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Gloryland

Ralph Stanley

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

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Verse 1

G           G          C G
If you have friends in Gloryland
         G          D
who left because of pain
             G              C      G
Thank God up there, they'll die no more
               D   G
They'll suffer not again

Verse 2

              G            C     G
Then weep not friends, I'm going home
               G      D
Up there we'll die no more
           G       C       G
No coffins will be made up there
             D           G
No graves on that bright shore

Verse 3

G             G       C G
The lame will walk in Gloryland
             G          D
The blind up there will see
            G C            G
The deaf in Gloryland will hear
              D       G
The dumb will talk to me

Verse 4

           G        C       G
The doctor will not have to call
    G           D
The undertaker, no
               G       C        G
There'll be no pain up there to bear
              D          G
Just walk the streets of gold

Verse 5

G             G      C G
We'll need no sun in Gloryland
             G           D
The moon and stars won't shine
           G          C        G
For Christ Himself is light up there
             D    G
He reigns of love divine

Verse 6

              G            C     G
Then weep not friends, I'm going home
               G      D
Up there we'll die no more
           G       C       G
No coffins will be made up there
             D           G
No graves on that bright shore