Chords for John McEuen & Friends "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"

_ I was standing at the north window of the Ryman Opry house
before the dirt band started [Fm] looking in the windows trying [A#] to figure out how to get in, but it was sold out.
And right when I looked in, Lester Flatt said,
let's bring out Mama Mae Bell Carter to do a song.
And [E] what a day. _
I was an 18-year-old with a banjo, and they started [F#] playing.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ I was standing by my window
[A] On a cold and [E] cloudy day
When I saw that purse come rolling
For to take [B] my mother [E] away
Will the circle be unbroken
By [A] and by, Lord, by [E] and by
There's a better half of wedding
In the sky, [B] Lord, in [E] the sky
I walked up close behind them
Tried [A] to hold up and be [E] brave
But I could not keep my courage
When they laid [B] her in [E] the grave
Will the circle be unbroken _
[A] By and by, Lord, by [E] and by
There's a better _ half of wedding
In the sky, [B] Lord, in [E] the sky _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
Well, I asked that _ undertaker _ _
[A] Undertaker, please [E] ride slow
For that body you are _ haulin'
But I hate [B] to see [E] her go _
Will the circle _ be unbroken
By [A] and by, Lord, by [E] and by _
There's a better half of wedding
In the sky, [B] Lord, in [E] the sky _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ I _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ went back home, my home was lonesome
I [A] missed my mother, she [E] was gone
_ All my brothers, sisters _ cryin'
When they're [B] home so [E] sad and lone
Will the circle be unbroken
By [A] and by, Lord, by [E] and by
There's a better half of wedding
In the sky, [B] Lord, in [E] the sky
Will the circle be _ _ unbroken
[A] By and by, [E] Lord, _ by and by
There's a better _ half of wedding
In the sky, [B] Lord, in [E] the sky _
Will the _ circle _ be unbroken
[A] By _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _
_ and by, _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] Lord, by and by
_ In [E] the sky
_ _ _ [B] _
_ In the [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ sky
[E] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Thank you.
Happy birthday, John McEwen! _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ Thank you, Music City Roots, and thank you, John.
_ _ John McEwen, everybody. _
Yeah!
_ _ _ _ All right, what a birthday, huh?
Man! _ _ _ _
_ That's Ron Levinson, John Carter Cash,
Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Mike Bubb,
Roland White, Jesse McReynolds, Bernie Leddon,
John Cable, Matt Carstonis, David Amram,
Les Thompson, and Jeff Hanna,
_ _ and John McEwen. _