by Eden Burning 1993 by Eden Burning
Dm - F - C - G - Dm - F - em - B - C
DmFCG
Did I ever see you? Surely I would have known.
Dm F em B - C
But like a new found father you carried me smilingly home
DmFCG
Surely you weren’t the simple boy, I never knew his name.
Dm F em G D Dsus D
I never spoke a word to him but his smile will always remain.
CHORUS:
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Jubilee! Good news for the poor, the acceptable year of the Lord.
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Jubilee! Good news for the poor, the acceptable year of the Lord.
Dm-F- C-G-Dm-F-em-B-C
DmFCG
Did I ever neglect you? Surely I would have known.
Dm F em B - C
But like a loving painter you gave my life its tone
DmFCG
Surely you weren’t the wind-brown father on that barren matted hillside
Dm F em G D
He could only cry as his barefooted children breathe to stay alive.
DmG7
Scares me even now to think of the Judgment
DmG
To picture the sheep and the goats
DmG7
And know that you’re asked: “When did you ever?”
DmG
And I’ll be lost in my dollar bills and notes
DmG
Yes, I’ll be lost in my dollar bills and notes
DmG
I’ll be lost in my dollar bills and notes.
DmG
Yes, I’ll be lost in my dollar bills and notes.
Dm-F- C-G-Dm-F-em-B-C
DmFCG
Did I ever clothe you? Surely, I would have known.
DmFEmB - C
But like a self strong brother when you fill my pouch as you flow
DmFCG
Surely you weren’t the poor lost girl who couldn’t find her mother
Dm F em G D
And in taking her hand my soul was melted from one world to another.
DsusD
And then I knew.
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Jubilee! Good news for the poor, the acceptable year of the Lord.
DCGDCGD
Jubilee! Good news for the poor, the acceptable year of the Lord.
(Note, I am not certain of the wording in the following lines:
“He could only cry as his barefooted children breathe to stay alive.”
and
“But like a self strong brother when you fill my pouch as you flow.”)