Chords for EARTHS LOSS HEAVEN'S GAIN---THE SINGING COOKES

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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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Registered here, the sign [Bb] reads, in [Eb] the parlor
Two _ _ songs were her requests for me [Ab] to sing _ _
I stopped and told the family [Eb] how I loved her _
_ [F] Sorry the death _ [Bb] angel _ came
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[Eb] All the flowers that [Bb] were sent, she [Eb] didn't see them _ _
Then the sermon was preached after [Ab] I sang _ _ _
All the friends that dropped by, [Eb] it didn't matter
What earth might [Bb] _ _
[Eb] heaven gave _ _
_ Look what's happening in heaven
_ A [Ab] cheer we love as she walked [Eb] through the gate _ _
And the change in her, what a deal from _
Why [F] she's as young and beautiful [Bb] as a _ baby _
_ [Eb] _ Yes, who's got his arms around _ her
And he [Ab] just wiped the last tear [Eb] from her eye _
He [Ab] said, child, welcome home [Eb] forever _ _
Come and rest
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Never had _ [Bb] earth's treasures, [Eb] she didn't want them _
Just to provide for a flea, [Ab] nothing more _ _
She often talked about her home [Eb] in heaven _ _
_ [F] _ _ She'd been so [Bb] longing for
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She said, when [Eb] I leave [Bb] this world, don't [Eb] be crying _
For to me, it [G] will be a [Ab] stepping stone
_ And when I close my eyes to sleep for [Eb] the last time _
I step out [Bb] of this world, I'll [Eb] be home
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Look _ what's happening in heaven _ _
A cheer [Ab] we love as she walked through [Eb] the gate _
And the _ change in her, what a deal from _
Why [F] she's as young and _ [Bb] beautiful as a baby _ _
_ [Eb] _ Yes, who's got his arms around her
And [Ab] he just wiped the last tear from [Eb] her eye _ _
[F] He [Ab] said, child, welcome home [Eb] forever _ _
_ Come and rest
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_ He said, [Ab] child, welcome home forever _ _
_ Come and rest, father
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