Chords for Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin

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_ _ _ _ They immortalized his name in [Bb] country _ [F] music's hall of fame
As the tears of joy [C] filled the room
_ And [F] when the honor was bestowed
And the [Bb] lights were [F] turned down low
Vicki Skaggs [C] played a sweet old [F] gospel tune
_ [Bb] _ [F] [Bb] Lord, he picked up that old gips
He [F] embraced it like a friend
He held it like the Bible
[G] As it softly [C] spoke to him _ _ _
[Bb] For a measure of time
He [F] was here with [Dm] us again
_ The [F] night that Skaggs stood and played
Bill [C]
Monroe's old [F] mandolin
From _
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_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
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_ _ _ [Abm] _ [C] _ _
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its case worn and tattered
One [Bb] day in anger it [F] was shattered
By those who chose to [C] do him wrong _
But by [F] the hands of his old friend
It [Bb] was made whole [F] once again
So brother Bill could [C] play us all them good [F] old songs
_ He [Bb] picked up that old gips
He _ [F] embraced it like a friend
He held it like the Bible
As [G] it softly spoke [C] to him
_ _ [F] For [Bb] a measure of time
He [F] was here with [Dm] us again _
The night [F] that Skaggs stood and played
Bill _ Monroe's old mandolin _
For _ [Bb] a measure of time
He [F] was here with us [Dm] _ again
_ [F]
The night that Ricky stood and played
Bill [C] Monroe's [F] old mandolin
For a measure of time
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