Key: Bb major
Intro 1
E
B
C#m
E
A
Bsus4
E
Verse 1
B
C#m
A
young man loses his life
B
E
B
They marked the shoulder with a cross
E
G#m
A
An' his family gathers round
B
G#
C#m
On a piece of Hal lowed
A
ground
Bsus4
B
C#m
their loss
B
A
As the tears fall from their eyes
B
C#m
There's one who'll al
B
A
B
E
ways sympathise.
Verse 2
C#m
living
E
A
'Cause it's the living that are
B
E
B
E
left to carry on
B
C#m
An' all the an gels up in Heaven
E
A
They're not grieving because
Bsus4
B
they're gone
their faces
E
B
'Cause they're in a better place than,
A
G#m
F#m
A
B
E
mmm, baby, than, oh
B
E
C#m
E
God only cries for the living
B
E
that are so far from home.
Verse 3
G#m
A
It still makes me sad
B
C#m
When I think of my Grand- dad
A
B
E
B
I miss him each and every day
E
A
But I know the time will come
B
G#
C#m
G#m
When my own
Bsus4
B
Wonders why I went away
C#m
B
A
Maybe we're not meant to understand
B
C#m
B
Till we meet up in
A
B
E
the Promised Land.
Verse 4
C#m
E
living
A
B
'Cause it's the living that are left
E
Bsus4
B
E
to carry on
B
C#m
And all the an gels up in Heaven
Bsus4
B
A
They're not grieving because
Bsus4
B
they're gone
A
E
F#m
A
B
E
oh, baby, than oh
B
C#m
God only cries for the living
E
A
'Cause it's the living
B
C#m
B
that are so far from home
A
B
Yeah, we're so far from home,
A
E
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