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"Cry Of A Tiny Babe"
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album _Columbia Records Radio Hour, Volume 1_
(Various Artists, 1994)
written by Bruce Cockburn
performed by
Bruce Cockburn: vocal, guitar
Lou Reed: vocal
Rosanne Cash: vocal
Rob Wasserman: bass
Dec 20, 1992
Howard Schwartz Recording Studio, NY
(Christmas with Cockburn)
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Mary grows a child without the help of a man
Joseph gets upset because he doesn't understand
Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
says, "God did this and you're part of his scheme"
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
Says, "Forgive me, I thought you'd been with some other man"
She says, "What if I had been
but I wasn't anyway and guess what
I felt the baby kick today"
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
in the cry of a tiny babe
The child is born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects to the fragile little king
get pretty close to wrecking everything
Ooohhh, wrecking everything
'Cause the governing body of the whole land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
Who when he hears there's a baby
born of the King of the Jews
sends death squads to kill all male children under two
Children under two
But that same bright angels warns the parents in a dream
and they head out for the border and get away clean
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
in the cry of a tiny babe
And there are others who know about this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth
For it isn't to the palace that the Christ child comes
but to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums
And the message is clear if you have ears to hear
That forgiveness is given for your guilt and your fear
It's a Christmas gift that you don't have to buy
there's a future shining in a baby's eyes
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
in the cry of a tiny babe
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
in the cry of a tiny babe
intro {C}{C}{G}{G}
{C}{C}{G}{G}
{C}{C}{G}{G} (Mary grows a child without the ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (Joseph gets upset because he ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (Angel comes to Joseph in a ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G}
{C}{C}{G}{G} (Joseph comes to Mary with his hat ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- Forgive me, I thought you'd been ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- What if I had been but I wasn't ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G/Bm.C} (Like a -)
chorus {D}{C/G}{D}{C/G} (- stone on the surface of a still ...)
{Em}{C}{D} (Redemption rips through the ...)
{G}{G}{G}{G} (- babe)
Lou {C}{C}{G}{G} (The child is born in the fullness ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (Three wise astrologers take note ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- pay their respects to the ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- everything, ooohhh, wrecking ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} ('Cause the governing body of the ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (Is that of Herod, a paranoid man ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- hears there's a baby born of the ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- two, children under two, But -)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- that same bright angels warns ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G/Bm.C} (- clean, Like a -)
chorus {D}{C/G}{D}{C/G} (- stone on the surface of a still ...)
{Em}{C}{D} (Redemption rips through the ...)
{G}{G}{G}{G} (- babe, And there are -)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- others who know about this ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- humblest of people catch a ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- isn't to the palace that the ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (And the -)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- message is clear if you have ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- forgiveness is given for your ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G} (- Christmas gift that you don't ...)
{C}{C}{G}{G/Bm.C} (Like a -)
chorus {D}{C/G}{D}{C/G} (- stone on the surface of a still ...)
{Em}{C}{D} (Redemption rips through the ...)
{G}{G/Bm.C} (- babe, Like a -)
chorus {D}{C/G}{D}{C/G} (- stone on the surface of a still ...)
{Em}{C}{D} (Redemption rips through the ...)
{G}{G}{G}{G... (- babe)
* intro and riff
{C} {C}
1e -----3--3--3---3------------3--3--3--3------3--3--3--
2B -----1--1--1---1------------1--1--1--1------1--1--1--
3G -----2--2--2---2--0---------2--2--2--2b3r2--0--------
4D ---------------------2--0----------------------2--0--
5A --3--------------------------------------------------
6E -----------------------------------------------------
{G} {G}
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--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--
--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--
--------0--2------2--0--2---------0--2------2--0--2--
-----0h2-----------------------0h2-------------------
--3-------------------------3------------------------
*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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