Year: 2005 - Album: Devils & Dust
Written by Bruce Springsteen
INTRO: D A G D G A D D D/F# G D Well Jesus was an only son G As he walked up Calvry Hill D D/F# G D His mother Mary walking beside Him G A D In the path where His blood spilled D D/F# G D Jesus was an only son G In the hills of Nazareth D D/F# G D As He lay reading the Psalms of David G A D Well at His mother's feet D D/F# G D Mother prayed sleep tight my child sleep well G For I'll be at Your side D D/F# G D And no shadow, no darkness, no tolling bell G A D Shall pierce your dreams this night INTRO D D/F# G D In the garden at Gethsemane G He prayed for the life He'd never live D D/F# G D He beseeched His heavenily Father to remove G A D The cup of death from His lips D D/F# G D There's a loss that can never be replaced G A destination that can never be reached D D/F# G D A light you'll never find in another's face G A D A sea whose distance cannot be breached INTRO D D/F# G D Well Jesus kissed His mother's hands G And whispered Mother still your tears D D/F# G D For remember the soul of the universe G A D Willed a world and it appeared OUTRO: VERSE CHORDS