The Gospel Of Mary chords by Josh Ritter

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
A minorAm G+G FF G+G

Verse 1:

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We left our home by dark of night

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Joseph and my boy and I

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When all the gunmen were asleep

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We slipped into the forest

Verse 2:

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We left everything behind

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Joseph ??and my boy and I

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Took only what we had to keep

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And the hopes they would not find us

Verse 3:

 A minorAm
We prayed our prayers, we broke our bread

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With others who had even less

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Till finally all we had were dreams

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And we hoped that they would fill us

Verse 4:

 A minorAm
We lived on roots and the bark of trees

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Joseph and my boy and me

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Drank the water from the stream

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And hoped it would not kill us

Verse 5:

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A augmentedA man offered a change of luck

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All we had for a cargo truck

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With fifty others in the back

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They shut the door behind us

Verse 6:

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It got so hot we could not breathe

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Joseph and my boy and me

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When we arrived, the sky was black

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That's where I buried Joseph

Verse 7:

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The river stole away my shoes

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The soles of both my feet were bruised

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My boy lay silent in my arms

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His dreams were deep and soundless

Verse 8:

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The day was long, the sun was high

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A augmentedA hammer on an anvil sky

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By the wall I fell and cried

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For death was all around us

Verse 9:

A minorAm
They found me there where I had slept

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Their handcuffs tight around my wrists

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Shackles tight around my legs

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As if I could escape you

Verse 10:

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And since I could not hold my babe

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You took my only boy away

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And though I plead and though I beg

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They won'??t say where he's gone to

Verse 11:

 A minorAm
I'm tired now, my eyes are dry

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There'??s only me alone tonight

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In a land I thought would be

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Ours if we could make it

Verse 12:

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A augmentedA land that welcomes strangers in

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A augmentedA land that beckoned like a friend

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If I had the chance again

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I'd rather die than take it

Verse 13:

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The holy family got away

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A augmentedA simpler time, a simpler place

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And Egypt stretched out it's great hand

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To welcome them with mercy

Verse 14:

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Now Joseph's dead out on the road

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My boy is gone and I don't know

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Where he is or where I am

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With every breath, it hurts me

Verse 15:

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And you who stood at your great gates

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Watched us as we met our fate

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Then took our pride and stole our babe

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You will one day die of something

Verse 16:

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But as you rest your weary head

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Your family close around your bed

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May your thoughts all fly instead

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To the ones who you gave nothing

Verse 17:

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The naked one, the starving child

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Who crawled the final brutal miles

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Through blood and filth and rock and wild

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In the hopes of only living

Verse 18:

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May the pain within you dwell

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May it follow you to hell

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All alone in a lonely cell

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Forever unforgiven

Verse 19:

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May the pain within you dwell

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May it follow you to hell

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All alone in a lonely cell

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Forever unforgiven

Outro:
A minorAm G+G FF G+G x3