Tono: E
Introducción: A E B7 E
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Today will bring another change, in this old troubled world
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In the field of life old man time, will plow another furrow
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Around us things will happen, they once said never could be
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But time and fate could never take, this joy away from me
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For nothing can erase or take away this joy I have is mine
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Though the battle rages long and hard, I'll stand and mark by time
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Though his fiery darts may pierce me, I'll not once admit defeat
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To hold the banner high til the day I die and make this joy of mine complete
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Selfish hands reach out to grab, the things that I possess
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Like blind man's hands they're reaching past, the key to real success
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For only when a man is tired of this world its sin and its strife
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Can he share with me this joy I have, and know eternal life
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For nothing can erase or take away this joy I have is mine
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Though the battle rages long and hard, I'll stand and mark by time
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Though his fiery darts may pierce me, I'll not once admit defeat
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To hold the banner high til the day I die and make this joy of mine complete