The Gospel Of Mary Chords

Intro: Am G F G Verse 1: Am We left our home by dark of night G Joseph and my boy and I F When all the gunmen were asleep G We slipped into the forest Verse 2: Am We left everything behind

G Joseph ??and my boy and I F Took only what we had to keep G And the hopes they would not find us Verse 3: Am We prayed our prayers, we broke our bread G With others who had even less F Till finally all we had were dreams G And we hoped that they would fill us Verse 4: Am We lived on roots and the bark of trees G Joseph and my boy and me F Drank the water from the stream G And hoped it would not kill us Verse 5: Am A man offered a change of luck G All we had for a cargo truck F With fifty others in the back G They shut the door behind us Verse 6: Am It got so hot we could not breathe G Joseph and my boy and me F When we arrived, the sky was black G That's where I buried Joseph Verse 7: Am The river stole away my shoes G The soles of both my feet were bruised F My boy lay silent in my arms G His dreams were deep and soundless Verse 8: Am The day was long, the sun was high G A hammer on an anvil sky F By the wall I fell and cried G For death was all around us Verse 9: Am They found me there where I had slept G Their handcuffs tight around my wrists F Shackles tight around my legs G As if I could escape you Verse 10: Am And since I could not hold my babe G You took my only boy away F And though I plead and though I beg G They won'??t say where he's gone to Verse 11: Am I'm tired now, my eyes are dry G There'??s only me alone tonight F In a land I thought would be G Ours if we could make it Verse 12: Am A land that welcomes strangers in G A land that beckoned like a friend F If I had the chance again G I'd rather die than take it Verse 13: Am The holy family got away G A simpler time, a simpler place F And Egypt stretched out it's great hand G To welcome them with mercy Verse 14: Am Now Joseph's dead out on the road G My boy is gone and I don't know F Where he is or where I am G With every breath, it hurts me Verse 15: Am And you who stood at your great gates G Watched us as we met our fate F Then took our pride and stole our babe G You will one day die of something Verse 16: Am But as you rest your weary head G Your family close around your bed F May your thoughts all fly instead G To the ones who you gave nothing Verse 17: Am The naked one, the starving child G Who crawled the final brutal miles F Through blood and filth and rock and wild G In the hopes of only living Verse 18: Am May the pain within you dwell G May it follow you to hell F All alone in a lonely cell G Forever unforgiven Verse 19: Am May the pain within you dwell G May it follow you to hell F All alone in a lonely cell G Forever unforgiven Outro: Am G F G x3