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The Angels Rejoiced Tab

by Emmylou Harris



Sent: Sunday, January 25, 1998 4:00 PM
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Emmylou Harris   The Angels Rejoiced  written by Ira Louvin
Gram Parsons                                     Charlie Louvin


A house not a home was a picture satin painted
                         
For sweet little sister and me

Our daddy would frown while mother was praying
                                           
His heart was so hardened that he would not believe
                                  
In anger he'd swear his voice cold and loud
                                          
His Sundays were spent out with the gamblin crowd
                                       
I've never seen my daddy inside a house of God
                                               
For Satin held his hand down the path of sin he trod

SOLO


Not long ago our circle was broken
                            
When God called on mother one night

In a voice sweet and low her last words were spoken
                                      
Asking our daddy to raise her children right
                              
The angels rejoiced in heaven last night
                                        
I heard my daddy praying dear God make it right
                                         
He was smiling and singing with tears in his eyes
                                        
While mother with the angels rejoiced last night
                                        
While mother with the angels rejoiced last night

  From The Flying Burrito Brother "Sleepless Nights"
  A & M Records
  Central Songs