Close By

Patty Loveless

Written by Bill Monroe and Winkle Van

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G              D7          G
You've gone so far away my darling
     C
Each time I think of you I cry
                              G
I'll press your picture to my bosom
          D7                     G
Then I'll feel that you're close by

Verse 2

               D7                  G
The years have passed you've not returned dear
C
Now they say that you have died
                        G
But your soul will live forever
      D7                   G
Now I know you'll be close by

Verse 3

          D7                  G
I saw you last while you were leaving
    C
The tears from you I tried to hide
                             G
You took me in your arms and said dear
         D7              G
Your memory I keep close by

Verse 4

               D7              G
They've buried you in a lonely graveyard
      C
And a spot they've left beside
                           G
Now we'll sleep 'til Jesus calls us
        D7              G
So that we can be close by