Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)
Recorded by Alan Jackson

(No Capo)

(Intro.)
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(Verse)
(C) Where were you when the world stopped turning, (G) on that September day?
Out (C)in the Yard with your wife and children, (G) or working on some stage in L.(C)A.
Did you (F)stand there in shock at the (C)site of that black smoke
(F)Rising up against that blue (C)sky
Did you (F)shout out in anger in (C)fear for your neighbor
Or (Am)did you just sit down and (F)cry? (G)
Did you (C)weep for the children, they lost their dear loved ones
And (G)pray for the ones who don’t know? (C)
Did you re-(C)joice for the people who walked from the rubble
And (G)sob for the ones left be-(C)low?
Did you (F)burst out in pride for the (C)Red, White, and Blue
And the (F)heroes who died just (C)doing what they do
Did you (F)look up to heaven for (C)some kind of answer
And (Am)look at your self and (F)what really matters?
 
(Chorus)
(F) I’m just a singer of (C)simple songs, I’m not a (F) real political (C)man
I watch (C)CNN, but I’m not (C) sure I can tell you the (Am)difference in Iraq and I-(F)ran
But (F)I know Jesus and I (C) talk to God and I re-(F)member this from when I was (C)young
(F)Faith, Hope and Love, are some (C)good things he gave us
(G) But the greatest is (F)love (G)
 
(Verse)
(C) Where were you when the world stopped turning (G) on that September (C)day?
(C)Teaching a class full of innocent children or (G)driving down some cold inter-(C)state?
Did (F)you feel guilty ‘cause (C)you're a survivor in a (F)crowded room did you feel a-(C)lone?
Did you (F)call up your mother and (C)tell you loved her?
Did you (Am)dust off that Bible at (F)home? (G)
Did you (C)open you eyes and hope it never happened
(G)Close your eyes and not go to (C)sleep?
Did you (C)notice the sunset for the first time in ages
And (G)speak to some stranger on the (C)street?
Did you (F)lay down at night and (C)think of tomorrow?
(F)Go out and buy you a (C)gun?
Did you (F)turn off that violent old (C)movie you're watching
And (Am)turn on I Love Lucy re-(F)runs? (G)
 
(Bridge)
 
Did you (F)go to a church and hold (C)hands with some strangers
(F)Stand inline and give your own (C)blood?
Did you (F)just stay home and cling (C)tight to your family,
Thank (Am)God you had somebody to love? (F)
 
(Chorus)
(F) I'm just a singer of (C)simple songs, I'm not a (F) real political (C)man
I watch (F)CNN, But I'm not (C) sure I can tell you the (Am)difference in Iraq and I-(F)ran.
But (F)I know Jesus and I (C) talk to God and I re-(F)member this from when I was (C)young
(F)Faith, Hope and Love, are some (C)good things he gave us
(G) And the greatest is (F)love (G)
 
(Chorus)
(F) I'm just a singer of (C)simple songs, I'm not a (F) real political (C)man
I watch (F)CNN, But I'm not (C) sure I can tell you the (Am)difference in Iraq and I-(F)ran.
But (F)I know Jesus and I (C) talk to God and I re-(F)member this from when I was (C)young
(F)Faith, Hope and Love, are some (C)good things he gave us
(G) And the greatest is (F)love
(G) And the greatest is (F)Love
(G) And the greatest is (F)Love (C/E) (F)
(C) Where were you when the world stopped turning
(G) On that September day? (C) - - - - -