Chords for Louvin Brothers - Lonely Mound of Clay

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_ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Beside a new-made grave, _ [C] heartbroken, _ _
My [G] love for her won't let me [D] go away, _ _
And [G] leave her [G] there to [C] sleep forever, _ _ _
[G] All alone beneath that [D]
lonely mound of clay. _ _ _
Oh Lord, why did you [C] take her from me? _
[G] Why didn't you take [D] me away? _ _
[F#] So [G] I could have been [C] there beside _ her,
All [G] alone beneath that lonely mound of clay. _ _
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Many _ times I have looked [C] toward heaven, _ _
And [G] prayed that she wouldn't go [D] _ away,
_ [Am]
But [G] this _ sinner's prayer was [C] never answered, _ _
So now [G] she's sleeping beneath [D] that lonely mound [G] of clay. _ _
Oh Lord, why did you take [C] her from me? _ _
Why [G] didn't you take me [D] away? _ _
So [G] _ I could have been there [C] beside her, _ _
_ [G] _ Beneath [D] that lonely [G] mound of clay. _ _ _
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So I'll stay here beside you, [C] little darling, _ _
And [G] I promise that I'll never [D] go away, _ _ _
[G] Until _ my life down [C] here is over, _ _
And then [G] we'll meet beneath [D] that lonely [G] mound of clay. _ _ _
Oh Lord, why did you [C] take her from me? _ _
[G] Why didn't you take me [D] away? _ _
So [G] I could have [G] been there [C] beside her,
All [G] alone beneath that [D]
lonely mound of clay.
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _