Fifty miles of elbow room
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1. Twelve hundred miles its length and breadth
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the four square city stands
A D
it's
gem set walls of jasper shine, not made with human hands.
G D G D
One hundred miles its gates
are wide, abundant entrance there,
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with fifty
miles of elbow room, on either side to spare.
D
When the gates swing wide on the other side,
G D
just beyond the sunset sea,
there'll be room to spare as we enter there,
A
room for you and room for me.
D
For the gates are wide on the other side,
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where the flowers ever bloom,
G D A D
on the right hand, on the left hand, fifty miles of
elbow room.
D
3. Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here,
A D
and long for elbow room,
A D
I want to reach for altitude where
fairer flowers bloom.
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It won’t be long till I shall
pass into that city fair,
G D A D
with fifty
miles of elbow room on either side to spare.
Recorded 10/14/41 -
(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Carter
Family)