This sounds best if you fingerpick through it. If you're not used to fingerpicking, this
is a good song to practice with. The G-A-C chord progression at the beginning of each
verse/chorus is optional; it just adds to the song a bit. You don't have to play the
full chord with each of those, just the root note.
You can also play C-B-Am when transitioning to the Am on the third line of every
verse/chorus. It sounds like he does that in the recording.
(Verse 1)
G A C
There are loved ones in the glory
F C
Whose dear forms you often miss
Am
When you close your earthly story
C G C
Will you join them in their bliss?
(Chorus)
G A C
Will the Circle be unbroken
F
By and by, by and by
C Am
Is a better home awaiting
C G C
In the sky, in the sky
(Verse 2)
G A C
In the joyous days of childhood
F C
Oft they told of wondrous love
Am
Pointed to the dying saviour,
C G C
Now they dwell with him above,
(Chorus)
G A C
Will the Circle be unbroken
F C
By and by, by and by
Am
Is a better home awaiting
C G C
In the sky, in the sky
(Verse 3)
G A C
You remember songs of Heaven
F C
Which you sing with childish voice
Am
Do you love the hymns they taught you
C G C
Or are songs of Earth your choice
(Chorus)
G A C
Will the Circle be unbroken
F C
By and by, by and by
Am
Is a better home awaiting
C G C
In the sky, in the sky
(Verse 4)
G A C
You can picture happy gatherings
F C
'Round the fireside long ago
Am
And you think of tearful partings
C G C
when they left you here below
(Chorus)
G A C
Will the Circle be unbroken
F C
By and by, by and by
Am
Is a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky
(Verse 5)
G A C
One by one their seeds were emptied
F C
And one by one they went away
Am
Now the family is parted
C G C
Will it be complete one day?
(Chorus)
G A C
Will the Circle be unbroken
F C
By and by, by and by
Am
Is a better home awaiting
C G C
In the sky, in the sky