Chords for Anais Mitchell - Shepherd (album version)

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_ _ [F#] I'll [C#] [D#] bail it up and bring it [F#] in _ _ Before the coming storm begins
[A#m] Go, [C#] she said, and beat the storm And then there's another [A#m] chore
_ [D#] Today the baby will [F#] be born _ You'll take me to the hospital
_ [A#m] Said the shepherd, [C#] if it's true _ You're better if I stay [F#] with you
_ [G#] I'd rather let the [F#] harvest go _ And [C#] hasten to the hospital
_ [A#m] Nay, she [C#] told him, I'll be fine We both have laborin' [F#] to do
_ [G#] You do yours and [F#] I'll do mine _ And the baby'll wait till the work is [A#m] through _
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_ _ [C#] _ _ The shepherd rode the yellow rose The clouds above and the [F#] field below
_ [C#] Until the bales had all [F#] been tied Then homeward turned to find his wife
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[C#] Sweat was wet upon her brow _ [C#] Her breast became as [F#] flabbery
[C#] And then the rain was comin' [F#] down [A#m] _
[G#] Upon the field the yellow [A#m] rain _ _
[C#] Said the shepherd, it's no use _ [C#] The rain will surely win [F#] the race
[G#] We're better if we [F#] let it fall And [A#m]
hurry to the [F#] hospital
_ [C#] Go, she said, and work with haste And bring the bales into the barn
_ [G#] Else the crop will [F#] go to waste And the [G#] babe will wait till the work [F#] is done
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shepherd drove into the storm And to and from the yellow [F#] barn
_ [C#] Till half the bales [F#] were safely in _ Then went to find his wife
_ [A#m] How [C#] many times her name he called And no reply in what [F#] she made
[G#] Her breath [C#] became as [F#] numb as all She would not rise from where she lay
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_ _ _ _ [C#] The storm was warmth in the hour The shepherd saw the sun come out
The shepherd's wife saw him [F#] there again [A#m] He buried her in the bay
_ He turned the [C#] seed into the ground He brought the flock to feed their all
[G#] He held the cleaver and [F#] the plow [A#m] And the [C#] shepherd's work was [F#] never done
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