Chords for The Cry Of A Tiny Baby - Bruce Cockburn

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[C] Mary grows a child without the help of a man.
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[Cm] Joseph gets upset because he doesn't understand.
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[C] Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful [G] dream.
Says God did this and you're part of his scheme.
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[C] Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his [G] hand. _ _ _ _ _ _
Says [C] forgive me.
I thought you'd been with some other man.
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She [C] says what if I have been but I wasn't anyway.
And [G] guess what?
I felt the baby kick today.
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[D] Like a stone on the surface [C] of a [G] still river.
[D] Driving the ripples [C] on forever.
[Em] Redemption rips through [C] the surface of time.
In [D] the cry of a [G] tiny baby.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] The child is born in the fullness of time.
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Three _ _ _ _ [C] wise astrologers take note of the sign.
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_ _ _ Come [C] to pay their respects to the fragile little king.
[G] Get pretty close to wrecking _ everything.
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_ _ _ Cause [C] the governing body of the holy land.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] Is that of Herod a paranoid man.
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_ _ _ Who [C] when he hears there's a baby born king of the Jews.
[G] Sends death [Em] squads to kill all male children [G] under two.
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_ _ _ _ But that same bright angel warns the parents in a dream.
[G] As they head out for the border and get away clean.
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_ _ _ _ Like [D] a stone on the [D] surface of a [G] still river.
_ [D] Driving the [C] ripples on [G] forever.
_ [Em] Redemption rips [C] through the surface of time.
[D] In the cry of a [G] tiny baby. _ _ _ _ _
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And [C] there are others who know about this miracle birth.
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[C] The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth.
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[C] For it isn't to the palace that the Christ child comes.
[G] But to shepherds and street people, hookers [Em] and [C] bums. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] And the message is clear if you have ears to [G] hear. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] That forgiveness is given for your guilt and your fear.
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It's a Christmas gift that you don't have to buy.
[G] There's a future shining in a baby's _ [C] _ eyes. _ _ _ _
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[D] Like a stone on the surface [C] of a still river.
[D] Driving the ripples [C] on forever.
[Em] Redemption rips through [C] the surface of time.
In [D] the cry of a [G] tiny baby. _
_ _ _ Like [D] a stone on the surface [C] of a [G] still river.
Driving the [D] ripples on forever.
[Em] Redemption rips through [C] the surface of time.
In [D] the cry of [Bm] a tiny [G] baby. _ _ _ _ _
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