Moderately q = 84 nnIntro:           [F              C/F              C/G               Bb] nn                   [F              C/F              C/G               Bb] nn[F]                                        [C]                                   [Dm                   Am7] nSev – en  years  old  up – on  my  knees  on  the third  row  pew   try – ing  to  see.   My Grand –  nn[Bb]                                             [F]                                       [C] n-   ma – ma’s  sing – ing “The  Sweet  By_   and   By.” __________________ It nn[F]                                 [C]                                      [Dm]                                 [Am7] nwasn’t the sweetest sounding thing, but there’s something about when Grand mama sang that moved nn[Bb]                                           [F]                                    [C        C#dim7]  n__     your  feet  and  stirred  some – thing  up  in – side.  ____________       To nn[Dm]                                                             [F]                          [C] nsee  her  grin  from  ear  to  ear,  one  thing  for  sure  was  ver - y  clear: ___ This nn[Dm]                                                                               [Eb        F        Eb/G]                     [Eb] nWas - n’t   just ____   a  song;  ___  it  was ___  her  life ______________________    In  the nn  [F]                                 [C]                                  [Gm] nSweet      by ___  and  ___  by           we  shall  meet  on  that  beau – ti – ful  shore. nn[Bb]                                         [C             F] n__________________         In    the    sweet       by ______  and ________ nn[Bb]                            [Gm]                         2nd time to Coda      [F]                         [C] n___   by ______________     we       shall                            meet   on   that   beau – ti – ful nn[Bb]        ([C    D    F])                   [Gm                    F                    Gm/E] n______   shore .                                                                                                The nn                             [F                   C]                                 [Dm]                                  [Am7] ntimes  have  changed ____  to  say  the  least.   My Grand – mama’s voice  a  mem – o – ry.   Just nn[Bb]                                                [F]                                                      [C] nlike   the   old ___    song   said,  ___          she’s   on   that   shore. ___          And nn[F]                                      [C]                                [Dm]                                  [Am7]      nif  she’s  look – ing  down   on  me, ___  I  hope     she’s  proud  of  what      she  sees ___    ‘cause nn[Bb]                                              [F]                                             [C          C#dim7] nthanks     to     her     I’m    a – walk – ing    with    the    Lord. nn[Dm]                                                                             [F]                                   [C] nOh,   to   hear  ___  her   once  ___  a – gain   wrap    her – self   a – round      that   hymn nn[Dm]                                                                         [Eb          F          Eb/G           Eb]          D.S. al CODA  nLord,    if    I    could    just    go    back    once    more.  ________________    In   the nn CODA          [F]                                               [C]                            [F]                     [C]          Instrumental n                       Meet        on _____     that      beau – ti – ful  _____    shore. nn[Dm                    Am7                    Bb                    F                    C] nn[F]                        [C]                         [Dm                  Am7               Bb                 F] nn[C            C#dim7                    Dm]  n                           There’s    a    land       that       is       fair – er      than      day nn[Am]                                             [Bb] n____________________  By    faith    we  ____  can    see    it    a – far nn[Eb2]                                                         [Dm] n__________                      for    the    Fa – ther    waits    over    the    way  __ nn[Am]                                                     [Bb]                      [C] n__________                      to    pre – pare    us    a    dwell – ing    place  nn[Bb]          ( [C        D         F] )                        [Gm           F          Gm/E           C] n___    there.                                                                      Oh,                       I        can nn[Bb]          ([C         D         F])                         [Gm           F           C7/E] nhear      her  _________    sing – ing    a – long                                         In    the nn[F]                                        [C]                                   [Gm] nsweet            by  __  and  __  by          we   shall   meet   on   that   beau – ti – ful   shore. nnn[Bb]                                        [C                   F] n___________________   In   the   sweet                             by _______  and     nn[Bb]                             [Gm]                                  [F]                          [C] n______   by  ________________  we   shall   meet   on   that   beau – ti – ful…   Sweet nn[F]                                                     [C] n___                  by  ______  and  ______  by  ______                                     we    shall nn[Gm]                                                                          [Bb]                           [C] nmeet    on  ____  that        beau – ti – ful    shore.                        In  ______  the nn[F]                                                       [Bb]                        [Gm] nsweet                by  ______  and  ______  by  ________        we    shall nn[F/C]                                      [C            C#dim7           Dm                 Bb] nmeet      on ______  that    beau – ti      –      ful  ____    shore,  ____        we    shall nn[F/C]                                         [C]                     [F]                           [C/F] nmeet  ____  on  ____  that    beau – ti – ful ________  shore nnn[C/G                Bb                F                C/F                C/G                Bb2]