Shepard

 
Capo on 6th fret
               
 
 
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                          G 
Said the shepherd to his wife, 
                            C 
The crop of hay is cut and dried. 
      Dsus2                  C 
I'll bail it up and bring it in, 
                         C 
Before the coming storm begins. 
 
                           G 
Go, she said, and beat the storm, 
                           C 
And then there is another chore. 
Dsus2                   C 
Today the baby will be born, 
                         C 
You'll take me to the hospital. 
 
                           G 
Said the shepherd, if it's true, 
                               C 
'Twere better if I stayed with you. 
Dsus2                      C 
I'd rather let the harvest go, 
                    C 
And hasten to the hospital. 
 
                           G 
Nay, she told him, I'll be fine, 
                         C 
We both have laboring to do. 
Dsus2                      C 
You do yours and I'll do mine, 
                                         C 
And the babe will wait 'til the work is through. 
 
Instrumental (*same riff) 
G C Dsus2 C C G 
 
                           G 
The shepherd rode the yellow rows, 
                                C 
The clouds above and the field below. 
Dsus2                          C 
Until the bails had all been tied, 
                                C 
Then home returned to find his wife. 
 
                           G 
The sweat was wet upon her brown, 
                        C 
Her breath it cameth labouredly. 
    Dsus2                    C 
And then the rain was coming down, 
                         C 
Upon the field of yellow hay. 
 
                           G 
Said the shepherd, it's no use, 
                             C 
The rain will surely win the race. 
        Dsus2              C 
'Twere better if we let it fall, 
                      C 
And hurry to the hospital. 
 
                             G 
Go, she said, and work with haste, 
                             C 
And bring the bails into the barn. 
Dsus2                    C 
Else the crop will go to waste, 
                                         C 
And the babe will wait 'til the work is done. 
 
Instrumental (*same riff) 
G C Dsus2 C C G 
 
                                 G 
The shepherd drove into the storm, 
                             C 
And to and from the yellow barn. 
       Dsus2             C 
'Til half the bails were safely in, 
                             C 
Then went to find his wife again. 
 
 
                             G 
How many times her name he called, 
                             C 
And no replying would she make. 
    Dsus2                   C 
Her breath it cameth not at all, 
                                   C 
She would not rise from where she lay. 
 
 
Instrumental (*same riff) 
G C Dsus2 C C G 
 
                             G 
The storm was o'er within the hour, 
                               C 
The shepherd saw the sun come out. 
    Dsus2                      C 
The shepherd's wife saw ne'er again, 
                             C 
He buried her and the babe within. 
 
 
                             G 
He turned the seed into the ground, 
                               C 
He brought the flock to feed thereon. 
   Dsus2                    C 
He held the cleaver and the plow, 
                             C 
And the shepherd's work was never done.