Chords for The Pines - He Reached Down (Iris DeMent Cover) - Audiotree Live

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_ I saw an old man one day did go [Ab] _
Down to [C] Jericho
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] Falling among thieves [Eb] along the _ way Well they stripped him and then they fled
Leaving him for dead _ lying [Bb] on the side [Eb] of the road
Then the priest came passing by He [Ab] crossed over to the other side
[Eb] Then the Levite [Bb] came and he did just [Eb] the same
Then the Samaritan heard his cry He [Ab] could not just pass on by
[Eb] He dressed his [Bb] wounds and he carried them to the [Eb] nearest inn
He reached down, he reached down [Ab] He got it right there on the ground
He [Eb] reached down, he reached [Bb] down He [Eb] touched the pain
_ He begged the keeper in his mouth that was due
[Ab] He said, if you need more I'm [Cm] good for that too
[Eb] He reached down, he [Bb] reached down He [Eb] touched the pain _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Then the scribes and the Pharisees Brought [Ab] condolence for Jesus to see
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Lord she's sinned now the law says she must be stoned
_ If there's one of you that's without sin He [Ab] said, then you can cast the first stone [Cm] in
[Eb] One by one they left leaving Jesus and the woman alone
He reached down, he reached down He [Ab] got it right there [Eb] on the ground
He reached down, he [Bb] reached down He [Eb] touched the pain
Well no accuser's left that I see [Ab] And woman neither do I condemn [Cm] thee
[Eb] He reached down, he [Bb] reached down [Eb] He touched the pain _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ In the Bible the story is told [Ab] About the traveler at the end of life's road
[Eb] He's at the gates of the [Bb] kingdom And the master says, come on [Eb] in _
When I was hungry you gave me meat When [Ab] I was cold you put shoes on my [C] feet
[Eb] When I was in [Bb] prison you're the one who comes to see [Eb] about me _ _ _
He reached down, he reached down He [Ab] got it right there on [Cm] the ground
[Eb] He reached down, he [Bb] reached down [Eb] He touched the pain
When you're dead to the least of these He said you're [Ab] doing unto [Cm] me
[Eb] He reached down, he [Bb] reached down [Cm] He touched the pain
[Ab] _ He [Eb] reached down, [Bb] he reached down He [Cm] touched the pain
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] He reached down, [Bb] he reached down He [Cm] touched the pain
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