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New Hymn by James Taylor
New Hymn
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Key: Eb
[Intro]
Gadd9
[Verse]
Gadd9 D/F# Gadd9 A F#m7 Bm9
Source of all we hope or dread, sheep dog, jackal, rattler, swan
Gadd9 D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Dm/F
We hunt your face and long to trust that your hid mouth will say again
Em7 D/F# Gadd9 A Bm11 Cadd9 D/F# G
"Let there be light," a clear new day
A Bm7 C Dbm
But when we thirst in this dry night
A G/B C D E7sus4 E
We drink from hot wells poisoned with the blood of children
A D/F# G A D/A
And when we strain to hear a steady homing beam
A D/F# Gadd9
Our ears are balked by stifled moans
A Bm11 A Gadd9 A Bm11
And howls of desolation from the throats of sisters, brother, wild men
A Gadd9 Dm/F E7sus4 E D/F#
Clawing at the gates for bread
G A D A D Em7 A
Even our own feeble hands aim to seize the crown you wear
Em7 D/F# G A G A Bm7 E D/F# G
And work our private havoc through the known and unknown lands of space
A D A D Em7 A
Absolute in flame beyond us, seed and source of Dark and Day
Em7 D/F# G A G A Bm7 E D/F#
Maker whom we beg to meet our mother father comrade mate
Gadd9 D/F# Gadd9 A F#m7 Bm11
Till our few atoms blow to dust or form again in wiser lives
Gadd9 D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Dm/F Em7 D/F# Gadd9 A Bm11
Or find your face and hear our name in your calm voice the end of night if dark may end
Em7 D/F# G A Bm7 Cadd9 Dadd9 Eadd9
Well spring gold of dark and day, be here, be now
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