Moderately q = 84
Intro: F C/F C/G Bb
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F C Dm Am7
Sev – en years old up – on my knees on the third row pew try – ing to see. My Grand –
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- ma – ma’s sing – ing “The Sweet By_ and By.” __________________ It
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wasn’t the sweetest sounding thing, but there’s something about when Grand mama sang that moved
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__ your feet and stirred some – thing up in – side. ____________ To
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see her grin from ear to ear, one thing for sure was ver - y clear: ___ This
Dm Eb F Eb/G Eb
Was - n’t just ____ a song; ___ it was ___ her life ______________________ In the
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Sweet by ___ and ___ by we shall meet on that beau – ti – ful shore.
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__________________ In the sweet by ______ and ________
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___ by ______________ we shall meet on that beau – ti – ful
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______ shore . The
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times have changed ____ to say the least. My Grand – mama’s voice a mem – o – ry. Just
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like the old ___ song said, ___ she’s on that shore. ___ And
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if she’s look – ing down on me, ___ I hope she’s proud of what she sees ___ ‘cause
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thanks to her I’m a – walk – ing with the Lord.
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Oh, to hear ___ her once ___ a – gain wrap her – self a – round that hymn
Dm Eb F Eb/G Eb D.S. al CODA
Lord, if I could just go back once more. ________________ In the
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Meet on _____ that beau – ti – ful _____ shore.
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There’s a land that is fair – er than day
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____________________ By faith we ____ can see it a – far
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__________ for the Fa – ther waits over the way __
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__________ to pre – pare us a dwell – ing place
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___ there. Oh, I can
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hear her _________ sing – ing a – long In the
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sweet by __ and __ by we shall meet on that beau – ti – ful shore.
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___________________ In the sweet by _______ and
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______ by ________________ we shall meet on that beau – ti – ful… Sweet
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___ by ______ and ______ by ______ we shall
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meet on ____ that beau – ti – ful shore. In ______ the
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sweet by ______ and ______ by ________ we shall
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meet on ______ that beau – ti – ful ____ shore, ____ we shall
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meet ____ on ____ that beau – ti – ful ________ shore
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