Altar chords by The Young'uns

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Verse 1
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I meant to build an altar
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When I   was a beardless boy
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But my roses turned to bread
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And my sor row turned to joy
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I meant to build an altar
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When the horse began to weep
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And the press of the mountain
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Sang me off to sleep
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I meant to build an altar
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When the days of darkness came
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When the wolves bit in the woods,
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And the devil knew my name,
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And the angels came a -writing,
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On steeds so white and gay.
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I'm meant to build an altar,
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perhaps I  will someday.
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I meant to build an altar
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When I   was a beardless boy
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But my roses turn to bread
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and my sor row turn to joy
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Are he meant to build an altar
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When the horse began to weep
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And the prayers of the mountain
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Sang me off      to sleep
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