Heaven Seemed so Near by The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys
YouTube:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC-gV2wtErw
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSEqHSSRNK4
           Song begins about 2:07 into the LP (King 615, recorded at Cincinnati, OH);
           Recorded at King Studios, 30 September and 1 October, 1958.
           Lyrics and Music by Stokes-Elliot


[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]

Last night as 

the stars
             
Were shining s

  
o bright
             
I strode in th

             
e moonlight al

one

It broke my he

art
             
To think of ou

  
r past
             
And it's just 

              
not the same s

            
ince you're go

ne


[Chorus]
            
Heaven seemed 

   
so near
             
Nodding while 

         
you were here

Now that you'r

e gone,

I'm so alone
             
I can't seem t

             
o hold back my

 
 tears


[Instrumental]
      
     
      
    
     
    


[Verse 2]
             
Maybe someday 

       
we can share
           
The dreams tha

              
t we cherished

    
 so long
             
While you're a

              
way, I'll be b

              
lue night and 


day
             
And I'll wait 

             
here for you t

  
o return


[Chorus]
            
Heaven seemed 

   
so near
             
Nodding while 

         
you were here

Now that you'r

e gone,

I'm so alone
             
I can't seem t

             
o hold back my

 
 tears