The Carter Family - Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room

      [Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Twelve hundred miles its length and breadth that four square city stands
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It's gem set walls of jasper shine not made with human hands
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One hundred miles it's gates are wide abundant entrance  there
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With fifty miles of elbow room on either side to spare


[Chorus]
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When the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea
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There'll be room to spare as we enter there room for you and room for me
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For the gates are wide on the other side where the flowers silver bloom
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On the right hand on the left hand  fifty miles of elbow room


[Verse 2]
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Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here and long for elbow room
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I want to reach for altitude where fair flowers bloom
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It won't be long till I shall pass into that city fair
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With fifty miles of elbow room on either side to spare


[Chorus]
         C                                         F               C
When the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea
            C                                                G7
There'll be room to spare as we enter there room for you and room for me
        C                                          F              C
For the gates are wide on the other side where the flowers silver bloom
       F                 C                        G7    C
On the right hand on the left hand fifty miles of elbow room