ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE
by Kate Wolf
This beloved song by Kate Wolf is sung in song circles all over the country. The chart here is in the key of A (or capo 2nd fret and use G chords).
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Across the Great Divide- Kate Wolf
A D A
I've been walkin' in my sleep
F#m D
Countin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheep
A F#m
Where the years went I can't say
D E A
I just turned around and they've gone away
A D A
I've been siftin' through the layers
F#m D
Of dusty books and faded papers
A F#m
They tell a story I used to know
D E A
One that happened so long ago
CHORUS:
A D A
It's gone away in yesterday
F#m D
Now I find myself on the mountainside
A F#m
Where the rivers change direction
D E A
Across the Great Divide
A D A
Now, I heard the owl a-callin'
F#m D
Softly as the night was fallin'
A F#m
With a question and I replied
D E A
But he's gone across the borderline
D A
It's gone away in yesterday…..
A D A
The finest hour that I have seen
F#m D
Is the one that comes between
A F#m
The edge of night and the break of day
D E A
It's when the darkness rolls away
D A
And it's gone away in yesterday…
A D A
I've been walkin' in my sleep
F#m D
Countin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheep
A F#m
Where the years went I can't say
D E A
I just turned around and they've gone away
A D A
I've been siftin' through the layers
F#m D
Of dusty books and faded papers
A F#m
They tell a story I used to know
D E A
One that happened so long ago
CHORUS:
A D A
It's gone away in yesterday
F#m D
Now I find myself on the mountainside
A F#m
Where the rivers change direction
D E A
Across the Great Divide
A D A
Now, I heard the owl a-callin'
F#m D
Softly as the night was fallin'
A F#m
With a question and I replied
D E A
But he's gone across the borderline
D A
It's gone away in yesterday…..
A D A
The finest hour that I have seen
F#m D
Is the one that comes between
A F#m
The edge of night and the break of day
D E A
It's when the darkness rolls away
D A
And it's gone away in yesterday…