Key: A major
Intro 1
G
C
G
D
G
Verse 1
G
We shall meet,
but we shall miss him
C
G
There will be one vacant chair
We shall linger to caress him
A
D
While we bring our evening prayer
G
When a year ago we gathered
C
G
Joy was in his mobbed blue eyes
But a golden cord is severed
D
G
And our hope in ruin lies
C
G
We shall meet, but we shall miss him
D
There will be one vacant chair
C
G
We shall linger to caress him
D
G
While we breathe our evening prayer
At the far side, sad and lonely,
C
G
often well the bosom swells
That remembrance of the story
A
D
our noble Willie said
G
How he strove to bear the banner
C
G
through the thickness of the fire
And uphold our country's honor
D
G
In the strength of manhood's might
C
G
We shall meet, but we shall miss him
D
There will be one vacant chair
C
G
We shall linger to the resting,
D
While we breathe our evening
G
C
G
D
prayer.
G
C
G
We shall meet, but we shall miss him
D
There will be one vacant chair
C
G
We shall linger to Cresci,
D
G
While we breathe our evening prayer,
D
G
While we breathe our blessed prayer.
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