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Chords and Lyrics for Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

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Music by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
Words by Ada Ruth Habershon

VERSE 1

G 
There are loved ones in the glory

           C               G 
Whose dear forms you often miss,

When you close your earthly story

         D         A7       D 
Will you join them in their bliss?

G 
Will the circle be unbroken

       C          G 
By and by, by and by?

     C      G 
Is a better home awaiting

            D7     G 
In the sky, in the sky?

VERSE 2

G 
In the joyous days of childhood,

         C                G 
Oft they told of wondrous love

Pointed to the dying Savior,

         D          A7   D 
Now they dwell with Him above.

         D         A7       D 
Will you join them in their bliss?

G 
Will the circle be unbroken

       C          G 
By and by, by and by?

     C      G 
Is a better home awaiting

            D7     G 
In the sky, in the sky?

VERSE 3

G 
You remember songs of heaven,

          C                  G 
Which you sang with childish voice,

Do you love the hymns they taught you,

       D        A7         D 
Or are songs of earth your choice?

         D         A7       D 
Will you join them in their bliss?

G 
Will the circle be unbroken

       C          G 
By and by, by and by?

     C      G 
Is a better home awaiting

            D7     G 
In the sky, in the sky?

VERSE 4

G 
You can picture happy gath'rings

          C              G 
Round the fireside long ago,

And you think of tearful partings,

          D        A7     D 
When they left you here below.

         D         A7       D 
Will you join them in their bliss?

G 
Will the circle be unbroken

       C          G 
By and by, by and by?

     C      G 
Is a better home awaiting

            D7     G 
In the sky, in the sky?

VERSE 5

G 
One by one their seats were emptied,

       C              G 
One by one they went away,

Now the family is parted,

        D      A7       D 
Will it be complete one day?

         D         A7       D 
Will you join them in their bliss?

G 
Will the circle be unbroken

       C          G 
By and by, by and by?

     C      G 
Is a better home awaiting

            D7     G 
In the sky, in the sky?

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Chords

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Instrument Chords
Banjo A7 C Major D Major D7 G Major
Guitar A7 C Major D Major D7 G Major
Mandolin A7 C Major D Major D7 G Major
Piano A7 C Major D Major D7 G Major
Ukulele A7 C Major D Major D7 G Major

Sheet Music for Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

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