Deliver Us

          Em                     B/E
With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
         B7/E                   Em        E/G#
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
   Am             D
Elohim, God on high
        Bm                C/E
Can you hear your people cry
         F
Help us now
         E7sus    E
This dark hour

  Am       E/G#  Am
Deliver us
Hear our call
  Dm       F   G
Deliver us
Lord of all
  E7     Am                D      E
Remember us, here in this burning sand
  Am       E/G#  Am
Deliver us
                B  Em  D/G  A
There's a land you promised us
  Am              Am/B  B    E5         Em
Deliver us to the promised land

          B/E
Yal-di ha-tov veh ha-rach
(My good and tender son)
      Em                E/G#
Al ti-ra veh al tif-chad
(Don't be frightened and don't be scared)
   Am           D            Bm
My son, I have nothing I can give
         C/E                 F
But this chance that you may live
                  E7sus
I pray we'll meet again
E7         Am         E/G#   Am
If He will Deliver us

Am         E/G#  Am
Deliver us
Hear our prayer
Dm         F  G
Deliver us
From despair
      E7        Am
These years of slavery grow
     D         E
too cruel to stand
  Am        E/G#  Am
Deliver us
               B   Em  D/G  A
There's a land you promised us
  Am
Deliver us
       Am/B  B  C#m7b5
Out of bondage and
  Am              Am/B  B    C       ( Dm7(b5)  C )
Deliver us to the promised land

C            Dm7b5/C
Hush now, my baby
    C                 Dm7b5/C
Be still, love, don't cry
C               Dm7b5/C          C
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Ab        Eb          Bbm7      C
Sleep and remember my last lullaby
Ab/G            G/F            C     ( Dm7(b5)/C  C )
So I'll be with you when you dream

D          Em7b5/D
River, o river
      D         Em7b5/D
Flow gently for me
D              Em7b5/D      D
Such precious cargo you bear
Bb           F
Do you know somewhere
Cm7          D
he can live free?
Bb/Ab    A/G          D       ( Em7(b5)/D    D )
River, deliver him there

C                Dm7b5/C
Brother, you're safe now
     C           Dm7b5/C
And safe may you stay
    C        Dm7b5/C          C
For I have a prayer just for you
Ab         Eb
Grow, baby brother
Bbm7          C
Come back someday
Ab/Gb       G/F       Am
Come and deliver us, too

 Am        E  Am
Deliver us
           B       Em  D/G  A
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
      Am              Am/B  B   C/Bb
And deliver us to the promised land
Am7               Am/B  B   E        ( F#m7(b5)/E    E )
Deliver us to the promised land
   E
Deliver us!