Key: Bb major
Intro 1
B
F#
G#m
B
E
F#sus4
B
Verse 1
F#
G#m
E
young man loses his life
F#
B
F#
They marked the shoulder with a cross
B
D#m
E
An' his family gathers round
F#
D#
G#m
On a piece of Hal lowed
E
ground
F#sus4
F#
G#m
their loss
F#
E
As the tears fall from their eyes
F#
G#m
There's one who'll al
F#
E
F#
B
ways sympathise.
Verse 2
G#m
living
B
E
'Cause it's the living that are
F#
B
F#
B
left to carry on
F#
G#m
An' all the an gels up in Heaven
B
E
They're not grieving because
F#sus4
F#
they're gone
their faces
B
F#
'Cause they're in a better place than,
E
D#m
C#m
E
F#
B
mmm, baby, than, oh
F#
B
G#m
B
God only cries for the living
F#
B
that are so far from home.
Verse 3
D#m
E
It still makes me sad
F#
G#m
When I think of my Grand- dad
E
F#
B
F#
I miss him each and every day
B
E
But I know the time will come
F#
D#
G#m
D#m
When my own
F#sus4
F#
Wonders why I went away
G#m
F#
E
Maybe we're not meant to understand
F#
G#m
F#
Till we meet up in
E
F#
B
the Promised Land.
Verse 4
G#m
B
living
E
F#
'Cause it's the living that are left
B
F#sus4
F#
B
to carry on
F#
G#m
And all the an gels up in Heaven
F#sus4
F#
E
They're not grieving because
F#sus4
F#
they're gone
E
B
C#m
E
F#
B
oh, baby, than oh
F#
G#m
God only cries for the living
B
E
'Cause it's the living
F#
G#m
F#
that are so far from home
E
F#
Yeah, we're so far from home,
E
B
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