Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Religious Melody of Sorrow
Sung by Johnny Cash and Carter Family, Loretta Lynn, Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson

Jam with Johnny Cash on this one - you'll have fun using this tab.

 RR 6  -6      7  7   RR  8 -8    7  8   RR 8 -8    7   -8     7  7   -6 6 R
|   I was | standing |   by my | window |  on a | cold and | cloudy | day.   |
 RR  7  7    7    7   RR    9     9     9  8      7   7    8  8 -8    7  -8 7    7
|  When I | saw that |   hearse come | rollin' | for to | carry my | mother a | way. |
 
Chorus:
 R-6   7    7     7  7   RR 8 -8    7  8      8  -8    7 8 -8     7 -6  7  -6 6
| Oh, will the | circle |  be un | broken, | by and | by Lord, | by an nd | b y. |
 RR  7    7    7  7   RR 8  8     8  8     7  7    8  8 -8     7  -8    7
| There's a | better | home a-| waitin' | in the |sky Lord, | in the | sky. |

 RR6 -6     7   7    7   8 -8    7 -8  8    8  8    -8      7  -8    7
|  I ah | said to | the under | taker er | please drive | slow ow | ow |     |
 RR 6   -6     7 7  RR  8    -9      9   8       8   7 -8     8   7    -6 -7 -8    7
|  for this | lady |  that you're | carryin' | Lord, I ah | hate to | see he er | go". |

Chorus...

Well I followed close be hind her, tried to hold up and be brave,
But I could not hide my sorrow when they laid her in the grave

Chorus...

I went back home, my home was lonesome, missed my mother she was gone.
All my brothers and sisters crying in our home so sad and alone.

Chorus...

We sang the songs of childhood, hymns of faith that made us strong,
Ones that our mother had taught us, hear the angels sing along

Chorus...  Repeat twice...

Another version:
There are loved ones in the glory, whose dear forms you often miss;
When you close your earthly story, will you join them in their bliss?

Refrain: Will the circle be unbroken, by and by, by and by!
In a better home waiting in the sky, in the sky?

In the joyous days of childhood, oft they told of wondrous love,
Pointed to the dying Saviour, now they dwell with Him above.

Refrain:

You can picture happy gatherings 'round the fireside long ago,
And you think of tearful partings, when they left you here below.

Refrain:

One by one their seats were emptied, one by one they went away;
Here the circle has been broken. Will it be complete one day?

Refrain:

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From June 30, 2006 


    
Johnny Cash and the Carter Family                                                                                Loretta Lynn

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