Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Will The Circle Be Unbroken (G)

      G              G7       

I was standing by my window,  

     C               G     

On a cold and cloudy day.  

       G                    Em        

When I saw that hearse come rolling,  

       G        D7     G      

For to carry my mother away.  

Chorus:

         G            G7       

Will the circle be un-broken,  

       C                G    

By and by, Lord, by and by?  

          G             Em        

There's a better home a-waiting,  

       G          D7     G     

In the sky, Lord, in the sky.  

        G               G7      

Lord, I told that under-taker,  

       C                   G      

"Under-taker, please drive slow.  

        G            Em        

For the body you are hauling,  

        G       D7      G     

Lord, I hate to see her go."  

-Chorus

         G            G7       

Will the circle be un-broken,  

       C                G    

By and by, Lord, by and by?  

          G             Em        

There's a better home a-waiting,  

       G          D7     G     

In the sky, Lord, in the sky.  

        G                 G7         

Lord, I followed close be-hind her,  

         C              G       

Tried to hold up and be brave.  

      G                 Em       

But I could not hide my sorrow,  

          G        D7     G       

When they laid her in the grave.  

-Chorus

         G            G7       

Will the circle be un-broken,  

       C                G    

By and by, Lord, by and by?  

          G             Em        

There's a better home a-waiting,  

       G          D7     G     

In the sky, Lord, in the sky.  

          G                       G7         

Went back home, Lord, my home was lonesome,  

         C               G      

Since my mother, she was gone.  

       G                 Em       

All my brothers, sisters cryin',  

       G       D7      G      

What a home so sad and lone.  

-Chorus

         G            G7       

Will the circle be un-broken,  

       C                G    

By and by, Lord, by and by?  

          G             Em        

There's a better home a-waiting,  

       G          D7     G     

In the sky, Lord, in the sky.