Every Grain of Sand Emmylou Harris
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 1997 11:02 PM
Source: From Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball"
Asylum Records 1995
1981 Special Rider Music
Daniel Lanois acoustic guitar
Malcolm Burn organ
Larry Mullen Jr drums
Tony Hall bass
Steve Earle acoustic guitar
[C#]In the time of my [Bbm]confession, in the [C#]hour of my deepest [Bbm]need
When the [C#]pool of tears [Bbm]beneath my feet flood [Ab]every[Absus] newborn[Ab] seed
There's a [C#]dyin' voice [Bbm]within me [C#]reaching out some[Bbm]where,
[C#]Toiling in the [Bbm]danger and in [Ab]the mora[Asusb]ls of d[Ab]espair.
Don't have the in[Ab7]clination to look b[C#]ack on any mist[Ab]ake,
Like Cain, I now [Ab7]behold this chain of e[C#]vents that I must br[Ab]eak.
In the [C#]fury of the m[Bbm]oment I can [C#]see the Master's h[Bbm]and
In ev[C#]ery leaf that t[Bbm]rembles and, [Ab]in ever[Absus]y grain of [C#]sand.
[C#]Oh, the flowers of [Bbm]indulgence and the [C#]weeds of yester[Bbm]year,
[C#]Like criminals, they have [Bbm]choked the breath of c[Ab]onscience[Absus] and good
[Ab]cheer.
[C#]The sun beat down [Bbm]upon the steps of [C#]time to light the [Bbm]way
To[C#] ease the pain of [Bbm]idleness and the [Ab]memory[Absus] of dec[Ab]ay.
[Ab]I gaze into the [Ab7]doorway of [C#]temptation's angry [Ab]flame
[Ab]And every time I[Ab7] pass that way I [C#]always hear my [Ab]name.
Then[C#] onward in my [Bbm]journey I [C#]come to unde[Bbm]rstand
[C#]That every hair is [Bbm]numbered like [Ab]every grain of [C#]sand.
[C#]I have gone from rags to [Bbm]riches in the [C#]sorrow of the[Bbm] night
[C#]In the violence of a [Bbm]summer's dream, in the c[Ab]hill of[Absus] a wintry[Ab] light,
In the [C#]bitter dance of [Bbm]loneliness [C#]fading into [Bbm]space,
In the [C#]broken mirror of [Bbm]innocence on [Ab]each [Absus]forgotten[Ab] face.
[Ab]I hear the ancient [Ab7]footsteps like the [C#]motion of the[Ab] sea
[Ab] [Ab7] [C#] [Ab]
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me.
[C#]I am hanging in the [Bbm]balance of a [C#]perfect finished [Bbm]plan
Like e[C#]very sparrow [Bbm]falling, like [Ab]every grain of s[C#]and
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