The Angel of Death by The Stanley Brothers
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtWMSIb0l74
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Compoased by Ralph and Carter Stanley
Standard Tuning
Key:  A

[Intro]
   
  


{Verse 1)
             
There's a beau

              
tiful land way

         
 over the sea
             
A place was pr

              
epared by Jesu

      
s for me
             
I'm living the

             
 life, I'll no

       
t go astray
             
And be with my

             
 Lord in Heave

  
n someday


[Chorus]
             
Soon the Angel

              
 of Death will

             
 come calling 


me (will come 

calling me)
             
And may be bey

              
ond that beaut

            
iful sea (that

          
 beautiful sea

)

By doing His w

ill (by doing 

His will)
            
And obey God's

            
 command (and 

          
obey God's com

mand)
             
I'll be standi

              
ng at the Gate

  
 (I'll be stan

ding at the Ga

te)
            
By my Saviour'

        
s right hand


[Instrumental]
   
   


[Verse 2]
             
He tells throu

              
gh His word ab

             
out joy with n

  
o end
             
For those that

              
 believe a cro

              
wn they shall 


win
            
He lifted my b

             
urden, when in

    
 despair
             
I'm going to H

             
eaven, I know 

          
my Lord's ther

e


[Chorus]
             
Soon the Angel

              
 of Death will

             
 come calling 


me (will come 

calling me)
             
And may be bey

              
ond that beaut

            
iful sea (that

          
 beautiful sea

)

By doing His w

ill (by doing 

His will)
            
And obey God's

            
 command (and 

          
obey God's com

mand)
             
I'll be standi

              
ng at the Gate

  
 (I'll be stan

ding at the Ga

te)
            
By my Saviour'

           
s right hand