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(Asus4) 70 (D major) years
Verse 1
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ago my (G major) father's (A major) mother's (D major) father
(G major) Led the clan of
(A major) Nicholson (D major)
He and my great -grandmother
had (G major) four (A major) lovely (D major) daughters
(G major) And a strong and honest son
And (A major) they traveled
(D major) Arkansas (G major) and
Oklahoma
(A major) Building ar (D major) bors made of (G major) pine
And (A major) the (D major) people of the (G major) town
would come at sundown
(A major) Some to scoff, (D major)
some to see (G major) what they would find (A major) (G major)
And the sisters dressed in (A major) white
(G major) The family sang and prayed (A major) into the night
(G major) And they rode in (A major) a covered wagon (D major)
(G major) As they walked in (A major) holi (D major) ness
I (G major) may live to preach (A major) the power (D major)
and forgiveness of the
(G major) Lord
Seventy (Asus4) years ago (D major) (G major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (Asus4) (D major) (G major)
(A major) 70 (D major) years ago there
(G major) wasn't much (A major) in preaching (D major)
But (G major) it never slowed (A major) them down (D major)
They loved the truth and all the hearts (G major)
that (A major) he was (D major) reaching
An (G major) d their eyes were on the crown
(A major) So they traveled
(D major) Arkansas (G major) and
Oklahoma
(A major) With a burning in (D major) their soul (G major)
(A major) And it drove them (D major) to their
knees (G major) until the next town
(A major) For the sake (D major) of a (G major) wealth they
could not (A major) hold (G major)
Then their sisters dressed in (A major) white
An (G major) d the people sang and
prayed (A major) to the night
(G major) And they rode in (A major) a covered wagon (D major)
(G major) As they walked in (A major) holi (D major) ness
(G major) When they lived and (A major) preached the
(D major) power and forgiveness of the
(G major) Lord (D major) (G major)
70 (D major) years (A major) ago (G major)
Sometimes I feel like a pale reflec (A major) tion
(E minor) Liv (G major) ing in the blessing
they passed (E minor) down
(A major) Some of them have held me
(D major) Some nev (G major) er knew my name
But the secret has been (E minor) found
An (G major) d I want to give this to my children
And when I am very (A major) old (D major)
(A major) I hope there still (D major) will be a
story (G major) worth telling
Seven years (A major) ago (D major)
(G major) And they rode in (A major) a covered wagon (D major)
As (G major) they walked in (A major) holi (D major) ness
(G major) And they lived and (A major) preached the
(D major) power and forgiveness of the
(G major) Lord
Seven years (A major) ago (D major) (G major) (Asus4) (D major) (G major)
Seventy (A major) years ago (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
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Seventy years ago my father's (G major) (A major) mother's (G major) father (A major) (G major) (D major)
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