Chords for Ninety and Nine

[N] _ _ _ [G] There were ninety-nine _ that [D] _ [G] safely lay in the shelter [Em] _ [D] of the _ foal
[G] But one was out on the hills _ away, far [C] off from [D] the gates [G] of _ gold
[Em] _ _ [B] Away on [Em] the mountains [B] _ wild [Em] and bare, _ [G]
away from the tender _ shepherd's care
_ Away _ _ _ from the tender [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] shepherd's care _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Lord, thou hast steered [D] thy ninety [G]-nine, _ are they not [Em] enough [D] for _ thee?
But the [G] shepherd made as to this of mine, [C] as wandered [D] away [G] from _ me
[B] And although the [Em] _
path be [B] rough and [G] steep, I go to the desert to find my sheep
I go _ to the desert [D] to find _ my [G] _ sheep _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But none of the _ [D] ransomed ever [G] knew how deep were [Em] the [D] waters _ _ crossed
[G] Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed through, [C] where he found [D] his sheep [G] that was _ lost
For [B] out in the [Em] desert he [B] heard [Em] his cry, [G] was sick and helpless [D] and ready [G] to die
Was sick _ _ and helpless [D] and ready _ _ to [G] _ _ die _ _ _
_ _ _ Lord, whence are those blood [D] drops all the [Em] way that _ marks out the mountain's [D] _ _
[G] track?
They're shed for one who had gone astray, and the [D] shepherd could bring [G] him _ back
Lord, [B] whence are thy hands so [Bm] rent and torn?
[G] They're pierced to life by many a thorn
They're _ _ _ pierced to life [D] by many _ [G] a _ _ _ thorn _ _
_ _ _ But all through the mountains [D] _ thunder [G] _ in and out from [Em] the rocky [D] _ _
steep
[G] There rose a glad cry to the gate of heaven, [C]
rejoice I [D] have found my [G] _ _
sheep
[B] And the angels [Em] _
echo [B] round [Em] the throne, _ [G] rejoice for the Lord [D] brings back [G] his own
_ _ _ _ _ Rejoice for the Lord [D] brings _ back _ his own _ _ _ _
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