The Vacant Chair Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]We [F]sha[C]ll [G]mee[C]t,[G][C]
but we shall miss him
[G]There will be one vacant chair
We shall [C]linger to caress [F]him
[C]While we breathe our [G]evening [C]prayer

[Verse 2]
When a [G]year [D]ago we [G]gathered
[D]Joy was in his mild blue [G]eye
[D]But a [G]golden [D]chord is [G]severed
And our [D]hopes in ruin [G]lie

[Verse 3]
We shall [C]meet, but we shall miss him
There will [G]be one vacant chair
We shall [C]linger to [F]caress him
When we [C]breathe our
[G]evening [C]prayer
[F][C][G]

[Verse 4]
[C]
[G]At our [C]fireside, [G]sad and [C]lonely
[G]Often will the bosom swell
At re[C]membrance of the [F]story
[G]How [C]our noble [G]Willie [C]fell

[Verse 5]
How [G]he strove to [D]bear our [G]banner
[D]Through the thickest of the [G]fight
And uphold our [D]country's [G]honor
In the [D]strength of manhood's [G]night

[Verse 6]
We shall [C]meet, but we shall miss him
[G]There will be one vacant chair
We shall [C]linger to caress [F]him
When we [C]breathe our [G]evening
[C]prayer
[F][C][G]

[Verse 7]
[C]
True, they tell us wreaths of glory
[G]Ever more will [D]deck his [G]brow
But this [C]soothes the anguish [F]only
Sweeping [C]o'er our [G]heartstrings [C]now

[Verse 8]
Sleep [G]today, [D]oh,[G]early fallen
In thy [D]green and narrow [G]bed
[D]Dirges [G]from [D]the pine [G]and cypress
Mingle [D]with the tears we [G]shed

[Verse 9]
We shall [C]meet, but we shall miss him
[G]There will be one vacant chair
We shall [C]linger to [F]caress him
[D]When we breathe our [D]evening [C]prayer
[F][C]