Lonely Mound Of Clay chords by The Louvin Brothers

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Beside a new made grave,
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heart broken
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My love for her won't let me go away
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And leave her there to sleep forever
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All alone beneath that lonely mound of clay
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Oh Lord, why did you take her from me?
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Why didn't you take me away?
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So I could have been there beside her
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All alone beneath that lonely mound
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of clay
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Many times I have looked toward heaven
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And prayed that she wouldn't go away
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But the sinner's path was never right, sir
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So now she's sleeping
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that lonely mound of clay
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Oh, Lord, why did you take her from me?
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Why didn't you take me away?
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So I could have been there beside her
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All alone beneath that lonely
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mound of clay
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So I'll stay here beside you, little darling
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And I promise that I'll never go away
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Until my life down here is over
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And then we'll meet beneath
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that lonely mound of clay
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Oh Lord, why did you take her from me?
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Why didn't you take me away?
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So I could have been there beside her
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All alone beneath that lonely mound of clay