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Zuly by John Gorka
Zuly
Capo:no capo
INTRO: C F C F
C F
And the good earth shook, the day that Jesus was reborn
C F
In Anchorage, March the twenty-seventh, nineteen sixty-four
G E Am
When he came back this time though, it was as a baby girl
F C G
Her parents said her mission was the same, to save the world
C F
God looked down and said, "Oh, the times they are a'changing.
C F
I will send my only daughter, as soon as I complete the staging"
G E Am
All the land shook and rolled and split, there was no warning
F C G
Except Gabriel had told the mom, she'd arrive Good Friday morning
C F
And so it came to pass, that her parents named her Zuly
C F
A bright and happy child, also wilful and unruly
G E Am
The birds would come and visit her, they wished they could take her with them
F C G
When they left their roosts for winter, she would always miss them
BRIDGE:
F Fm F A7
Zuly won a scholarship, though the classes mostly bored her
A Dm
She loved the other students though and the teachers all adored her
G
"We learned more from her" they said, "than we could ever teach her
E7 A7 F G
But, there were times when we just could not reach her"
C F
She said, "We are here to love each other, that is all"
C F
And organized religion, that's comparatively small"
G E Am
Not that I don't love all those so-called holy ones"
F C G
Why are there so few daughters among the leaders of my sons?"
C F
Now she runs a charter boat on Resurrection Bay
C F
She takes tourists to see the wild creatures, every summer's day
G E Am
In fall she teaches bush kids, at the boarding school in Sitka
F C G
On those long December nights, she is the light of winter
OUTRO: C F C F C F C F C F C F C F C F C
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