{"id":10784,"date":"2022-06-22T22:07:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T22:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=10784"},"modified":"2026-03-14T00:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:18:46","slug":"across-the-great-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/across-the-great-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"Across the Great Divide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Across The Great Divide\r\nKate Wolf\r\nClose to You\r\n1981\r\n \r\nCapo I\r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n \r\n[C] [F] [C] <\/span>\r\n[C] [Am] [F] <\/span>\r\n[C] [Am] [F G C]<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[C] I've been walking [F] in my [C] sleep\r\n<\/span>[C] Counting [Am] troubles instead of counting [F] sheep\r\n<\/span>[C] Where the years went, [C] I can't [Am] say\r\n<\/span>I just [F] turned around [G] and they've gone [C] away\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[C] And I've been sifting [F] through the [C] layers\r\n<\/span>Of [C] dusty [Am] books and faded [F] papers\r\n<\/span>[C] They tell a story I [C] used to [Am] know\r\n<\/span>And it was one that [F] happened [G] so long ago\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n(C<\/span>)       C<\/span>    F<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nIt's gone [C] away [F] in yester-[C]-day\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>        Am<\/span>                         F<\/span>\r\nAnd I     find myself on the mountainside\r\n<\/span>          C<\/span>            Am<\/span>\r\nWhere the rivers change direction\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>          G<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\nAcross the great divide\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n      C<\/span>         F<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\nNow I heard the owl calling\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>       Am<\/span>               F<\/span>\r\nSoftly   as the night was falling\r\n<\/span>       C<\/span>             C<\/span>     Am<\/span>\r\nWith a question, and I replied\r\n<\/span>         F<\/span>    G<\/span>                C<\/span>\r\nBut he's gone across the borderline\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n(C<\/span>)       C<\/span>    F<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nIt's gone away in yesterday\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>        Am<\/span>                         F<\/span>\r\nAnd I     find myself on the mountainside\r\n<\/span>          C<\/span>            Am<\/span>\r\nWhere the rivers change direction\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>          G<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\nAcross the great divide\r\n<\/span> \r\n[solo] (verse)\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n(C<\/span>)        C<\/span>         F<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\nThe finest hour that I have seen\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>      Am<\/span>             F<\/span>\r\nIs the  one that comes between\r\n<\/span>            C<\/span>             C<\/span>         Am<\/span>\r\nThe edge of night and the break of   day\r\n<\/span>              F<\/span>        G<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nIt's when the darkness   rolls away\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Chorus\/Outro]\r\n(C<\/span>)       C<\/span>    F<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nIt's gone away in yesterday\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>   C\/B<\/span>  Am<\/span>                         F<\/span>\r\nAnd I     find myself on the mountainside\r\n<\/span>          C<\/span>      C\/B<\/span>   Am<\/span>\r\nWhere the rivers change direction\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>          G<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\nAcross the great divide\r\n<\/span> \r\n(C<\/span>)       C<\/span>    F<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nIt's gone away in yesterday\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>        Am<\/span>                         F<\/span>\r\nAnd I     find myself on the mountainside\r\n<\/span>          C<\/span>            Am<\/span>\r\nWhere the rivers change direction\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>          G<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\nAcross the great divide...\r\n<\/span> \r\n<\/span> \r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Across The Great Divide Kate Wolf Close to You 1981 Capo I [Intro] [C] [F] [C] [C] [Am] [F] [C] [Am] [F G C] [Verse 1] [C] I’ve been walking [F] in my [C] sleep [C] Counting [Am] troubles instead of counting [F] sheep [C] Where the years went, [C] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGAcross the Great Divide<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-hold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10784"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30304,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10784\/revisions\/30304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}