The Gospel Of Mary Chords & Lyrics - Josh Ritter

[INTRO]
[Am] [G] [F] [G] x2

[VERSE 1]
[Am] We left our home by dark of night
[G] Joseph and my boy and I
[F] When all the gunmen were asleep
We [E]slipped into the forest

[VERSE 2]
[Am] We left everything behind
[G] Joseph and my boy and I
[F] Took only what we had to keep
And the [E]hopes they would not find us

[VERSE 3]
[Am] We prayed our prayers, we broke our bread
[G] With others who had even less
[F] 'Til finally all we had were dreams
And we [E]hoped that they would fill us

[VERSE 4]
[Am] We lived on roots and the bark of trees
[G] Joseph and my boy and me
[F] Drank the water from the stream
And [E]hoped it would not kill us

[INTERLUDE]
[Am] [G] [F] [G]

[VERSE 5]
[Am] A man offered a change of luck
[G] All we had for a cargo truck
[F] With fifty others in the back
They [E]shut the door behind us

[VERSE 6]
[Am] It got so hot we could not breathe
[G] Joseph and my boy and me
[F] When we arrived, the sky was black
That's [E]where I buried Joseph

[VERSE 7]
[Am] The river stole away my shoes
[G] The soles of both my feet were bruised
[F] My boy lay silent in my arms
His [E]dreams were deep and soundless

[VERSE 8]
[Am] The day was long, the sun was high
[G] A hammer on an anvil sky
[F] By the wall I fell and cried
For [E]death was all around us

[INTERLUDE]
[Am] [G] [F] [G] x2

[VERSE 9]
[Am] They found me there where I had slept
[G] Their handcuffs tight around my wrists
[F] Shackles tight around my legs
As [E]if I could escape you

[VERSE 10]
[Am] And since I could not hold my babe
[G] You took my only boy away
[F] Though I plead and though I beg
You [E]won't say where he's gone to

[VERSE 11]
[Am] I'm tired now, my eyes are dry
[G] There's only me alone tonight
[F] In a land I thought would be
[E]Ours if we could make it

[VERSE 12]
[Am] A land that welcomes strangers in
[G] A land that beckoned like a friend
[F] If I had the chance again
I'd [E]rather die than take it

[VERSE 13]
[Am] The holy family got away
[G] A simpler time, a simpler place
[F] And Egypt stretched out it's great hand
To [E]welcome them with mercy

[VERSE 14]
[Am] Now Joseph's dead out on the road
[G] My boy is gone and I don't know
[F] Where he is or where I am
With [E]every breath, it hurts me

[INTERLUDE]
[Am] [G] [F] [G] x2

[VERSE 15]
[Am] And you who stood at your great gates
[G] Watched us as we met our fate
[F] Then took our pride and stole our babes
You will [E]one day die of something

[VERSE 16]
[Am] But as you rest your weary head
[G] Your family close around your bed
[F] May your thoughts all fly instead
To the [E]ones who you gave nothing

[VERSE 17]
[Am] The naked one, the starving child
[G] Who crawled the final brutal miles
[F] Through blood and filth and rock and wild
In the [E]hopes of only living

[VERSE 18]
[Am] May the pain within you dwell
[G] May it follow you to hell
[F] All alone in a lonely cell
For[E]ever unforgiven

[VERSE 19]
[Am] May the pain within you dwell
[G] May it follow you to hell
[F] All alone in a lonely cell
For[E]ever unforgiven

[OUTRO]
[Am] [G] [F] [G] x3