Ricky Skaggs – Shepherds Voice (Guitar)

       D                G
When I was fresh, from God,

D                                        G
the first thing I heard as I came into this life,


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the sound of fear, ringing in my ear my own voice,

G
as life hit me and I cried,


D
As I grew through the years,

 G
the chorus of temptation,


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beckoned me to come and sing apart,


  D
But Jesus was his name,

     G
that broke from my mamaw's tongue,

                      C
 and settled in my heart

Am                                 D
And what I'm listening for, through all the noise,


Am                   D           C
a whisper in my ear, the shepherd's voice.

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The confusion that the bustle brings, the pretty song the siren sings,


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The sound of teeth against forbidden fruit,


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A fallen man who screams in pain, a groaning earth beneath the strain

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Who could hope to ever hear the truth,


Am                                   D
And what I'm listening for, through all the noise,

 Am          D                          C
A whisper in my ear, the shepherd's voice.

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When I am tired and I am weary, of this life and I am done


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I will close my eyes, and let my spirit still, till I hear the Son

Am                               D             C
And what I'm listening for, through all the noise,

Am                         D           C
a whisper in my ear, the shepherd's voice.

Am                                 D            C
And what I'm listening for, through all the noise,


Am             D                       F
a whisper in my ear, the shepherd's voice.