Alan Jackson - Where Were You Chords & Tabs

Intro:

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Verse:

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    Where were you when the world stopped turning,
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    On that September day?
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Were you in the Yard with your wife and children,
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Or working on some stage in L.A?
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Did you stand there in shock
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At the sight of that black smoke
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Rising against that blue sky?
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Did you shout out in anger
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In fear for your neighbor,
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Or did you just sit down and cry?

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Did you weep for the children, they lost their dear loved ones,
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And pray for the ones who don't know?
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Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
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And sob for the ones left below?
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Did you burst out with pride
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For the Red, White, and Blue
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And the heroes who died
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just doing what they do?
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Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer,
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And look at your self and what really matters?

Chorus:

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I'm just a singer of simple songs I'm not a
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Real political man
        F            C
I watch CNN, But I'm not sure I can tell you
    Am                      F
The difference in Iraq and Iran.
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But I know Jesus and I talk to God
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And I remember this from when I was young
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Faith, Hope and Love, are some good things he gave us
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    And the greatest is love.

Verse 2:
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C
    Where were you when the world stopped turning
G                   C
  On that September day?
C
Teaching a class full of innocent children
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Or driving down some cold interstate?
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Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor
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In a crowded room did you feel alone?
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Did you call up your mother
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And tell you loved her?
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Did you dust off that Bible at home?

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Did you open you eyes and hope it never happened
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Close your eyes and not go to sleep?
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Did you notice the sunset for the first time in ages
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And speak to some stranger on the street?
        F                     C
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow?
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Go out and buy you a gun?
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Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching
    Am                    F        
And turn on I Love Lucy reruns?

Bridge:

         F                      C
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers
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Stand inline and give your own blood?
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Did you just stay home
          C
And cling tight to your family,
      Am                      F
Thank God you had somebody to love?

Chorus x2:

F                    C
I'm just a singer of simple songs I'm not a
F              C
Real political man
        F            C
I watch CNN, But I'm not sure I can tell you
    Am                      F
The difference in Iraq and Iran.
    F                C
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
        F                           C
And I remember this from when I was young
F                              C
Faith, Hope and Love, are some good things he gave us
G                       F         
    And the greatest is love.


F                    C
I'm just a singer of simple songs I'm not a
F              C
Real political man
        F            C
I watch CNN, But I'm not sure I can tell you
    Am                      F
The difference in Iraq and Iran.
    F                C
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
        F                           C
And I remember this from when I was young
F                              C
Faith, Hope and Love, are some good things he gave us
G                       F        
    And the greatest is love.
        G           F
And the greatest is Love
        G           F
And the greatest is Love
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    Where were you when the world stopped turning,
                    C
On that September day?