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(e) I was strollin' one day, in a lonely graveyard, |
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When a voice from the tomb, seemed to (b7) say, |
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I once (e) lived as you live, walked and talked as you talk, |
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But from earth |
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I was (b7) soon called a- (e) way. |
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Chorus(e) oh, those tombs, ("oh those tombs"), |
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Lonely tombs, ("lonely tombs "), |
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Seemed to say in a low gentle (b7) tone, |
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Oh how (e) sweet, ("oh how sweet"), |
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Is the rest, ("is the rest"), |
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In our beautiful, (b7) heavenly (e) home. |
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Every voice from the tomb, seemed to whisper and say, |
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Livin' man you must soon follow me, |
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And I thought as |
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I gazed, on that cold marble slab, |
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What a sad lonesome place that must be. |
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Repeat chorus |
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I then came to the place, where my mother did lay, |
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And her voice, soft and low, from the tomb, |
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It said, son |
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I'm at rest, with the savior above, |
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I am safe in my heavenly home. |
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Repeat chorus |
