Traditional & Folk Songs with Chords
The Vacant Chair
The Vacant Chair - Lyrics & Chords
Henry F. Washburn and George F. Root
Civil War Song
|
G |
| We shall |
meet but we shall miss him, |
|
D7 |
| There will |
be one vacant chair; |
|
G |
C |
| We shall |
linger to |
caress him, |
|
D7 |
G |
| While we |
breathe our ev'ning |
pray'r; |
|
D |
A7 |
D |
| When a y |
ear |
ago we |
gathered, |
|
A7 |
D |
| Joy was |
in his mild blue |
eye, |
|
A7 |
D |
| But a |
golden chord is |
severed, |
|
A7 |
D |
| And our |
hopes in ruin |
lie. |
Chorus:
| D7 |
G |
| We shall |
meet but we shall miss him, |
|
D7 |
| There will |
be one vacant chair, |
|
G |
C |
| We shall |
linger to ca |
ress him, |
|
D7 |
G |
| While we b |
reathe our ev'ning |
pray'r. |
At our fireside, sad and lonely,
Often will the bosom swell
At remembrance of the story,
How our noble Willie fell;
How he strove to bear our banner
Through the thickest of the fight,
And uphold our country's honor,
In the strength of manhood's night.
True, they tell us wreaths of glory
Ever more will deck his brow,
But this soothes the anguish only,
Sweeping o'er our heartstrings now.
Sleep today, Oh early fallen,
In thy green and narrow bed,
Dirges from the pine and cypress
Mingle with the tears we shed.
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