Bring a Thankful Heart

Southern gospel-blues with soulful R&B pocket, 98 BPM, 4/4, A major, Bubba: unmistakably male gravel-warm narrator; Darlene: unmistakably female commanding gospel-soul co-lead, Electric blues guitar, gospel piano, B3, walking upright bass, swinging drums and tambourine, Original A-D9-A-F#m-D-E-A chorus; clipped piano riff answers the title, Start with low piano octaves and guitar, then expand to choir responses, Verse delivery is searching and accountable, never comic, Tenor sax solo after bridge; warm full-band final chorus with a short piano tag

[Intro - Low piano; electric guitar] [Verse 1 - Bubba, male] From the sunrise to the sunset, God has summoned earth to hear; Out of Zion shines His splendor, Fire and storm announce Him near. Heaven stands to hear His judgment, Covenant people gather round; All our offerings lie before Him, Every hidden thing is found. [Chorus - Duet and choir] Bring a thankful heart before Him, Keep the promise that you made; Call upon Him in your trouble, Give Him glory when He saves. He owns every field and forest, Every creature, every hill; Bring a thankful heart before Him, And a life that seeks His will. [Verse 2 - Darlene, female] Will I quote His holy teaching While I throw His words away? Shake the hand that steals from neighbors, Turn my brother into prey? God has heard the slander spoken, God has seen the bargain made; Do not take His patient silence For approval of our ways. [Bridge - Bubba and Darlene] Nothing in our hands can feed Him; All the earth is His to claim. Let our worship rise in thankfulness, Let our footsteps praise His name. [Instrumental Break - Tenor sax; gospel piano] [Final Chorus - Duet and choir] Bring a thankful heart before Him, Keep the promise that you made; Call upon Him in your trouble, Give Him glory when He saves. He owns every field and forest, Every creature, every hill; Bring a thankful heart before Him, And a life that seeks His will. [Outro - Darlene, female] Let the thanks we sing be true In the things our hands will do.

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