Josh Ritter – The Gospel Of Mary chords

[Intro]
Am G F G

[Verse 1]
AmWe left our home by dark of night
GJoseph and my boy and I
 FWhen all the gunmen were asleep
GWe slipped into the forest

[Verse 2]
 AmWe left everything behind
 GJoseph €…and my boy and I
 FTook only what we had to keep
 GAnd the hopes they would not find us

[Verse 3]
 AmWe prayed our prayers, we broke our bread
 GWith others who had even less
 FTill finally all we had were dreams
  GAnd we hoped that they would fill us

[Verse 4]
 AmWe lived on roots and the bark of trees
 GJoseph and my boy and me
 FDrank the water from the stream
 GAnd hoped it would not kill us

[Verse 5]
 AmA man offered a change of luck
 GAll we had for a cargo truck
 FWith fifty others in the back
 GThey shut the door behind us

[Verse 6]
 AmIt got so hot we could not breathe
 GJoseph and my boy and me
 FWhen we arrived, the sky was black
 GThat's where I buried Joseph

[Verse 7]
 AmThe river stole away my shoes
  GThe soles of both my feet were bruised
 FMy boy lay silent in my arms
 GHis dreams were deep and soundless

[Verse 8]
 AmThe day was long, the sun was high
 GA hammer on an anvil sky
 FBy the wall I fell and cried
 GFor death was all around us

[Verse 9]
AmThey found me there where I had slept
 GTheir handcuffs tight around my wrists
FShackles tight around my legs
 GAs if I could escape you

[Verse 10]
 AmAnd since I could not hold my babe
 GYou took my only boy away
 FAnd though I plead and though I beg
 GThey won'€™t say where he's gone to

[Verse 11]
  AmI'm tired now, my eyes are dry
 GThere'€™s only me alone tonight
 FIn a land I thought would be
 GOurs if we could make it

[Verse 12]
 AmA land that welcomes strangers in
 GA land that beckoned like a friend
 FIf I had the chance again
 GI'd rather die than take it

[Verse 13]
 AmThe holy family got away
 GA simpler time, a simpler place
 FAnd Egypt stretched out it's great hand
 GTo welcome them with mercy

[Verse 14]
  AmNow Joseph's dead out on the road
  GMy boy is gone and I don't know
  FWhere he is or where I am
 GWith every breath, it hurts me

[Verse 15]
  AmAnd you who stood at your great gates
  GWatched us as we met our fate
  FThen took our pride and stole our babe
  GYou will one day die of something

[Verse 16]
 AmBut as you rest your weary head
 GYour family close around your bed
 FMay your thoughts all fly instead
 GTo the ones who you gave nothing

[Verse 17]
 AmThe naked one, the starving child
  GWho crawled the final brutal miles
  FThrough blood and filth and rock and wild
 GIn the hopes of only living

[Verse 18]
AmMay the pain within you dwell
GMay it follow you to hell
FAll alone in a lonely cell
GForever unforgiven

[Verse 19]
AmMay the pain within you dwell
 GMay it follow you to hell
FAll alone in a lonely cell
 GForever unforgiven

[Outro]
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