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Version 1[Intro] C [Verse 1] C G7 C Twelve hundred miles its length and breadth that four square city stands C G7 C It's gem set walls of jasper shine not made with human hands F C F C One hundred miles it's gates are wide abundant entrance there F C G7 C With fifty miles of elbow room on either side to spare [Chorus] C F C When the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea C G7 There'll be room to spare as we enter there room for you and room for me C F C For the gates are wide on the other side where the flowers ever bloom F C G7 C G7 C On the right hand on the left hand fifty miles of elbow room [Verse 2] C G7 C Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here and long for elbow room C G7 C I want to reach for altitude where fair flowers bloom F C F C It won't be long till I shall pass into that city fair F C G7 C With fifty miles of elbow room on either side to spare [Chorus] C F C When the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea C G7 There'll be room to spare as we enter there room for you and room for me C F C For the gates are wide on the other side where the flowers ever bloom F C G7 C On the right hand on the left hand fifty miles of elbow room