Jerry Jeff Walker - Quiet faith of man
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Tuning: E A D G B E
A Dbaby child is D/F#born along the Ghighway Em
A Atiny little Gthing upon the Dland
An Dokie with his D/F#dreams out on the Gbyway Em
ALifts the tiny GbabAy in his Dhand
The Dwoman smiles a D/F#little smile of Gknowing Em
And Awhispers something Gsoftly in his Dear
PerhDaps a little D/F#prayer to help the Ggrowing Em
PerAhaps a word of Gcomfort Athrough the Dfears
CHORUS
You Gtrust the G/F#moon to Emmove the Amighty oDcean
You Gtrust the G/F#sun to Emshine upon the Aland
The Glittle that you Aknow and you Ddo the best you Gcan
You Asee the rest with the quiet faith of Dman
A tractor makes its way along the fence line
And drops the seeds precisely in a row
If the rains are kind and the winds don't take the topsoil
Before too long the crops will start to show
The farmer sees the fields around him growin'
He whispers something low beneath his breath
Perhaps a little prayer to help the growin'
Perhaps a word of thanks for all the rest
Chorus
There's a storm tossed ship tonight out on the ocean
There's a soul somewhere adrift out on the blue
There's a dreamer with his eyes upon the heavens
They're all looking for a way to make it through
Chorus
[Verse
The whole world's
You feel like you're upside
Everyday it's a
Of people tryin' to get
Working hard trying to make some
Trying to get it 'fore it gets
It's too bad how a man must work to get
But to live you know he needs the
The city is a place in which to build your
It's a chance to give your ideas
A man gets a longing for some county
He'd just like some peace and
Peace and quiet, peace and
So [I ought?] to be up and leaving this
[?] headed down an open
With all that you own kinda thrown on the back
Thinking 'bout where you'll
Maybe New Orleans, maybe
Yeah, got to
Yeah Mom, I got to get out of
Don't you know, yeah babe, I got to head on
[Verse
If only you could pack up everything you
And everyone who'd ever been your
Keeping close to you the things that make you
Carry them with you around the
The fear to move and meet the new can keep you in
To go you know that somethin' stays
Separate the good and bad and take along the
To the place you'd like to be and right on time,
So [I ought?] to be up and leaving this
[?] headed down an open
With all that you own kinda thrown on the back
Thinking 'bout where you'll
Maybe New Orleans, maybe
Yeah, got to
Yeah Mom, I got to get out of
Don't you know, yeah, I got to
[I ought?] to be up and leaving this
[?] headed down an open
With all that you own kinda thrown on the back
Thinking 'bout where you'll
Maybe New Orleans, maybe
Yeah, got to
Yeah Mom, I got to get out of
Don't you know, yeah babe, I got to head on
Head on
Stop off down in Austin Texas see some friends of
Yeah yeah, down near the
Down near the
Down near the