"The Ninety and Nine" sung by Burl Ives Chords

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[Eb] _ There _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
were _ 99 _ [Bb] that safely [Eb] lay _ in the shelter _ _ of the [Bb] foe. _ _ _
[Eb] But one was lost [G] on the hills [C] away, _ [Fm] far off from [Bb] the gates [Eb] of gold. _ _ _ _
[G] Away on [Cm] the mountains, _
[G] wild [Cm] and bare, _
[Eb] away from the tender [Bb] _ _ [Eb] shepherd's care. _
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_ _ But God has steered [Bb] thy ninety [Eb] and nine.
Are they not enough [Bb] for thee? _
_ _ [Eb] But the shepherd may _ [G] answer, This [Cm] of mine [F] has wandered [Bb] away [Eb] from me.
_ And [G] although the [Cm] road _ [G] be rough [Cm] and steep, I [Eb] go to the desert to [Bb] find my [Eb] sheep.
_ I go to the desert to [Bb] find [Eb] my sheep. _ _ _
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But none _ and [Bb] some _ [Eb] ever knew how deep were the _ _
[Bb] water's _ thaws.
[Eb] Nor how dark was the night [G] that the _ [Cm] Lord's flash flew, [Fm] and he found [Bb] his sheep that [Eb] was lost. _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Cm] Out in the desert [G] he [Cm] heard it _ [Eb] cry, Sick and helpless [Bb] and ready [Eb] to die. _
Sick and helpless [Bb] and ready [Eb] to die. _
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_ _ Lord, when saw those blood [Bb] drops [Eb] fall away, that more felt the _ [Bb] mountain's stretch.
_ They were shed for one who had [G] _
gone [Cm] astray, [F] ere the shepherd [Bb] could bring [Eb] him back.
_ [F] _ [G] Lord, when [Cm] saw thy [G] hands so [Cm] bare and poor, [Eb] they're pierced tonight [Bb] by many [Eb] a thorn.
_ They're pierced _ tonight [Bb] by many a [Eb] thorn. _ _ _ _
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But all through the [Bb] mountains, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[Bb] steep, _ _ there [Eb] _ arose a glad cry [G] to the gates of [Cm] heaven. _ _
[Fm] Rejoice, I [Bb] have found the [Eb] sheep, _ _ _ _ [G] and the [Cm] angels echoed. _
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_ [Eb] Rejoice for the _ _
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_ _ _ Lord [Bb] brings [Eb] back his own.
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