

peo - ples,

dear

ev - ’ry - thing,

dear

Fmaj9

xx

sky,

trees,

x

dear

Steady 4, moderately slow B maj7 x

Fsus2 o

God.

!

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C/F

A7sus

A7

C/F

x o o

xo o o

xo o o

x o o

God is

in - side me

and

A7sus

A7

xo o o

xo o o

ev - ’ry - one

else

Dm7(add4)

x o

in - to

this

world

with

Asus o

A xo

God

G

ooo

and when I

!

xx o o

F69

B maj9

it.

came

ev - er will be.

C(add2)/E

x xoo

I

xo

that was or

ooo

fi - n’lly looked in - side,

I found

C/F o

x o o

God

is

the

flow

-

ers

and

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A7sus

A7

C/F

xo o o

xo o o

x o o

ev - ’ry - thing

3

else

that

A7sus

A7

xo o o

xo o o

was

or

ev

Dm7(add4)

-

er

will

be.

C(add2)/E

x xoo

xx o o

3

And

when

you

feel

the

truth

so

real

3

F69

B maj9 x o

and when you

Asus xo

o

it,

!

G

ooo

A xo

love

ooo

the way you

Fmaj7 o

xx

you found

G(add2)

o

just

feel,

xo o

as

sure

as

moon - light

bless

the

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4 A7sus

D(add2)

xo o o

xxo

2

CELIE & NETTIE:

night.

Ris

-

3

ing SOPHIA, HARPO Ris & MISTER:

SHUG, ADAM & OLIVIA:

x

oo

Ris

-

3

ing

like 3

C +/E

xx

4

ing

a a

3

C /E

A(add2)/C

-

like like

xx

a

C /E xx

3

sun

is the

hope

that

sets

us

sun

is the

hope

that

sets

us

3

3

3

F m

E/D x xo oo

D(add2) xxo

2

CELIE:

3

free.

3

Your

heart - beat

make

free. 3

!

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F m7(add4)

C m7 x

x

4

oo

xx o oo

ALL:

my

heart

beat

3

when we

Heavy Rock Ballad

D(add2) xxo

share

x

of

love.

Like a

A(add2)/C

2

blade

5

E/D

corn,

like a

oo

4

hon - ey

F m7

-

bee,

Bm7

D(add2)/E

x

wa - ter

-

fall,

all

D(add2) xxo

a

oo

part

of

o

me.

Like the

A(add2)/C x

2

col - or

like a

pur

-

ple,

where do

oo

it

C 7 x

4

4

come

from?

Now my

3

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F m7

Bm7

D(add2)/E

x

eyes

are

o

-

pen.

Look what

D(add2) xxo

God

has

x

of

love

to make a

3

F m7

done.

It take a

oo

tree.

E - ven the

4

might - y

Bm7

D(add2)/E

x

small - est

voice

can make a

D(add2) xxo

drop

o

A(add2)/C

2

grain

oo

oo

har - mo

-

o

ny.

Like a

A(add2)/C x

2

of

wa

-

ter

keep the

oo

C 7 x

4

riv - er

4

high,

there are 3

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F m7

mir - a

-

cles

for

x

of

corn,

like a

I.

Like a

D7

wat - er

hon - ey

-

-

fall,

all

a

bee,

like a

F7sus

Cm7 3

part

of

me.

Like the

B (add2)/D

E (add2)

D7

xxo

3

col - or

xxo

x

3

x

and

7

F7sus

xxo

Gm7

x

o o oo

B (add2)/D

3

blade

E7sus

you

E (add2) x

Bm7 x

pur

-

ple,

where do

it

xxo

come

from?

Now my 3

!

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Slower

Gm7

Cm7 x

3

Cm7/F x

3

8

N.C./F CELIE:

eyes

are

o

-

pen.

Look what God

has

done.

I don’t think us

Gm9 3

N.C.

feel

old

at

all.

I

B (add2)/D

E

xxo

B

xx

felt.

think that

-

the young - est

us

ev

-

er

B (add2)

x

A

this

x

x

3

men.

ALL OTHERS:

A

!

-

men.

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