Chords for Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton - And Am I Born To Die?

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Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton - And Am I Born To Die? chords
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My dad was the lead singer at the church and mama kept in the gospel singing at the church,
but she sang quite a few of the old ballads.
My first actual memories of music, when I think about it,
was sitting on mama's lap when I was a little, just a little fellow,
maybe two years old and hearing the singing in the church.
And it was a great sound.
The singing was very pure then.
No vibrato in the voices at all, you know, just good straight harmonies.
And some of those mountain people had voices like you wouldn't believe.
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em]
[G] [Em] [G]
[Em]
[D] [C] And [G] am I born [Dm]
[E] to die?
[G] To lay this [Dm] body [G] down
And must my trembling [E] spirit
[Bm] [D] Fly [G] into a world unknown
And [D] must my [Em] trembling spirit
[D]
Fly [G] into a world unknown
Soon as from earth I go
What will become [Dm] of me
[G] Eternal [Dm] [G] happiness
Are all that then my portion be
[D]
Eternal [E] happiness
[G] Are all that [C] then my [G] portion [E] be
[F#] A [G] land of deepest [E]
[D] shade
[G] [Dm] Unpierced [G] by [Dm] human thought
[G]
That dreary region [E]
[G] of the dead
Where all things are forgot
That dreary region of the dead
[G#] [C] Where all [G] things are [E] forgot
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2131
E
2311
Em
121
D
1321
Dm
2311
G
2131
E
2311
Em
121
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My dad was the lead singer at the church and mama kept in the gospel singing at the church,
but she sang quite a few of the old ballads.
My first actual memories of music, when I think about it,
was sitting on mama's lap when I was a little, just a little fellow,
maybe two years old and hearing the singing in the church.
And it was a great sound.
The singing was very pure then.
No vibrato in the voices at all, you know, just good straight harmonies.
And some of those mountain people had voices like you wouldn't believe.
_ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] [C] And [G] am I born [Dm]
[E] to die?
[G] To lay _ this _ [Dm] body _ [G] _ down
And must my _ trembling [E] spirit
[Bm] _ _ [D] Fly _ [G] into _ a world _ unknown
_ _ And _ [D] must my _ [Em] trembling spirit
[D] _
Fly _ [G] into _ a world _ unknown
_ _ Soon _ as from earth I go
_ What will become _ [Dm] _ of me _
[G] Eternal [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ happiness
_ _ Are all _ that then my _ portion be
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Eternal [E] happiness
_ [G] Are all that [C] then my [G] portion [E] _ be
_ [F#] A _ [G] land of deepest [E] _
_ [D] shade
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] Unpierced [G] by _ [Dm] human _ thought
[G]
That _ dreary _ region [E] _
_ [G] of the dead
_ Where all _ _ things are forgot
_ _ That _ dreary _ _ region _ of the dead
[G#] _ [C] Where all [G] _ things are [E] forgot _ _ _ _ _

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