Key: C
Introduction:
C
There are loved ones in the glory
F C
Whose dear forms you often miss
C Am
When you close your earthly story
C G C
Will you join them in their bliss?
C
Will the circle be unbroken
F C
By and by, by and by?
C Am
Is a better home awaiting
C G C
In the sky, in the sky?
C
In the joyous days of childhood
F C
Oft they told of wondrous love
C Am
Pointed to the dying saviour
C G C
Now they dwell with him above
C
Will the circle be unbroken
F C
By and by, by and by?
C Am
Is a better home awaiting
C G C
In the sky, in the sky?
C
You remember songs of heaven
F C
Which you sang with childish voice
C Am
Do you love the hymns they taught you
C G C
Or are songs of earth your choice?
C
Will the circle be unbroken
F C
By and by, by and by?
C Am
Is a better home awaiting
C G C
In the sky, in the sky?
C
You can picture happy gath'rings
F C
'Round the fireside long ago
C Am
And you think of tearful partings
C G C
When they left you here below
C
Will the circle be unbroken
F C
By and by, by and by?
C Am
Is a better home awaiting
C G C
In the sky, in the sky?
C
One by one their seats were emptied
F C
And one by one they went away
C Am
Now the family is parted
C G C
Will it be complete one day?
C
Will the circle be unbroken
F C
By and by, by and by?
C Am
Is a better home awaiting
C G C
In the sky, in the sky?