Chord The Gospel Of Mary by Josh Ritter

intro Am G F G verse 1 Am we left our home by dark of night G joseph and my boy and i F when all the gunmen were asleep G we slipped into the forest verse 2 Am we left everything behind G joseph and my boy and i F took only what we had to keep G and the hopes they would not find us verse 3 Am we prayed our prayers , we broke our bread G with others who had even less F till finally all we had were dreams G and we hoped that they would fill us verse 4 Am we lived on roots and the bark of trees G joseph and my boy and me F drank the water from the stream G and hoped it would not kill us verse 5 Am a man offered a change of luck G all we had for a cargo truck F with fifty others in the back G they shut the door behind us verse 6 Am it got so hot we could not breathe G joseph and my boy and me F when we arrived , the sky was black G that’s where i buried joseph verse 7 Am the river stole away my shoes G the soles of both my feet were bruised F my boy lay silent in my arms G his dreams were deep and soundless verse 8 Am the day was long , the sun was high G a hammer on an anvil sky F by the wall i fell and cried G for death was all around us verse 9 Am they found me there where i had slept G their handcuffs tight around my wrists F shackles tight around my legs G as if i could escape you verse 10 Am and since i could not hold my babe G you took my only boy away F and though i plead and though i beg G they won’t say where he’s gone to verse 11 Am i’m tired now , my eyes are dry G there’s only me alone tonight F in a land i thought would be G ours if we could make it verse 12 Am a land that welcomes strangers in G a land that beckoned like a friend F if i had the chance again G i’d rather die than take it verse 13 Am the holy family got away G a simpler time , a simpler place F and egypt stretched out it’s great hand G to welcome them with mercy verse 14 Am now joseph’s dead out on the road G my boy is gone and i don’t know F where he is or where i Am G with every breath , it hurts me verse 15 Am and you who stood at your great gates G watched us as we met our fate F then took our pride and stole our babe G you will one day die of something verse 16 Am but as you rest your weary head G your family close around your bed F may your thoughts all fly instead G to the ones who you gave nothing verse 17 Am the naked one , the starving child G who crawled the final brutal miles F through blood and filth and rock and wild G in the hopes of only living verse 18 Am may the pain within you dwell G may it follow you to hell F all alone in a lonely cell G forever unforgiven verse 19 Am may the pain within you dwell G may it follow you to hell F all alone in a lonely cell G forever unforgiven outro Am G F G x3