Walls Of Time

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Bill Monroe and Peter Rowan

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G
The wind is blowing across the mountain
C
And down on the valley way below
G
It sweeps the grave of my darling
C          D7                     G
When I die that's where I want to go

Verse 2

Lord send the angels for my darling
C
And take her to that home on high
G
I'll wait my time out here on earth love
C        D7            G
And come to you when I die

Verse 3

I hear a voice out in the darkness
C
It moans and whispers through the pine
G
I know it's my sweetheart a calling
C          D7                   G
I hear her through the walls of time

Verse 4

Lord send the angels for my darling
C
And take her to that home on high
G
I'll wait my time out here on earth love
C        D7            G
And come to you when I die

Verse 5

Our names are carved upon a tombstone
C
I promised you before you died
G
Our love will bloom forever darling
C       D7           G
When we rest side by side

Verse 6

Lord send the angels for my darling
C
And take her to that home on high
G
I'll wait my time out here on earth love
C        D7            G
And come to you when I die