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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES
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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: December 3, 2001
Album: Done "live" on the CMA awards show. No album or single yet.
Written by: Alan Jackson
WHERE WERE YOU (WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING) Alan Jackson
C G C
Where were you when the world stopped turning That September day?
C F
Out in the yard? With your wife and children?
G C
Or working on some stage in L.A.?
F C
Did you stand there in shock At the sight of that black smoke
F C
rising against that blue sky?
F C
Did you shout out in angry and fear for your neighbor?
Am F G
Or did you just sit down and cry?
C
Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones?
F G C
And pray for the ones who don't know?
C
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rumble?
F G C
Sob for the ones left below?
F C
Did you burst out in pride for the red, white and blue?
F C
For the heros who died just doing what they do?
F C
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer?
Am F
And look at yourself and to what really matters?
CHORUS:
F C
I'm just a singer of simple songs
F C
I'm not a 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 Am
Faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us
G F G C
1.)And the greatest is love 2.)And the greatest is love repeat chorus use 3.)
G F G Am G F G Am G
3.)And the greatest is love the greatest is love
F Am C C
3.) Greatest is love Where were you when the world stopped
G C
3.)turning That September day?
C G C
Where were you when the world stopped turning That September day?
C
Teaching a class full of innocence children?
G C
Driving down some cold inter-state?
F C
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor?
F C
In a crowded room did you feel alone?
F C
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her?
Am F G
Dust off that bible at home?
C F
Did you open your eyes hoped it never happened?
G C
Close your eyes and not go to sleep?
C
Did you notice the sunset first time in ages?
G C
Speak to some stranger on the street?
F C
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow?
F C
Go out and buy you a gun?
F C
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching?
Am F
and turn on "I love Lucy" re-runs?
F C
Did you go to church and hold hands with some stranger?
F C
Stand in line and give your own blood?
F C
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family?
Am F
And thank God you had somebody to love?
to chorus using 2.):
