Bruce Cockburn – Cry Of A Tiny Babe (Guitar)

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Mary grows a child without the help of a man

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Joseph gets upset because he doesn't understand

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Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream

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says, "God did this and you're part of his scheme"

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Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand

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Says, "Forgive me, I thought you'd been with some other man"

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She says, "What if I had been but I wasn't anyway and guess what

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I felt the baby kick today"

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Like a stone on the surface of a still river

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driving the ripples on forever

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Redemption rips through the surface of time

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in the cry of a tiny babe

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The child is born in the fullness of time

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Three wise astrologers take note of the signs

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Come to pay their respects to the fragile little king

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get pretty close to wrecking everything   Ooohhh, wrecking everything

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'Cause the governing body of the whole land

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Is that of Herod, a paranoid man

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Who when he hears there's a baby  born of the King of the Jews

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sends death squads to kill all male children under two    Children under two

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But that same bright angel warns the parents in a dream

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and they head out for the border and get away clean

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Like a stone on the surface of a still river

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driving the ripples on forever

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Redemption rips through the surface of time

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in the cry of a tiny babe

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And there are others who know about this miracle birth

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The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth

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For it isn't to the palace that the Christ child comes

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but to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums

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And the message is clear if you have ears to hear

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That forgiveness is given for your guilt and your fear

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It's a Christmas gift that you don't have to buy

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there's a future shining in a baby's eyes

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Like a stone on the surface of a still river

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driving the ripples on forever

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Redemption rips through the surface of time

       D             G       Em      G    Em
in the cry of a tiny babe

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Like a stone on the surface of a still river

D                   C        G
driving the ripples on forever

Em                          C
Redemption rips through the surface of time

       D             G       Em      G    Em
in the cry of a tiny babe