Alan Jackson – Where Were You (Guitar)

C                            Csus4
    Where were you when the world stopped turning,

G                     C  
    On that September day?

     C                      Csus4
Were you in the Yard with your wife and children,

   G                          C
Or working on some stage in L.A?

        F
Did you stand there in shock

       C
At the sight of that black smoke

F                        C
Rising against that blue sky?

         F
Did you shout out in anger

   C
In fear for your neighbor,

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Or did you just sit down and cry?

        C
Did you weep for the children, they lost their dear loved ones,

    G                           C
And pray for the ones who don't know?

          C
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble

    G                       C
And sob for the ones left below?

        F
Did you burst out with pride

         C
For the Red, White, and Blue

        F
And the heroes who died

      C
just doing what they do?

        F                     C
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer,

    Am                    F                     G
And look at your self and what really matters?

F                    C
I'm just a singer of simple songs I'm not a

F              C
Real political man

        F            C
I watch CNN, But I'm not sure I can tell you

    Am                      F
The difference in Iraq and Iran.

    F                C
But I know Jesus and I talk to God

        F                           C
And I remember this from when I was young

F                              C
Faith, Hope and Love, are some good things he gave us

G                       F         G
    And the greatest is love.

C                            Csus4
    Where were you when the world stopped turning

G                   C
  On that September day?

C                         Csus4
Teaching a class full of innocent children

   G                           C
Or driving down some cold interstate?

    F                     C
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor

     F                         C
In a crowded room did you feel alone?

        F
Did you call up your mother

    C
And tell you loved her?

        Am                     F          G
Did you dust off that Bible at home?

        C
Did you open you eyes and hope it never happened

G                             C
Close your eyes and not go to sleep?

        C
Did you notice the sunset for the first time in ages

    G                             C
And speak to some stranger on the street?

        F                     C
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow?

F                    C
Go out and buy you a gun?

        F                         C
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching

    Am                    F        
And turn on I Love Lucy reruns?

         F                      C
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers

F                              C
Stand inline and give your own blood?

        F
Did you just stay home

          C
And cling tight to your family,

      Am                      F
Thank God you had somebody to love?

F                    C
I'm just a singer of simple songs I'm not a

F              C
Real political man

        F            C
I watch CNN, But I'm not sure I can tell you

    Am                      F
The difference in Iraq and Iran.

    F                C
But I know Jesus and I talk to God

        F                           C
And I remember this from when I was young

F                              C
Faith, Hope and Love, are some good things he gave us

G                       F         
    And the greatest is love.

F                    C
I'm just a singer of simple songs I'm not a

F              C
Real political man

        F            C
I watch CNN, But I'm not sure I can tell you

    Am                      F
The difference in Iraq and Iran.

    F                C
But I know Jesus and I talk to God

        F                           C
And I remember this from when I was young

F                              C
Faith, Hope and Love, are some good things he gave us

G                       F        
    And the greatest is love.

        G           F
And the greatest is Love

        G           F
And the greatest is Love

C                          Csus4                     G
    Where were you when the world stopped turning,

                    C
On that September day?