Alan Jackson - Where Were You

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"Where were you (When The World Stopped Turning)"
Alan Jackson

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Where were you when the world stopped turning 
G                  C
On that September Day
C
Out 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 site of that black smoke
F                         C
Rising against that blue sky
          F                     C
Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor 
    G                         F
Or did you just sit down and cry

         C
Did you weep for the children who lost their dear love 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 doing what they do
         F                     C                                  
Did you look up to Heaven for some kind of answer 
      G                    F
And look at yourself for what really matters


CHORUS

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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 can tell you, 
        G                   C
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
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Faith, hope and Love are some good things he gave us, 
G                    F
And the greatest is Love


C                                                
Where were you when the world stopped turning 
G                  C
On that September Day
C                                                          
Teaching a class full of innocent children, 
      G                        C
Or driving down some cold interstate
F                      C              
Did you feel guilty because you're a survivor, 
        F                        C
In a crowded room did you feel alone
         F                       C
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
         G                      C
Did you dust off that bible at home
         F              C
Did you open your eyes hope it never happened 
         F                              C
And you close your eyes and not go to sleep
          F                      C                         
Did you notice the sunset, the first time in ages 
     G                             C
Or speak to some stranger on the street
         F                      C      
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow, 
F                     C
Go out and buy you a gun
         F                          C
Did you turn off that violent old movie your watching 
     G                    C
And turn on I Love Lucy reruns
        F                         C
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers, 
F                                C
Stand in line and give your own blood
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Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family, 
       G                       F
Thank God you had somebody to love


REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

ENDING
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And the greatest is Love, and the greatest is Love 
C                                                
Where were you when the world stopped turning 
G                  C
On that September Day

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