Chords for [ FOLK ] - Magpie Lane - The Sheep Are Neath the Snow - (Audio Only)

[E] _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Today a [F] deep _ snowfall, [Dm] last night a sharp [Am] frost, [Bb] All the young [F] lambs are [Am] living, [C] but [D] the old [Am] sheep are [D] lost.
_ _ [G] Overrise you, [D] my shepherd, [Am] [Dm] and [F] away to [C]
the hill, For [F] the [Dm] old sheep [F] are dying, [Bb] [Dm] and the [Am] snow's falling [D] _
still.
[Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _
The [Dm] master of [F] _ rabies [D] lay sick [Bb] on [Am] his bed, [Bb] With a cry [F] of lust, [Am] used [C] like [D] a fire [Am] in [D] his head.
_ _ [G] Overrise you, [Dm] my shepherd, [Am] [Dm] and away to [C]
the hill, For [F] the [Dm] old sheep [F] are dying, [Bb] [D] and the [Am] snow's falling [D]
still.
_ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _
Said the [Dm] master [F] of rabies, [Dm] I am sick [Bb] and [Am] alone, [Bb] My sheep [F] cry [Am] for succour, [D] my men [Am] yield them [Dm] none.
_ _ [G] Overrise you, [D] my shepherd, [Am] and [F] away to [C] the hill, For [F] the old [Dm] sheep are [F] dying, [Bb] and [Dm] the [Am] snow's falling [D] _
still.
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] I have sheep [F] at the lagoon, I [D] have goats on [Gm] clear [Am] hay, [Bb] On the [F] cliff of [Am] the treasure [D] my ewes [Am] go [D] astray.
_ _ [G] Overrise you, [D] my shepherd, [Am] [Dm] and away to [C]
the hill, [F] For the [Dm] old sheep [F] are dying, [Bb] [Dm] and the [Am] snow's falling _ [D] _
[Dm] still.
_ Then [F] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Dm] out [F] went the shepherds [Dm] in darkness and [Am] dread, [Bb] And high [F] on the [Am] mountain [Dm] they found [Am] the [D] sheep dead.
Though the whole [G] flock lay [Dm] _ [Am] smothered [Dm] in a drift on [C] the hill, [F] And o'er their bodies [Bb] [Dm] the snow [Am] _
[D] gathered still.
[Dm] _ Said [Am] _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] the master [F] of _ rabies, [Dm] my sheep [Bb] cry in [Am] vain, [Bb] And while [F] I lay [Am] helpless [Dm] none [Am] heeded their [Dm] pain.
And so [Gm] they [D] all [Am] perish [Dm] for [F] want of [C] your skill, [F] And o'er their [Bb] bodies [Dm] the snow [Am]
gathered [Dm] still. _ _ _ _ _
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