Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 On an icy road one night

 Young man loses his life

 They marked the shoulder with a cross

 An' his family gathers round

 On a piece of Hallowed ground

 Their hearts are heavy with their loss

As the tears fall from their eyes

 There's one who'll always sympathise.

Chorus

  God only cries for the living

  'Cause it's the living that are left to carry on

  An' all the angels up in Heaven

  They're not grieving because they're gone

  There's a smile on their faces

  'Cause they're in a better place than...

  They've ever known

  God only cries for the living

  'Cause it's the living that are so far from home.

It still makes me sad

When I think of my Grand-dad

I miss him each and every day

But I know the time will come

When my own gradnson

Wonders why I went away

Maybe we're not meant to understand

Till we meet up in the Promised Land.

Chorus

  God only cries for the living

  'Cause it's the living that are left to carry on

  An' all the angels up in Heaven

  They're not grieving because they're gone

  There's a smile on their faces

  'Cause they're in a better place than...

  They've ever known

  God only cries for the living

  'Cause it's the living that are so far from home.

  Yeah so far from home.