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Traditional
This is the way Elvis Presley performed this song (more or less).
From: Guitar Picker - www.gospelmusic.org.uk
MILKY WHITE WAY

                   E/G#                  A
Yes I'm gonna walk o'er that milky white way,
   B7                 E     A
Oh Lord some of these days.
E               A
Well, I'm gonna walk o'er that milky white way,
              B7
Some of these days.

Well, well, well, well.
          E                   E7
I'm gonna walk up and take my stand,
        A/C#               A-9
Gonna join that Christian band.
          E                          A
I'm gonna walk o'er that milky white way,
   B7                 E     A  E
Oh Lord some of these days.


               E/G#       A
I'm gonna tell my mother howdy,
       B7                E     A
Howdy, howdy, when I get home.
E             A
Yes I'm gonna tell my mother howdy,
           B7
When I get home.

Well, well, well, well.
          E                 E7
I'm gonna shake my father's hand,
        A                    A-9
I will shake more hands that day.
               E                          A
That's when we walk o'er that milky white way,
   B7                 E     A  E
Oh Lord some of these days.


I'm gonna meet God the Father,
And God the Son.
I'm gonna meet God the Father,
And God the Son.
Well, well, well, well.
I'm gonna sit down and tell Him my troubles,
About the world I just came from.
That's when we walk o'er that milky white way,
Oh Lord one of these days.

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