Across The Great Divide Chords by The Band

[G] Standing by your [C] window in pain,
[G] _ with a pistol in [C] your hand.
_ [G] _ And [B] I beg you, [C] dear Molly girl,
_ [D] _ try and understand your man the best [G] you can.
Across the great [A] divide,
just [C] grab your hat [Em] and take that [G] ride.
Use yourself for [A] pride,
_ [C] and bring your children [Em] down to [G] the riverside.
I had a goal [C] in my younger days,
_ [G] I nearly wrote [C] my will,
_ _ [G] _ but I changed my [C] mind for the better.
[D] I'm at the still, at my bill,
and I'm going to take [G] you across the great [A] divide.
Just [C] grab your hat [Em] and take that [G] ride.
Get yourself [A] a bride,
_ [C] and bring your children [Em] down to [G] the riverside. _
Pinball [C] machine and a queen,
[G] I nearly took [C] a bus,
oh, [G] I tried to keep [C] my hands to myself.
[D] You say it's a must, but who can trust?
[G] _ Harvest bloom [C] shining down from the sky,
[G] a weary sign [C] for the road.
_ _ [G] I'm going to leave [C] this one-horse town,
[D] _ had to stalk till the fall,
now [G] I'm going to [Em] cross [G] the great [A] divide.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] Now Molly dear, [C] don't you shed a tear,
_ [G] your time will [C] surely come,
_ [G] _ you'll feed your man [C] chicken every Sunday.
[D] Now tell me, hon, what you done with the [G] gun?
Across the great [A] divide.
_ [Em] Just [C] grab your [Em] hat and take that [G] ride.
Get yourself [A] a bride,
[C] and bring your children [Em] down to the riverside. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _