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Can The Circle Be Unbroken
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Music: traditional Key: D Tempo (bpm) ca.: 110 Measure: 4/4 ternary Genre: Country Style: Standard |
| Chords: A7 D D7 G |
| | 1. I was | D standing | · · by the |window | D7 · · | | | |
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On one | G cold and |cloudy | D day | · ·; | | | |
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And I | D saw the | · · hearse come |rolling | · · | | | |
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For to | D carry my | A7 mother a| D way | · ·. | | | |
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2. Lord, I | D told the | · · under|taker, | D7 · · | | | |
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"Under| G taker, |please drive | D slow; | · · | | | |
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For this | D body | · · you are |hauling, | · · | | | |
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Lord, I | D hate to | A7 see her | D go | · · | | | |
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Ref.: Can the | D circle| · · be un|broken, | D7 · · | | | |
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By and | G by, Lord, |bye and | D bye? | · · | | | |
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There's a | D better | · · home a|waiting| · · | | | |
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In the | D sky, Lord, | A7 in the | D sky. | · · | | | |
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3. I | D followed | · · close be|hind her, | D7 · · | | | |
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tried to | G hold up |and be |brave | D · · | | | |
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But I | D could not | · · hide my |sorrow | · · | | | |
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When they | D laid her | A7 in the | D grave. | · · | | | |
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4. Went back | D home, Lord, | · my home was |lonesome | D7 · · | | | |
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Since my | G mother, |she was | D gone; | · · | | | |
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All my | D brothers, | · · sisters |crying | · · | | | |
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What a | D home so | A7 sad and | D lone. | · · | | | |
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| D ····|····|····| D7 ···· | | | |
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| G ····|····| D ····|···· | | | |
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| D ····| A7 ····| D ····|···· | | | |
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5. Now my | D mother, | · · she's crossed |over | D7 · · | | | |
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Where so | G many have |gone be| D fore. | · · | | | |
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And I | D know, Lord, | · · I will |meet her | · · | | | |
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Just | D waiting at | A7 glory's door. | D · · · · | | | |
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Ref.: Can the | D circle| · · be un|broken, | D7 · · | | | |
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By and | G by, Lord, |bye and | D bye? | · · | | | |
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There's a | D better | · · home a|waiting| · · | | | |
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In the | D sky, Lord, | A7 in the | D sky. | · · | | | |
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