Across The Great Divide Chords & Tabs

by Nanci Griffith

[Content]
Capo on 2nd


[Verse 1]
          G                  
I've been walkin' in my sleep
         Em                           C    
Countin' troubles instead of countin' sheep
          G                  Em 
Where the years went I can't say
       C            D                  G  
I just turned around and they've gone away

[Verse 2]
          G                         
I've been siftin' through the layers
         Em              C     
Of dusty books and faded papers
            G               Em  
They tell a story I used to know
                    C       D         G 
And it was one that happened so long ago

[Chorus]
           G            
It's gone away yesterday
      Em                         C   
Now I find myself on the mountainside
          G               Em     
Where the rivers change direction
 C         D       G   
Across the Great Divide

[Verse 3]
       G                      
Now, I heard the owl a-callin'
       Em               C      
Softly as the night was fallin'
       G                Em   
With a question and I replied
         C     D               G   
But he's gone across the borderline

[Chorus]
           G            
He's gone away yesterday
      Em                         C   
Now I find myself on the mountainside
          G               Em     
Where the rivers change direction
 C         D       G   
Across the Great Divide

[Verse 4]
           G                    
The finest hour that I have seen
       Em               C    
Is the one that comes between
            G                      Em 
The edge of night and the break of day
              C       D       G  
It's when the darkness rolls away

[Chorus]
           G            
It's gone away yesterday
      Em                         C   
Now I find myself on the mountainside
          G               Em     
Where the rivers change direction
 C         D       G   
Across the Great Divide

[Chorus]
               G            
And it's gone away yesterday
      Em                         C   
Now I find myself on the mountainside
          G               Em     
Where the rivers change direction
 C         D       G   
Across the Great Divide