The Stanley Brothers – Gathering Flowers For The Masters Bouquet (Guitar)
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CD: Stanley Brothers: The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment
Music and Lyrics by Marvin Baumgardner
First recording Maddox Brothers and Rose (1948)
Three Hundred Country Chapel Songs and Hymns #d34.
[Intro]
E E B E
[Verse 1]
E A E Death is an angel sent down from above E B7 Sent for the buds and the flowers we love E A E Truly 'tis so for in heaven's own way E B7 E Each soul is a flower in the Master's bouquet
[Chorus]
E A Gathering flowers for the Master's bouquet E B7 Beautiful flowers that will never decay E A Gathered by angels and carried away E B7 E Forever to bloom in the Master's bouquet
[Instrumental]
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E E E B7
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E E B7 E
[Verse 2]
E A E Loved ones are passing each day and each hour E B7 Passing away as the life of a flower E A E But every bud and each blossom some day E B7 E Will bloom as a flower in the Master's bouquet
[Chorus]
E A Gathering flowers for the Master's bouquet E B7 Beautiful flowers that will never decay E A Gathered by angels and carried away E B7 E Forever to bloom in the Master's bouquet
[Instrumental]
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E E E B7
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[Verse 3]
E A E Let us be faithful till life's work is done E B7 Blooming with love till the reaper shall come E A E Then we'll be gathered together some day E B7 E Transplanted to bloom in the Master's bouquet
[Chorus]
E A Gathering flowers for the Master's bouquet E B7 Beautiful flowers that will never decay E A Gathered by angels and carried away E B7 E Forever to bloom in the Master's bouquet
{Instrumental]
E E A A
E E E B7
[Chorus]
E A Gathering flowers for the Master's bouquet E B7 Beautiful flowers that will never decay E A Gathered by angels and carried away E B7 E Forever to bloom in the Master's bouquet