E
Now, I try, oh for so awf'ly long
           A            B
And I just try to be.
                  E
And now, oh it's a gold mine
                 B7
But it's so fine.
                  E                E7
Yes, but I know in my head
                  A           E
That we're all so misled,
                    E                        B
And it's that ol' sign on the cross
                      E
That worries me.


Now, when I was just a bawlin' child,
I saw what I wanted to be,
And it's all for the sake
Of that picture I should see.
But I was lost on the moon
As I heard that front door slam,
And that old sign on the cross
Still worries me.

                              A
        Well, it's that old sign on the cross,
                              E
        Well, it's that old key to the kingdom,
                              A
        Well, it's that old sign on the cross
                           B
        Like you used to be.
                         E               E7
        But, when I hold my head so high
                 A                              E
        As I see my ol' friends go by,
                      E                               B
        And it's still that sign on the cross
                              E         A        E
        That worries me.

 E
Well, it seems to be the sign on the cross. Ev'ry day,
           A
Ev'ry night, see the sign on the cross just layin' up
                     E
On top of the hill. Yes, we thought it might have

Disappeared long ago, but I'm here to tell you, friends,
                     B
That I'm afraid it's lyin' there still. Yes, just a
E
Little time is all you need, you might say, but I don't
E7                                                                         A
Know 'bout that any more, because the bird is here and

You might want to enter it, but, of course, the door might
       E
Be closed. But I just would like to tell you one time,
                                          B
If I don't see you again, that the thing is, that the sign
                                                       A                            E
On the cross is the thing you might need the most.

                        A
        Yes, the sign on the cross
                       E
        Is just a sign on the cross.
                          A
        Well, there is some on every chisel
                                B
        And there is some in the championship, too.
                                                       E
        Oh, when your, when your days are numbered
        E7
        And your nights are long,
         A
        You might think you're weak
                                                           E
        But I mean to say you're strong.

        Yes you are, if that sign on the cross,
        B
        If it begins to worry you.
                                                       E                A
        Well, that's all right because sing a song
                                                                  E
        And all your troubles will pass right on through.


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