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To Zion

Lauryn Hill
Tab
4.8(44)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

1st guitar

e|-------------------------------------------------5-|---------------------5h6p5-----------------5--------5--|
B|-----------------5--------6---5---8---6---8--------|-------5---6---8--------------8---6---8--------8-------|
G|--------7---6--------7-----------------------------|--7----------------------------------------------------|
D|---7-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|---5---6---5---8---6---5h6p5-----------------5-------5-------10--------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------8---6---8--------8----------------10/(8)---------8---8-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------10------------10---7-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro

2nd guitar playing the rhythm

Dm Gm A

e|-------------------5---6---5-----------|--6---5---3-------------------|------------------------------5--|
B|--------------6-----------------8------|----------------6---5---------|-----------------5---6---8-------|
G|---------7-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------6--------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|---7---7-------------------------|
A|----5----------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|--3---------------------------|---5-----------------------------|

Dm F Gm

e|----------------------------|--------5----5-------------5---6---5--------------|---6---5---3------------|
B|------------------6---------|--------6----6--------7----------------8----------|-----------------6---5--|
G|-------------7--------------|----5--------5---5--------------------------------|------------------------|
D|--------7-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------8------------------------------------|------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-8------------------------------------------------|---3--------------------|

A Dm F

e|-------------------------------5-------|--------------------------|-----------5---5---------5---6---5------|
B|-----------------5---6---8-------------|-----------------6--------|-----------6---6------7-------------8---|
G|------------6--------------------------|------------7-------------|------5--------5---5--------------------|
D|---7---7-------------------------------|--------7-----------------|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------8-----------------------|
E|---5-----------------------------------|--------------------------|---8------------------------------------|

Gm A Dm

e|---6---5---3-----------------|-----------------------------5----------|-------------------------------|
B|----------------6---5--------|----------------5---6---8---------------|-----------------6-------------|
G|-----------------------------|------------6---------------------------|------------7------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---7---7--------------------------------|--------7----------------------|
A|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---3-------------------------|---5------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

F / C F

e|-------------5---5------------5---6---5----------||
B|-------------6---6--------6----------------8-----||
G|--------5--------5---5---------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------8------------------------------||
E|---8---------------------------------------------||

1st guitar (playing at the same time as the second guitar)

e|--------------6p5---------------------------------------5---------5---8---6---5----------------------------|
B|---6p5--------------8---6---5------------5---6---8-------6-----------------------8---6--8--6p5-------5-----|
G|---------7-----------------------------6------------------------------------------------------------------6|
D|-----------------------------------7--------------------------------------------------------------------7--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------5-------|-----10---12---13---12---13---12---15---13---12---10---10---9---9---6---6---5--5--5--|
B|--6--8------6-----10----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---5---5--------------------5--------------------------|
B|--------------------5---8-------8---6---5--------------|
G|----------------6------------------------------7-------|
D|------------7------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

2nd guitar playing the rhythm

Unsure of what the balance held

F Gm A

e|------------------5---6---5------------|-6---5---3------------------|------------------------------5-------|
B|-------------6-----------------8-------|--------------6---5---------|-----------------5---6---8------------|
G|--------7------------------------------|----------------------------|------------6-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|---7---7------------------------------|
A|---8-----------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|-3--------------------------|---5----------------------------------|

I touched my belly overwhelmed By what I had been

Dm F Gm

e|-------------------------------|--------5---5-------------5---6---5------------|---6---5---3---------------|
B|------------------6------------|--------6---6--------7----------------8--------|-----------------6---5-----|
G|-------------7-----------------|----5-------5---5------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------7----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|------------8----------------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-8---------------------------------------------|---3-----------------------|

Chosen to perform But then

A Dm F

e|-------------------------------5-------|--------------------------|--------5---5------------5---6---5------|
B|-----------------5---6---8-------------|-----------------6--------|--------6---6-------7-----------------8-|
G|------------6--------------------------|------------7-------------|---5--------5---5-----------------------|
D|---7---7-------------------------------|--------7-----------------|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|-8----------8---------------------------|
E|---5-----------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|

an angel came one day Told me to kneel down and pray

Gm A Dm F etc

e|---6---5---3-----------------|-----------------------------5------------|-------------------------------||
B|----------------6---5--------|----------------5---6---8-----------------|-----------------6-------------||
G|-----------------------------|------------6-----------------------------|------------7------------------||
D|-----------------------------|---7---7----------------------------------|--------7----------------------||
A|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------||
E|---3-------------------------|---5--------------------------------------|-------------------------------||

Gm A Dm F

For unto me a man child would be born

Gm A

Woe this crazy circumstance

Dm F

I knew his life deserved a chance

Gm A DmF

But everybody told me to be smart

Gm A

Look at your career they said,

Dm F

"Lauryn, baby use your head"

Gm A Dm F

But instead I chose to use my heart

Hook

F Gm A Dm

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

F Gm A Dm

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

Verse 2

How beautiful if nothing more

Than to wait at Zion's door

I've never been in love like this before

Now let me pray to keep you from

The perils that will surely come

See life for you my prince has just begun

And I thank you for choosing me

To come through unto life to be

A beautiful reflection of his grace

For I know that a gift so great

Is only one God could create

And I'm reminded every time I see your face

Hook

That the joy of my world is in Zion

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

Marching, marching, marching to Zion

Marching, marching

Marching, marching, marching to Zion

Beautiful, beautiful Zion

(repeat to end of song)

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| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

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