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Across the Great Divide

Nanci Griffith
ChordsKeyGCapoFret 2beginner
4.8(262)

Chords in this song4

capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higher

Verse 1

I've been walkin' in my sleep
Countin' troubles instead of countin' sheep
Where the years went I can't say
I just turned around and they've gone away

Verse 2

I've been siftin' through the layers
Of dusty books and faded papers
They tell a story I used to know
And it was one that happened so long ago

Chorus

It's gone away yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide

Verse 3

Now, I heard the owl a-callin'
Softly as the night was fallin'
With a question and I replied
But he's gone across the borderline

Chorus

He's gone away yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide

Verse 4

The finest hour that I have seen
Is the one that comes between
The edge of night and the break of day
It's when the darkness rolls away

Chorus

It's gone away yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide

Chorus

And it's gone away yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide

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