Intro: G Am7 F Bb (x2) G Am7 F Bb Winter was cold and the clothing was thin G Am7 F Bb But the gentle shepherd calls the tune G Am7 F Bb Oh dear mother what shall I do G Am7 F Bb First please your eyes and then your ears , Jenny G Am7 F Bb Exchanging love tokens say goodnight G Lay down my dear sister C G Won't you lay and take your rest G D Won't you lay your head upon your saviours breast G C G And I love you but Jesus loves you the best C G And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, C Lord I bid you goodnight, goodnight, G One of these mornings bright and early and fine. C Goodnight, goodnight G Not a cricket not a spirit going to shout me on C Goodnight, goodnight G I go walking in the valley of the shadow of death C Goodnight, goodnight G And his rod and his staff shall comfort me C Goodnight, goodnight G Oh John the wine he saw the sign C Goodnight, goodnight G Oh John say I seen a number of signs C Goodnight, goodnight G Tell 'A' for the ark that wonderful boat C Goodnight, goodnight G You know they built it on the land getting water to float C Goodnight, goodnight G Tell 'B' for the beast at the ending of the wood C Goodnight, goodnight G You know it eat all the children when they wouldn't be good C Goodnight, goodnight G I remember quite well, I remember quite well C Goodnight, goodnight G I was walking in Jerusalem just like John C Goodnight, goodnight, G Am7 F Bb Goodnight Goodnight G Am7 F Bb goodnight Goodnight G Am7 F Bb Goodnight Goodnight D7/G --3-- --1-- --2-- --0-- --x-- --x-- G C D7/G G C G G7 C Who would lose and who would bruise G C D7/G G G7 C Or who would live quite prettily? G Em D D And who would love... what comes along D G D C And fill the air with joyous song G C D7/GG C G G7 C Who would go and who would come G C D7/G G G7 C Or who would simply linger G Em D D And who would hide behind your chair D G D C And steal your crystallised ginger Intro: G Am7 F Bb G Am7 F Bb Nebulous nearnesses cry to me G F Em D At this timeless moment someone dear to me Bb Eb wants me near, makes me high Bb Eb G# Eb I can hear vibrations fly G G7 C Through mangoes, pomegranates and planes G G7 C All the same G Am7 F Bb When it reaches me G Am7 F Bb and teaches me Eb G To sigh Bridge: G C D G x6 G C D7/G G C G G7 C Who would mouse and who would lion G C D7/G G G7 C Or who would be the tamer G Em D D And who would hear directions clear D G D C From the unnameable namer G C D7/G G C G G7 C Who would skip and who would plod G C D7/G G G7 C Or who would lie quite stilly G Em D D And who would ride backwards on a giraffe D G D C Stopping every so often to laugh Amoebas are very small G Am7 D G Oh ah ee oo there's absolutely no strife C D Em living the timeless life G C I don't need a wife D Em living the timeless life G C D G If I need a friend I just give a wriggle G C D Split right down the middle G And when I look there's two of me C D Both as handsome as can be G Oh here we go slithering, G C D here we go slithering and squelching on G Oh here we go slithering, G C D here we go slithering and squelching on G C D G Oh ah ee oo there's absolutely no strife C D Em living the timeless life Intro: G Am7 F Bb G Am7 F Bb Black hair brown hair feather and scale G F Em D Bb Seed and stamen and all unnamed lives that live Eb G# Eb Turn your quivering nerves in my direction Eb G# Eb Turn your quivering nerves in my direction G Am7 F Bb Feel the energy G AmFBb Eb projection of my cells G Wishes you well G C D G x2 G C D May the long time sun shine upon you G All love surround you G C And the pure light within you D G Guide you all the way on