Chords for Dolly Parton - Don't let me cross over

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_ _ Wish all of you could have known [G] Carl and Pearl Butler.
They were very important to me when I was starting out
I worked with him on radio back in Knoxville when I was 10 years old
They were all part of the Kaz Walker show which used to broadcast from his general store
Kaz used to say to me when [C] I was little dolly you make the best sound in the place next to the cash register Of [G] course
I was thrilled to hear that and I was thrilled for Carl and Pearl [D] when their song don't let [G] me cross over became a number
one record for them _ _ _
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That _ [D] _ was back in [G] 1962 it was the year that John Glenn blasted off the [E] pad and orbited the earth three times _ _ _ _
We lost Marilyn Monroe [G] that year and the Cuban Missile Crisis held the world's attention
_ _ Peter Khrushchev says Soviet ships will never submit to the United States blockade
Carl and Pearl have both passed away now, but when I recorded this song, I honestly felt like they were out there with me in [E] spirit _
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_ _ _ _ To steal [G] you _ _
_ _ Don't let _
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[D] _ _ _ [A] _ Cuz you know that [D] I love
You and I'm not the [G] stealing kind _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ But I'm here
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_ _ _ _ To forget you _
But what else [G] can I do?
_ _ When your eyes [D] keep _ saying _
That you want [A] me to _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ And I know if [D] I _ lose you
Not a dream will [G] I have left _ _
I don't [D] want to _ cheat you
[A] But I can't [D] help myself
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[Bb] _ _ Don't let me [Eb] cross _ _ over _
_ Lost [Ab] cheating line
_ _ You belong to [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
and can never [Bb] be mine _
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I'd get _ [Eb] closer _
_ _ Would be heaven [Ab] divine _ _ _ _
Don't let me [Eb] cross over
_ _ [Bb] Lost [Eb] cheating line
Don't _ _
[Ab] _ let me cross over
Don't let me
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