The Vision Of The Valley Chords

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[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Dm][E]
[Am]A vision came unbidden

[Verse 1]
[Am]
at an [G]unexpected pass
Where the [Dm]winds of change
blew colder,
Warping [Am]snow that cut like glass
[E]But like an old[Am] man in regret
for foolish sin[G]s
and wasted youth.
The [Dm]scene that lay before me
had no beau[E]ty save its [Am]truth.
For the [F]wind came down the mountains,
[Dm]neve[Am]r slow and never still,
and the [G]sheep were scattered shepherdless
[Am]alone across the hills.
They were [F]prey to every
beast that roamed
and [Am]entrapped by every curse.
And [G]they stumbled in their sickness,
in their [E]weakness,
and their [Am]thirst.[G]
[Am]Below them in the valley,
the pol[G]luted waters flowed,
Where the shepherds
[Dm]that were harling sat,
and [Am]ar gued what was o[E]wed.
And the ambi[Am]tious and
abusive bragged,
and they [G]boasted on their might,
And their profits [Dm]from the slaughter
of [E]the ones who could not fight[Am].
And the [F]wind just kept on howling
as I [Am]cried,
O Lord, how long will your [G]people be the victims of the [Am]ruthless,
proud, and strong?
And at [F]once there came an answer
in the [Am]quiet of my soul.
The [G]time has come for judgment,
[E]and to make the wounded [Am]whole.
For my heart is still a shepherd's heart,
I [G]know each one by name.
[Dm]The ragged and the beautiful,
the [Am]healthy and [E]the lame.
And [Am]I myself will lead them out,
I'll [G]feed them on the best.
In [Dm]pastures, by still waters,
in a [E]place of peace [Am]and rest.
Oh, but [F]woe unto the shepherds
who ab[Am]use my sheep and kill.
With [G]harshness and severity
you've [Am]bent them to your will.
[F]And today I am against you
as I [Am]take them from your hand.
When the [G]fire of judgment comes,
[E]the stubble will not [Am]stand![Dm][F][Am]
And dark[Dm]ness filled the valley,
and I [Am]saw it take up form,
Screaming wind[G]s and
fire and lightning,
more than [Am]any earthly storm.
Where it [Dm]passed were no survivors,
for the [Am]land was cleansed and bare.
But the [G]streams flowed clear and purified,
[E]and the grass grew green and
[Am]fair.[G][Dm][Am][E]
[C][G][Dm][E]
I [Am]saw a man come walking,
and his [G]heart glowed like a flame.
All the [Dm]sheep began to run to him,
they [Am]called each one by name.
[E]He [C]spoke to them in gentle words
and [G]soothed their fearful minds
And he [Dm]healed the brokenhearted
and the [E]crippled, sick and blind
[Am]And ma[F]ny others like him,
all [Am]with hearts that glowed the same
And be[G]fore I had noticed,
from [Am]the farms and fields they came
They weren't [F]famous, wise, or noble,
but they [G]spoke a common [C]word,
A [Dm]word the flock could recognize
and [E]follow when they [Am]heard.
They led them in dream pastures
by still [G]waters in the light,
Standing guard again[Dm]st the wolves
and other creatures [Am]of the n[E]ight.
Going [Am]out into the mountains
in the [G]darkness and the cold
Bringing [Dm]back the lost and wounded
to the [E]safety of the [Am]fold
And the [F]news went out around the world
in [Am]every street and town
That something [G]wonderful was here,
that [Am]heaven had come down
And [F]millions gave their hearts in trust,
but [G]long had been betrayed.
[C]And the bri[Dm]de at last was ready,
and the [E]trumpet call [Am]was made.
And the [F]news went out
around the world,
[C]in every street and town,
that [G]something wonderful was here,
that [Am]heaven had come down.
And [F]millions gave their hearts in trust
That [G]long had been betrayed
[C]And the bri[Dm]de at last was ready
[G]An d the trumpet call was [Am]made[G][Dm]
[Am][E][Am][G]
[Dm][Am][E][Am][G]
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