The Band – Across The Great Divide (Guitar)

G       G/B                C
Standing by your window in pain, 

G  G/B           C
a pistol in your hand

G    G/B            C   
and i beg you, dear molly, girl,

D
Try and understand your man the best you can.

G                A7
Across the great divide

     C                  Em        G/D G/B
just grab your hat, and take that ride

G              A7
Get yourself a bride

    C                   Em           G/D G/B
and bring your children down to the river side.

G                  C
I had a goal in my younger days,

G                 C
I nearly wrote my will

G                C
But I changed my mind for the better, 

D
I'm at the still, had my fill and I'm fit to kill

G                A7
Across the great divide,

     C                  Em        G/D G/B
just grab your hat, and take that ride

G              A7
Get yourself a bride, 

     C                  Em           G/D G/B
and bring your children down to the river side.

G                C
Pinball machine, and a queen, 

G               C
I nearly took a bust

G                C
Tried to keep my hands to myself, 

D
ya say it's a must, but who can ya trust?

G                    C
Harvest moon shining down from the sky, 

G                C
a weary sign for all

G                    C
I'm gonna leave this one horse town, 

D
had to stall till the fall, now I'm gonna crawl

G                A7       C     Em     G/D G/B
Across the great divide

G                        C
Now molly dear, don't ya shed a tear

G                     C
Your time will surely come, 

G                    C
you'll feed your man chicken every Sunday 

D
Now tell me, hon, whatcha done with the gun?

G                A7
Across the great divide, 

     C                  Em        G/D G/B
just grab your hat, and take that ride

G              A7
Get yourself a bride, 

    C                   Em                G/D G/B
and bring your children down to the river side.