Across the Great Divide
Kate Wolf 1981· Songs Well-Known in America · p.16
A D A F#m D
I've been walking in my sleep Counting troubles 'stead of counting sheep
A F#m D E A
Where the years went I can't say I just turned around and they've gone away
I've been sifting through the layers Of dusty books and faded papers
They tell a story I used to know, it was one that happened so long ago
Chorus:
(A) D A F#m D
It's gone away in yesterday and I find myself on the mountainside
A E F#m A D E A
Where the rivers change direction, across the Great Divide
Well, I heard the owl calling softly as the night was falling
With a question and I replied, but he's gone across the border line
(Chorus) (Riffs)
The finest hour that I have seen, is the one that comes between
The edge of night and the break of day, when the darkness rolls away
(Chorus Twice)
* Written for Robbie Osmon’s folk music show “Across the Great Divide” which preceded the song by about
10 years. Thanks to Nina Feldman.