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The Old Account Was Settled – Convention Style

INTRO

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VS1

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There was a time on earth, when in the book of Heaven,
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An old account was standing, for sins yet unforgiven.
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My name was at the top, and many things below,
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I went unto the Keeper, and settled long ago.

CH1

  Eb Ab Eb
Long ago, long ago, yes the old account was settled long ago.
  Ab Db Ab
And the records cleared today, for He washed my sins away,
  Ab/Eb Eb Ab
When the old account was settled long ago.

V2

  Ab
The old account was large and growing every day
  Db Ab Bb Eb
For I was always sinning and never tried to pay
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But when I looked ahead and saw such pain and woe
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I said that I would settle settled long ago.

CH2

  Eb Ab Eb
Long ago, long ago, yes the old account was settled long ago.
  Ab Db Ab
And the records cleared today, for He washed my sins away,
  Ab/Eb Eb Ab
When the old account was settled long ago.

VS3

  Ab
Oh sinner, seek the Lord, repent of all your sin,
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For thus He hath commanded, if you would enter in;
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And then if you should live, a hundred years below,
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Up there you'll not regret it, you settled long ago.

CH3

  Eb Ab Eb
Long ago, long ago, yes the old account was settled long ago.
  Ab Db Ab
And the records cleared today, for He washed my sins away,
  Ab/Eb Eb Ab
When the old account was settled long ago.

Note: Transpose up for sharps and down for flats.