The Ninety And Nine - Burl Ives Chords
Chords: CAPO, FIRST, FRET, D, A, F#, Bm, Em
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Genre: folk, children's, christmas
CAPO ON FIRST FRET
[Intro]
D A D
[Verse 1]
D A D
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
D A
In the shelter of the fold,
D F# Bm
But one was lost on the hills away,
Em A D
Far off from the gates of gold
F# Bm F# Bm
Away on the mountains wild and bare,
D A D
A-way from the tender Shepherd's care,
D A D
A-way from the tender Shepherd's care.
[Verse 2]
D A D
Lord, thou hast here thy ninety and nine;
D A
Are they not enough for thee?
D F# Bm
But the Shepherd made answer, this sheep of mine
Em A D
Has wandered away from me
F# Bm F# Bm
And although the road be rough and steep,
D A D
I go to the desert to find my sheep,
D A D
I go to the desert to find my sheep."
[Verse 3]
D A D
But none of the ransomed ever knew
D A
How deep were the waters crossed
D F# Bm
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed thro'
Em A D
Ere he found his sheep that was lost.
F# Bm F# Bm
Out in the desert he heard its cry —
D A D
Sick and helpless, and ready to die,
D A D
Sick and helpless, and ready to die.
[Verse 4]
D A D
Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the way
D A
That mark out the mountain's track?
D F# Bm
They were shed for one who had Done astray
Em A D
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back
F# Bm F# Bm
Lord, whence are Thy hands so rent And torn?
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