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| C          | C/B         | F/A        | G*         ||

[Verse 1]
      C                       C/B          F/A         G
Don't waste the days when I'm dead and I'm gone,
            C             Em           Dm         G
wind up the clocks, ring around, carry on.
             C                 C/B             F/A         G
Don't gather flowers, dry your eyes, call your friends
          C          Em            Dm         G
for all I sang was a start, not an end.

[Interlude]
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| C          | Em          | Dm         | G*         ||

[Verse 2]
           C                C/B          F/A
Catch your breath, feel the life in your bones,
  G             C             Em                Dm         G
enjoy what's to come, not the things that we've done.
              C                 C/B          F/A         G
Save all your prayers, take the pain and the hurt,
             C      Em      Dm         G*
and add your chorus   to my verse.

[Chorus]
       C C/B        F/A G
By and by,   by and by,
            C              F/A            Dm          G
forget that glorious land above the sky.
          C C/B          F/A G
Don't you cry, don't you cry,  by and [Interlude] by.

[Interlude]
| C          | C/B         | F/A        | G          |
| C          | Em          | Dm         | G          |
| C          | C/B         | F/A        | G          |
| C          | Em          | Dm         | G*         ||

[Chorus]
       C C/B        F/A G
By and by,   by and by,
            C              F/A            Dm          G
forget that glorious land above the sky.
          C C/B          F/A G        C      C/B      F/A      G*
Don't you cry, don't you cry,  by and by.

[Verse 1] (Reprise)
      C                       C/B          F/A         G
Don't waste the days when I'm dead and I'm gone,
            C             Em           Dm         G
wind up the clocks, ring around, carry on.
             C                 C/B             F/A         G
Don't gather flowers, dry your eyes, call your friends
          C          Em            Dm         G*
for all I sang was a start, not an end.

[Chorus]
       C C/B        F/A G
By and by,   by and by,
            C              F/A      Dm          G
forget that glorious land above the sky.
          C C/B          F/A G
Don't you cry, don't you cry,  by and [Interlude] by.

[Interlude]
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[Bridge]
  C                 C/B               F/A             C
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me,
     Am                  Em                 Dm                G        G*
says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.

[Outro] (Chorus together with Bridge; Solist Fading Out)
Choir: By and by,
              C                 C/B               F/A             C
Solist:     I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me, says

Choir: by and by.
              Am                  Em                 Dm                G
Solist:       I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.

Choir: By and by,
              C                 C/B               F/A             C
Solist:     I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me, says

Choir: by and by.
              Am                  Em                 Dm                G
Solist:       I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.

Choir: By and by,
              C                 C/B               F/A             C
Solist:     I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me, says

Choir: by and by.
              Am                  Em                 Dm                G
Solist:       I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.

Choir: By and by,
              C                 C/B               F/A             C
Solist:     I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me, says

Choir: by and by.
              Am                  Em                 Dm                G
Solist:       I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.
G          | C*         ||