Chords for The Woodcarver A Birthday Song For Parker J Palmer

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Said the king [A] to [Em] the woodcarver,
[G] Make me something rare [Em] and fine,
[C] _
_ [G] A stand [D] of wood [G] to hold [C] this bell,
[G] To cherish and [Em] call mine. _
_ [C] _ [D] And when the [Em] stand was finished,
[C] The carver brought [D] it to the king, _
[C] And every soul [D] who saw [Em] was moved to awe,
[Am] How could [C] he have [A] made such a thing?
[D] It's a paradox, _ [Em] it's hidden and [A] it's whole,
You can see it [G] with your [F#m] shy soul,
[Em] You can hold it [C] like an unwritten [G] _
[A] poem. _ _ _ _ _
Hmm, [C] hmm, hmm, hmm, _ _
He [G] said I'm just a [Em] simple workman
[G] From Chicago and [Em] Wilma, _ _
[G] _ I've made this stand [Em] from every [C] dream I've [G] known
And the dreams [Em] I've not dreamt yet. _
_ [C] It [A] took me [Em] years in the wilderness,
[C] New York, [E] Berkeley, D.C.
It [C] took jobs [F#m] and schools and [Em] breaking all the [A] rules
And traveling at my own soul speed.
[D] It's a paradox, _ [Em] it's hidden and it's whole,
[C] You can see [G] it with your [D] shy soul,
[Em] You can hold it [C] like an unwritten [G] _
_ [A] poem.
_ _ _ Hmm, [C] hmm, hmm, _ hmm, _
He [G] said I had to get [Em] real quiet
[G] And _ linger in [Em] the dark.
I [G] _ _ had to [Em] search the contours [G] of my wounded [Em] secret heart _
_ [C] _ [D] And then I [Em] had to let go of [C] what the world [D] said I [G] should be. _
[C] And then my [D] friend, where [Em] the dirt road [Am] ends
Is [A] where I found the dream.
[D] It's a paradox, _ [Em] it's hidden and it's whole,
[C] You can see [G] it with your [D] shy soul,
[Em] You can hold it like an [G] unwritten _ [A] poem. _ _ _ _ _
Hmm, [C] hmm, hmm, hmm,
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_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ So here's [Em] to living _
[G] and what we [Em] learn with years.
[G] _ _ [Em] Here's to love so tender [G] and all it took to [Em] bring us here. _
_ [C] _ [D] Here's to dancing [Em] in the kitchen,
[C] Here's to [D] hearing him to [Em] speak. _
_ Here's to [D] every [Em] single day [Am] so fine, so [A] full and oh so brief.
[D] It's a paradox, _ [Em] it's hidden and it's whole,
[C] You can see it [G] with your [D] shy soul,
[Em] You can hold it like [C] an unwritten [G] _
_ [A] poem. _ _ _ _
Hmm, [C] hmm, hmm, hmm,
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_ _ _ Hmm, [Em] hmm, hmm, hmm,
[C] _ [G] _ Ooh, ah, ah, [D]
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