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How Beautiful Heaven Must Be

Source Recording: The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys (1964)

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Key F Time 3/4

Verse × 3

F / /

/F / /

/F / /

C / /

F / /

/F / /

C / /

F / /

Chorus × 3

Song Details

Songwriter

A.P. BlandA.S. Bridgewater

First Release

The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys (1964)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Gospel Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Faith/Praise Death and Mourning

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Album

Hymns of the Cross cover

Hymns of the Cross (1964)

Key F Time Waltz Tempo 143 BPM Length 2:36

Musicians

Carter Stanley — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Earl Taylor — Mandolin
Ralph Stanley — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Vernon McIntyre — Bass
George Shuffler — Backup Vocals, Guitar

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