Tuning: Standard EBGDAE Difficulty: Novice Will The Circle Be Unbroken I was st[E]anding by my window On a c[a]old and cloudy d[E]ay, [E]When I saw the hearse come rollin' For to take my [B7]love a[E]way. CHORUS Will the circle be unbroken? By and by Lord, by and by, There's a better home a-waitin' In the sky Lord, in the sky.
I told the undertaker, "Undertaker, please drive slow, For this body you are haulin' Lord, I hate to see him go." Well I followed close behind him, Tried to hold up and be brave, But I could not hide my sorrow When they laid him in the grave.