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What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Source Recording: The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys (1960)

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Key F Time 4/4

Verse × 2

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B♭ / /B♭ /

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C / /C /

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B♭ / /B♭ /

F / C /

F / /F /

Chorus × 2

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/F / /F /

C / /C /

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B♭ / /B♭ /

F / C /

F / /F /

Song Details

Songwriter

Charles C. ConverseJoseph M. Scriven

First Release

J.J. Fisher (1899)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Gospel Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Faith/Praise

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Album

Sacred songs from the hills cover

Sacred songs from the hills (1960)

Key F Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 106 BPM Length 3:33

Musicians

Carter Stanley — Lead Vocals, Guitar
William "Curley" Lambert — Backup Vocals, Mandolin
Ralph Stanley — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Ralph Mayo — Fiddle
Audie Webster — Bass

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