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Key: Eb
Verse 1:
D
A little old lady down the road
G
Ten years ago
Became a widow
D
But does alright on her own
Tuesday nights I stop by
G
To help with anything she likes
And every time
A
Shows me her favorite brick outside
G
To me it's just some carved-in letters
A G
But to her it's forever
Chorus 1:
G
Etched in stone
D A
A promise that she's never on her own, whoa
G
'Cause flesh and bone
Bm
Is temporary but the love will carry on
A
After we're gone
Em
The dust will all be settled
Bm
And the grass will overgrow
Em D G
But we leave behind what matters most
A D G
Etched in stone
Verse 2:
D
She said we first walked through that door
G
In the spring of sixty-four
Skipped the honeymoon
D
The house was all we could afford
Spent any extra time we had
G
To build the patio out back
And one afternoon
A
Grabbed the only red brick from the stack
G
And with a smile and a chisel
A G
We left our initials
Chorus 2:
G
Etched in stone
D A
A promise that we're never on her own, whoa
G
'Cause flesh and bone
Bm
Is temporary but the love will carry on
A
After we're gone
Em
The dust will all be settled
Bm
And the grass will overgrow
Em D G
But we leave behind what matters most
A
What matters most
Bridge:
Bm
It ain't diamonds, it ain't gold
G
It's nothing you can hold
D A
As time goes by, the one thing that I know
Chorus 3:
G
Is etched in stone
D
A promise that we're never on our own
A
We're never on our own
G
'Cause flesh and bone
Bm
Is temporary but the love will carry on
A
After we're gone
Em
The dust will all be settled
Bm
And the grass will overgrow
Em D G
But we leave behind what matters most
A D G
Etched in stone
Song History
Published: February 12, 2026
Last Updated: February 12, 2026