Chords for Will The Circle Be Unbroken

_ Ladies and gentlemen, from the stage of the Mother Church of Country Music,
please welcome back [B] all of our national [E] finalists singing the classic country hymn,
Will the Circle Be Unbroken.
_ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ I was standing by my wind, _ [Bm] _ [A] cold and cloudy [E] day,
_ when I saw that hearse come rolling,
for to carry [B] my mother [E] _ away.
Will the circle be unbroken,
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ there's a better home awaiting,
in the sky, [B]
Lord, [E] in the sky.
Glory, glory, _ _ hallelujah,
[A] when I lay my burdens,
[E] _ _ _ glory, glory, _ hallelujah. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ Will the circle be unbroken,
by [A] and by, _ [E] _ _ Lord, there's a better home awaiting,
in the sky, [B] Lord, in [E] the sky.
_ I stand to the undertaker,
_ [A] _ undertaker, playing [E] drive slow,
_ for this body you are holding,
oh, I [B] hate to see [E] her go.
Will the circle be unbroken,
[A] by and _ _
_ [E] _ _ by, there's a better home awaiting,
_ in the sky, [B] Lord, in [E] the sky. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ Then followed, close behind her,
trying [A] to hold her, [E] they brave,
but I could not, half my sorrow,
when [Em] they laid her [E] in their grave.
Will the circle be [A] unbroken,
[E] _ _ [A] by _ [E] and by, _ there's a better home awaiting,
in the [B] sky, Lord, in [E] the sky.
I went back home, then my home was lonesome,
[A] since Mama, [F#m] she [E] was gone.
All my brothers and my sisters,
_ _ _ [B] crying, _ [E] _ what?
Will the circle be unbroken,
_ [A] by _ _
_ [E] _ _ and by, there's a better _ home awaiting,
_ in the sky, [B] Lord, in [E] the sky.
_ In the sky, [B] Lord, in [E] the sky. _ _ _ _ _
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