Ukulele 2: Chord Families with the Carter Family with Song by Song™ Avery Hill, Instructor | www.learnsongbysong.com ! Will the Circle Be Unbroken Ada R. Habershon / Charles H. Gabriel (1907) ! Standard strum, full count: ! Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats C C C7 C7 F F C C Chorus: Will the circle … be unbroken … by and by, Lord, by and by? C C C* Am* C* G7* C C There’s a better … home a-waitin’ in the sky, Lord, in the sky C C C7 C7 F F C C Verse 1: I was standing … by the window … on one cold and cloudy day C C C* Am* C* G7* C C When I saw that … hearse come rolling for to carry my mother away Chorus C C C7 C7 F F C C Verse 2: Undertaker … undertaker … undertaker please drive slow C C C* Am* C* G7* C C For this woman … you are carrying, Lord I hate to see her go Chorus !1 Worried Man Blues Traditional - As arranged by The Carter Family (1930) Key of D: Standard strum, full count: ! ! ! ! Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats Standard strum with emphasis on “backbeat” (Beats 2 + 4) D D D D Chorus: It takes a worried man to sing a worried song G G D D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song A7 A7 D D I’m worried now, but I won't be worried long D D D D Verse 1: I went across the river and I laid down to sleep G G D D I went across the river and I laid down to sleep A7 A7 D D When I woke up, I had shackles on my feet … Chorus D D D D Verse 2: If anyone asks you who composed this song G G D D If anyone asks you who composed this song A7 A7 D D Tell 'em t'was I, and I sing it all day long … Chorus !2 Keep on the Sunny Side A. Blenkhorn / J.H. Entwisle (1899) - recorded by The Carter family (1928) Key of G: Standard strum, full count: ! ! ! ! Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - Standard strum with emphasis on backbeat G C G G Verse 1: There’s a dark and a troubled side of life G G D7 D7 There’s a bright and a sunny side, too D7 D7 G G Though we meet with the dark - ness and stri - i - ife D7 D7 G G The sunny side we al - so may view G G C G Chorus: Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side G G D7 D7 Keep on the sunny side of life G G C G It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way D7 D7 G G If we keep on the sunny side of life G C G G Verse 2: The storm and its fury broke to-day G G D7 D7 Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear D7 D7 G G Clouds and storms will in time pass awa - a - ay D7 D7 G G The sun again will shine bright and clear … Chorus !3 Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow Likely a Traditional tune, adapted and made famous by the Carter Family in the late 1920s Key of A: Standard strum, full count: ! ! ! ! Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats Verse 1: A A D D A A E7 E7 Well, my heart is sad and I am lonesome for the only one I love A A D D A E7 A A When shall we meet? Oh, no never, till we meet in heaven above Chorus: A A D D A A E7 E7 So bury me under-neath the willow, under the weeping willow tree A A D D A E7 A A So that he may know where I am sleeping and per-haps he’ll weep for me Verse 2: A A D D A A E7 E7 Well, he told me that he dearly loved me, oh, how could it be un-true? A A D D A E7 A A Un-til the angels softly whispered, “He will prove untrue to you” … Chorus Verse 3: A A D D A A E7 E7 Well, to-mor-row was to be our wedding day, oh my God where can he be? A A D D A E7 A A He’s out a-courting with another and no longer cares for me … Chorus Verse 4: A A D D A A E7 E7 Oh, bury me under the violets blue to prove my love to him A A D D A E7 A A Tell him that I would die to save him for his love I never could win …. Chorus !4.