Intro: C,G,D,Em,C,G,D
Verso 1:
G Em
They both grew up in a rusted out old pick up truck,
C
Said 'I do" in late October,
D
By November she was showing,
G D
By July the jig was up.
G
So they bought a house,
Em
Past the rundown Church outside of town.
C
She said 'Baby I can't take it,
D
Maybe this was a mistake,
G D
I 'm not the type to settle down.'
C G
And he said 'All the doubt in town,
D Em C G D
Ain't enough to shake the ground that my feet have been walking on,
C G D Em
Girl I love you now 'til I hear that trumpet sound.
C D G
Oh, wherever you are, I belong.'
Verso 2:
G
He lost his job,
Em
At the sawmill around Christmas time,
C
Yeah the bills were piling up,
D G D
And all the odd jobs weren't enough to keep the timber on the fire.
G
She said 'Oh my God,
Em
My Daddy warned me that this day would come,
C
My Momma's waiting in the car,
D
I can't let my baby starve,
G D
Honey you and I are done.'
C G
And he said 'All the doubt in town,
D Em C G D
Ain't enough to shake the ground that my feet have been walking on,
C G D Em
Girl I love you now 'til I hear that trumpet sound.
C D G
Oh, wherever you are, I belong.'
Verso 3:
G
Sixty years go by,
Em
In the blinking of the young girl's eye.
C
All five kids are up and grown,
D
Having families of their own,
G D
And they hear Poppa's gonna die.
G
She takes his hand,
Em
Says 'God, oh please don't take away my man!
C
Baby I can't let you leave,
D
Why did you put up with me?
G D
How did you know where we would land?'
C G
And he said 'Girl I love you now,
D Em
But I hear that trumpet sound,
C G D
And I've gotta be moving on.
C G
Though I leave you now,
D Em
I'll be up there looking down
C D G
Keeping Heaven's porch light on.'
C G
And he said 'All the doubt in town,
D Em C G D
Ain't enough to shake the ground that my feet have been walking on,
C G D Em
Girl I love you now 'til I hear that trumpet sound.
C D Em
Oh, wherever you are, I belong.'
C D G
Oh, wherever you are, I belong.'
Outro:
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