Moderately q = 84 

Intro:           F              C/F              C/G               Bb 

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F                                        C                                   Dm                   Am7 
Sev – en  years  old  up – on  my  knees  on  the third  row  pew   try – ing  to  see.   My Grand –  

Bb                                             F                                       C 
-   ma – ma’s  sing – ing “The  Sweet  By_   and   By.” __________________ It 

F                                 C                                      Dm                                 Am7 
wasn’t the sweetest sounding thing, but there’s something about when Grand mama sang that moved 

Bb                                           F                                    C        C#dim7  
__     your  feet  and  stirred  some – thing  up  in – side.  ____________       To 

Dm                                                             F                          C 
see  her  grin  from  ear  to  ear,  one  thing  for  sure  was  ver - y  clear: ___ This 

Dm                                                                               Eb        F        Eb/G                     Eb 
Was - n’t   just ____   a  song;  ___  it  was ___  her  life ______________________    In  the 

  F                                 C                                  Gm 
Sweet      by ___  and  ___  by           we  shall  meet  on  that  beau – ti – ful  shore. 

Bb                                         C             F 
__________________         In    the    sweet       by ______  and ________ 

Bb                            Gm                         2nd time to Coda      F                         C 
___   by ______________     we       shall                            meet   on   that   beau – ti – ful 

Bb        (C    D    F)                   Gm                    F                    Gm/E 
______   shore .                                                                                                The 

                             F                   C                                 Dm                                  Am7 
times  have  changed ____  to  say  the  least.   My Grand – mama’s voice  a  mem – o – ry.   Just 

Bb                                                F                                                      C 
like   the   old ___    song   said,  ___          she’s   on   that   shore. ___          And 

F                                      C                                Dm                                  Am7      
if  she’s  look – ing  down   on  me, ___  I  hope     she’s  proud  of  what      she  sees ___    ‘cause 

Bb                                              F                                             C          C#dim7 
thanks     to     her     I’m    a – walk – ing    with    the    Lord. 

Dm                                                                             F                                   C 
Oh,   to   hear  ___  her   once  ___  a – gain   wrap    her – self   a – round      that   hymn 

Dm                                                                         Eb          F          Eb/G           Eb          D.S. al CODA  
Lord,    if    I    could    just    go    back    once    more.  ________________    In   the 

 CODA          F                                               C                            F                     C          Instrumental 
                       Meet        on _____     that      beau – ti – ful  _____    shore. 

Dm                    Am7                    Bb                    F                    C 

F                        C                         Dm                  Am7               Bb                 F 

C            C#dim7                    Dm  
                           There’s    a    land       that       is       fair – er      than      day 

Am                                             Bb 
____________________  By    faith    we  ____  can    see    it    a – far 

Eb2                                                         Dm 
__________                      for    the    Fa – ther    waits    over    the    way  __ 

Am                                                     Bb                      C 
__________                      to    pre – pare    us    a    dwell – ing    place  

Bb          ( C        D         F )                        Gm           F          Gm/E           C 
___    there.                                                                      Oh,                       I        can 

Bb          (C         D         F)                         Gm           F           C7/E 
hear      her  _________    sing – ing    a – long                                         In    the 

F                                        C                                   Gm 
sweet            by  __  and  __  by          we   shall   meet   on   that   beau – ti – ful   shore. 


Bb                                        C                   F 
___________________   In   the   sweet                             by _______  and     

Bb                             Gm                                  F                          C 
______   by  ________________  we   shall   meet   on   that   beau – ti – ful…   Sweet 

F                                                     C 
___                  by  ______  and  ______  by  ______                                     we    shall 

Gm                                                                          Bb                           C 
meet    on  ____  that        beau – ti – ful    shore.                        In  ______  the 

F                                                       Bb                        Gm 
sweet                by  ______  and  ______  by  ________        we    shall 

F/C                                      C            C#dim7           Dm                 Bb 
meet      on ______  that    beau – ti      –      ful  ____    shore,  ____        we    shall 

F/C                                         C                     F                           C/F 
meet  ____  on  ____  that    beau – ti – ful ________  shore 


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