Shepherds Voice chords by Ricky Skaggs

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D7D7 G+G

    D MajorD        G+G
When I was fresh, from God,
D MajorD                    G+G
the first thing I heard as I came into this life,\u2028
D MajorD            G+G           D MajorD
the sound of fear, ringing in my ear my own voice,

G+G
as life hit me and I cried,\u2028
D MajorD
As I grew through the years,

 G+G
the chorus of temptation,\u2028
D MajorD              G+G
beckoned me to come and sing apart,\u2028
 D MajorD
But Jesus was his name,
   G+G
that broke from my mamaw's tongue,
           C majorC
 and settled in my heart

Chorus:
A minorAm                 D MajorD
And what I'm listening for, through all the noise,\u2028
A minorAm          D MajorD      C majorC
a whisper in my ear, the shepherd's voice.

Verse 2:
D MajorD                  G+G
The confusion that the bustle brings, the pretty song the siren sings,\u2028
D MajorD                  G+G
The sound of teeth against forbidden fruit,\u2028
D MajorD                 G+G
A augmentedA fallen man who screams in pain, a groaning earth beneath the strain
D MajorD                  C majorC
Who could hope to ever hear the truth,\u2028

Chorus:
A minorAm                  D MajorD
And what I'm listening for, through all the noise,
 A minorAm     D MajorD             C majorC
A augmentedA whisper in my ear, the shepherd's voice.

Verse 3:
D MajorD                  G+G         D MajorD
When I am tired and I am weary, of this life and I am done\u2028
D MajorD                   G+G             C majorC
I will close my eyes, and let my spirit still, till I hear the Son

Chorus:
A minorAm                D MajorD       C majorC
And what I'm listening for, through all the noise,
A minorAm             D MajorD      C majorC
a whisper in my ear, the shepherd's voice.
A minorAm                 D MajorD      C majorC
And what I'm listening for, through all the noise,\u2028
A minorAm       D MajorD            FF
a whisper in my ear, the shepherd's voice.

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My version is a simplified version.