Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
F C7
As I looked out of my window
F F
On a cold and cloudy day
Am
What did I see, but the hearse driver
F G7 F
Come to carry my mother away
F C7
Will the circle be unbroken
F F
By and by lord by and by
Am
There’s a better, home a-waitin’
F G7 F
In the sky lord in the sky
Solo 1
F C7
Will I said then, to that driver
F F
Driver, driver please drive slow
Am
Cause that woman that you’re haulin’
F G7 F
Lord I hate to see her go
F C7
Will the circle be unbroken
F F
By and by lord by and by
Am
There’s a better, home a-waitin’
F G7 F
In the sky lord in the sky
Solo 2
F C7
Its gonna be a mighty day lord
F F
When I lay my burdens down
Am
Its gonna be a mighty day lord
F G7 F
When I lay my burdens down
F C7
I said will the circle be unbroken
F F
By and by lord by and by
Am
There’s a better, home a-waitin’
F G7 F
In the sky lord in the sky
Solo 3
F C7
I said will the circle be unbroken
F F
By and by lord by and by
Am
There’s a better, home a-waitin’
F G7 F
In the sky lord in the sky
F C7
I said will the circle be unbroken
F F
By and by lord by and by
Am
There’s a better, home a-waitin’
F G7 F
In the sky lord in the sky
Am (single strum)
I said there’s a better, home a-waitin’
F G7 F (All single strums)
In the sky lord in the sky