Chords: Ab5 , Eb5 , C#5
I usually play with a capo on the first fret. If you decide to play that way the
chord forms that should be played are G5 for Ab5 , D5 for Eb5 , and C5 for C#.
Verse: Ab5 C#5 Ab5
I was standing by the window, on one cold and cloudy day
Eb5 Ab5
and I saw the hearse come rolling for to carry my mother away.
Biss: Ab5 C#5 Ab5
Can the circle be unbroken? By and by Lord, by and by.
Eb5 Ab5
There's a better home awaiting in the sky lord in the sky.
Verse: Ab5 C#5 Ab5
Lord, I told the undertaker, undertaker please drive slow.
Eb5 Ab5
For this body you are hauling lord I hate to see her go.
Biss: Ab5 C#5 Ab5
Can the circle be unbroken? By and by, Lord by and by.
Eb5 Ab5
There's a better home awaiting in the sky lord in the sky.
Verse: Ab5 C#5 Ab5
I followed close behind her, tried to hold up and be brave.
Eb5 Ab5
But I could not hide my sorrow as they laid her in the grave.
Biss: Ab5 C#5 Ab5
Can the circle be unbroken? By and by lord by and by.
Eb5 Ab5
There's a better home awaiting in the sky lord in the sky.
Verse: Ab5 C#5
I went back home, Lord. My home was lonesome. Yes my mother she was
Ab5
gone.
Eb5 Ab5
All my brothers and sisters crying for our home so sad and alone.
Biss: Ab5 C#5 Ab5
Can the circle be unbroken? By and by, Lord by and by.
Eb5 Ab5
There's a better home awaiting in the sky, Lord in the sky.