Across the Great Divide

by Kate Wolf , Nanci Griffith

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This is my first tab so don't take what I have here too serious! I prefer Nanci's version so I did it around that. The verses are pretty much the same. Enjoy!

i've been walking in my sleep
4 -4 5    5  5    -5 5  -4
countin troubles stead of countin sheep
4 -4    5 5      4     -4 5 -4    -4 
where the years went
4     -4  5     6
i cant say
5 6    -6
i just turned around and they gone away 
5 5    -4     4 4   -4  5    -55  -4 4

i've been sifting through the layers
4 -4 5    5  5    5-5      5  6-4
dusty books and faded papers
4 -4  5     5   4  -4 5 -4 -4 
tell a  story
4    -4 5 6
i used to know
5 6    -6 -6
and it was one  that happened so long ago
5   -5 5   -444 -4   5 -4     -5 5 -4 4'4

chorus:

it's gone away yesterday
4    -4   56   5 6 -6
now i  find myself on the mountain side
4   -4 5   -5 5    5  5   6 -5 5   -4
where the rivers change direction
4     -4  5 6    -6     6 6 5
across the great divide
4 -4+4 4   5 -4  4 4

now i heard the owl a'calling
4  -4 5     5   -5  5   -4-4
softly as the night was falling
4 -4   5  5   4     -4  5 -4 -4 
with a  question
4    -4 5 6
and I replied
5   6 -6 -6
but he's gone    across the borderline 
5   -5   5-4+4  -4 4   5   -55-44

chorus (s/it/he/)

the finest hour that I have seen
4   -4 5   5    5   -5 5  -4
is the one that comes between
4  -4  5    5      4  -4 5 -4 
the edge of night
4    -4  5  6
and the break of day
5   5     6   -6 -6
it's when the darkness rolls     away 
5   -5    5   -444     5-4-55    -4 4

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