Cry Of A Tiny Babe - Bruce Cockburn Chords
Chords: G, Em, C, D
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Genre: folk, rock, acoustic
[Intro]
G Em G Em
[Verse 1]
C G Em G Em
Mary grows a child without the help of a man
C G Em G Em
Joseph gets upset because he doesn't understand
C
Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
G Em G Em G Em
says, "God did this and you're part of his scheme"
C G Em G Em
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
C G Em G Em
Says, "Forgive me, I thought you'd been with some other man"
C
She says, "What if I had been but I wasn't anyway and guess what
G Em G Em G Em
I felt the baby kick today"
[Chorus]
D C G
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
D C G
driving the ripples on forever
Em C
Redemption rips through the surface of time
D G Em G Em
in the cry of a tiny babe
[Verse 2]
C G Em G Em
The child is born in the fullness of time
C G Em G Em
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
C
Come to pay their respects to the fragile little king
G Em G Em G Em
get pretty close to wrecking everything Ooohhh, wrecking everything
C G Em G Em
'Cause the governing body of the whole land
C G Em G Em
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
C
Who when he hears there's a baby born of the King of the Jews
G Em G Em G Em
sends death squads to kill all male children under two Children under two
C G Em G Em
But that same bright angel warns the parents in a dream
C G Em G Em
and they head out for the border and get away clean
[Chorus]
D C G
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
D C G
driving the ripples on forever
Em C
Redemption rips through the surface of time
D G Em G Em
in the cry of a tiny babe
[Verse 3]
C G Em G Em
And there are others who know about this miracle birth
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