New Hymn Chords by James Taylor

_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] Source of all we [Eb] hope or dread,
_ Sheep, [Bb] dog, jackal, [Gm] rattler, _ [C]
swan.
_ [Eb] We hunt your face and long to trust
[Ab]
That your [Eb] hid mouth will [Ebm] say again,
[Fm] _ Let there be [Cm] light, _ [Db]
a clear [Eb] new [Ab] day.
_ _ [Bb] But when we [Cm] thirst in this [Eb] dry _ _ [Dm]
night,
_ _ [Bb] We drink [Ab] from hot wells,
[Db] _ Poisoned with [Eb] the blood of children.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] And when [Eb] we strain to [Ab] hear a steady [Eb] homing beam,
_ _ _ [Bb] _
Our [Eb] ears are balked [Ab] by stifled moans,
[C] And howls of _ desolation
From the flutes of sisters, [C] brothers, _
Wild men _ _
[Ab] clawing at the [Gb] gates for [F] bread.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
[Ab] _ Even our [Bb] own [Eb] feeble hands
[Bb] _
Ain't [Eb] to seize the [Fm]
crown you [Bb] wear,
[Fm] And work our [Eb] _ private [Ab]
haven [Bb] through
The [Ab]
known echo [Bb] of no [Cm] _
lands of [F] _ _ space.
[Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ Absolute in claim _ [Eb] beyond us,
[Bb] _ Seed and [Eb] source of [Fm] dark and [Bb] day,
[Fm] _
Maker [Eb] _ whom [Ab] we beg to [Bb] be,
[Ab] Our Mother, [Bb] _ Father, [Cm] _
Comrade.
[F] _ _ _ _
Till [Ab] _ our few atoms [Eb] blow to dust,
[Ab]
Or [Bb] form again in [Gm] _
wiser [C] _ lives,
[Ab]
Or find your face and [Eb] hear our [Ab] name
In [Eb] your calm voice the [Ebm] end of night,
[Fm] _
[Eb] If dark may [G] _
end.
_ _ _ [F]
Well, [Eb] spring, goal of [Ab]
dark and [Bb] day,
_ _ [Cm]
Be _ [Ab] _ _ _
here, _ [Eb] be _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] now.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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_ Thank you.
Thanks, we'll be right back. _
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