Key: F major
Verse 1
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G
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D
It was on one
dark and starless night
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I heard and saw an awful sigh
The lightning flashed, the thunder rolled
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D
Across my dark, denial soul
I saw a guff far down below
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Where all the dying drunkards go
I saw another weeping crowd
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Bloodshot eyes and voices loud
Come here, young man,
we'll give you room
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This is the whiskey seller's dune
I started and got there at last
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I thought I'd pick a social class
But every time I started in,
Bm
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I thought about the drunkard's den
I stashed it down and left the place,
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I went to seek redeeming grace
I felt like Paul who once did pray for God
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to wash his sins away.
I started home to change my life,
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to see my loving, neglected wife.
I found her weeping o 'er the bend
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Because our infant babe was dead
I told her not to cry or weep
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Our little baby had gone to sleep
Its little soul had passed away
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To ring with Christ an endless day
I took her by her lily -white hand
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She was so weak she could not stand
I knelt her down and prayed a prayer
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that God might save and bless us that.
And now I live a better life
Verse 2
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in a Christian home and a loving wife.
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