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Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)

By Alan Jackson

Verse:

	C	G	C
	Where were you when the world stop turning	on that September

day

	C
	Were you in the yard with your wife and children

	G	C
	Or working on some stage	in L.A.

	F	C
Did you	stand there in shock at the	sight of that black smoke

	F	C
	Rising against that blue	sky

	F	C
Did you	shout out in anger, in	fear for your neighbor

	Am	F
	Or did you just sit down and	cry

	C
	Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones

	G	C
	And pray for the ones who don't	know

	C
	Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble

	G	C
	And sob for the ones left	below

	F	C
Did you	burst out in pride for the	red, white and blue

	F	C
And the	heroes who died just	doin' what they do

	F	C
Did you	look up to heaven for	some kind of answer

	Am	F
	And look at yourself and	what really matters

Chorus:

	F	C
	I'm just a singer of	simple songs

	F	C
I'm not a	real political	man

	F	C
I watch	CNN but I'm	not sure I could

	Am	F
Tell you the	difference in Iraq and	Iran

	F	C
	But I know Jesus and	I talk to God

	F	C
And I	remember this from when I was	young

	F	C
	Faith, hope and love are some	good things He gave us

	Am	F
	And the greatest is	love

Verse:

(Same Chords as above throughout)

Where were you when the world stop turning on that September day

Teaching a class full of innocent children

Or driving down some cold interstate

Did you feel guilty 'cause you're a survivor

In a crowded room did you feel alone

Did you call up your mother and tell her you loved her

Did you dust off that bible at home

Did you open your eyes, hope it never happened

And you close your eyes and not go to sleep

Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages

Or speak to some stranger on the street

Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow

Go out and buy you a gun

Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watchin'

And turn on "I Love Lucy" reruns

Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers

Stand in line and give your own blood

Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family

Thank God you had somebody to love

Repeat Chorus 2X

And the greatest is love 3X

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