Deliver Us (River Lullaby)
The Prince of Egypt, 1998
Writer & Composer: Stephen Schwartz
Producers: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,
Michael Omartian, Hans Zimmer
Hop to Another SongLabel: DreamWorks
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B5
E5
With the Emsting of the whip on my B/Eshoulder,
with the B7/Esalt of my sweat on my Embrow,
E/G#EloAmhim, God on high, D
can you Bmhear your people C/Ecry?
Help us Fnow,
this dark E7sus4hour. E
DeAmliver us, E/G# Am
hear our call, deDm7liver us. F G
Lord of all, reE7member Amus,
here in this Dburning Esand.
DeAmliver us, E/G# Am
there’s a land BYou EmproD/Gmised Aus.
DeAmliver us to the Am/BProBmised E5Land.
Em
Yaldi ha B/Etov veh harach B7/E
Al ti Emra veh al tif chad. E/G#
My Amson,
I have Dnothing I can Bmgive
but this C/Echance that you may Flive,
I pray we’ll meet aE7sus4gain
E7if He will
DeAmliver us, E/G# Am
hear our prayer. DeDm7liver us F G
from despair,
These E7years of Amslavery
grow too Dcruel to Estand.
DeAmliver us, E/G# Am
there’s a land BYou EmproD/Gmised Aus.
DeAmliver us out of Am/BbonBdage
C#m7b5and deAmliver us
to the Am/BProBmised CLand.
Dm7b5/C C
Dm7b5/C C
Dm7b5/C
CHush now my Dm7b5/Cbaby,
be Cstill, love, don’t Dm7b5/Ccry.
CSleep as you’re Dm7b5/Crocked by the Cstream.
AbSleep and reEbmember
my Bbm7last lullaCby,
Ab/Gbso I’ll be with G/Fyou when you Cdream.
Dm7b5/C C
Dm7b5/C
DRiver, oh, Em7b5/Driver,
flow Dgently for Em7b5/Dme,
Dsuch precious Em7b5/Dcargo you Dbear.
BbDo you know Fsomewhere Cm7he can live Dfree?
Bb/AbRiver, deA/Gliver him Dthere.
Em7b5/D
D Gm7b5
CBrother, you’re Dm7b5/Csafe now and
Csafe may you Dm7b5/Cstay,
for CI have a Dm7b5/Cprayer just for Cyou.
AbGrow, baby Ebbrother, Bbm7come back someCday.
Ab/GbCome and deG/Fliver us, Amtoo.
E/G# Am
Dm7 F G
E7 Am
D E
DeAm liver us! E Am
Send a shepherd B to EmsheD/Gpherd Aus
and deAmliver us to the Am/BProBmised C/BbLand.
DeAm7liver us to the Am/BProBmised ELand.
F#m7b5/E E
F#m7b5/E
E
Deliver Eus!