Shepherd Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Am][C][F][C][G][C][F][C][Am][C][Am][C]
[F][C][G][F][G][C]

[Verse 1]
Said the shepherd to [C]his wife
The [Am]crop of hay [F]is [C]cut [F]and dried
[G]I'll bail it up and bring [C]it in,[F]
Before [G]the coming [C]storm [G]begins
[F]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Go, she [C]said, and beat the storm
And [Am]then there is another [F]chore
[G]Today the baby will be [F]born,
You'll take me to the [C]hos[F]pital

[Verse 3]
Said [C]the [F]shepher[C]d, [F]if it's [C]true,
'Twere better if I stayed [F]with you
I'd [G]rather let the harvest [F]go,
And hasten [C]to [F]the hospital
Nay, [Am]she told him,

[Verse 4]
[F]I'l[C]l be fine,
We [F]both have labor[C]ing to [F]do[C]
[G]You do yours and I'll do [F]mine,
And the babe will wait 'til the work is through
[Am]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
The shepherd rode the [C]yellow rows,
The [F]clouds above [C]and the field [F]be low
Un[G]til the bails had all been [F]tied,
Then home [C]returned to find [F]his wife

[Verse 6]
The sweat was wet [C]upon her brow,
Her breath [F]it cameth labouredly
And [G]then the rain was coming [F]down,
Upon [Am]the f[F]ield of yell[C]ow h[F]ay[C]

[Verse 7]
Said the shepherd, it's no use,
[F]The rain [C]will surely win [F]the race
[G]'Twere better if we let [F]it fall,
And hurry [C]to the [F]hospital
Go, [C]she said,

[Verse 8]
and work with haste,
And bring the bails into [F]the barn
[G]Else the crop will go [F]to waste,
And the babe will wait [G]'til the work is [F]done

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][F][C]
[G][F][Am][C][F][C][F][C][G][F][Am]
[C]

[Verse 9]
The shepherd [C]drove into the storm,
And to and from the yellow [F]barn
[C]'Til [G]half the bails [F]were safely [C]in,[F]
Then [C]went [F]to find [G]his wife [C]again[F]
[C]How

[Verse 10]
many times her name he called,
And [F]no reply[C]ing would she [F]make
Her [G]breath it cameth[F]not at all,
She would not [G]rise from where she [F]lay

[Interlude 3]
[F][Am][C][Am][C][F][C]
[G][F][Am][F][C][Am][C][F][C][F][C][F][C][F]
[C]

[Verse 11]
The [C]storm was o'er within the hour,
The [F]shepherd saw the sun [C]come [F]out
[C]The shepherd's wife [F]saw [C]ne'er [F]again,
[C]He buried her and the babe [F]within
[C]He turned the seed into

[Verse 12]
the ground,
He [F]brought [C]the flock to feed there[F]on
[C]He [G]held [C]the cleaver and the [F]plow,
[Am]
And the shepher[C]d's [Am]work [C]was nev[F]er don[C]e