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Lost Unto This World

Biography:

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, and an interpreter of other composers' works, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including Gram Parsons, The Band, Linda Ronstadt, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Mark Knopfler, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Rodney Crowell, John Denver and Neil Young.

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Lost Unto This World
Written by Emmylou Harris & Danniel Lanois
Recorded by Harris Emmylou
2008
Album: Stumble Into Grace

[Intro]
C E F C E F C
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm

C E F C
I was once some mother's darlin', some daddy's little girl
E F C
More precious than the ruby, more cherished than the pearl
E C E C
My heart was full of mercy and my forehead full of curl
Dm F
Now I am nothing and am lost unto this world

[Chorus]
C E F C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world
E F C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world

C E F C
They herded me like cattle, cut me down like corn
E F C
Took me from my babies be- fore they could be born
E C E C
You can blame it on the famine, you can blame it on the war
Dm F
You can blame it on the devil, it don't matter anymore

[Chorus]

C E F C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world
E F C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world

C E F C
I was tortured in the desert, I was raped out on the pain
E F C
I was murdered by the high way and my cries went up in vain
E C E C
My blood is on the mountain, my blood is on the sand
Dm F
My blood runs in the river that now washes thru their hands

[Repeat Chorus]
C E F C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world
E F C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world

F C E
Oh, can I get no witness this un- holy tale to tell
Dm F
Was God the only one there watching and weeping as l fell

C E F C E F C
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm

C E F C
Oh, you among the living, will you re- member me at all
E F C
Will you write my name out with a single finger scrawl
E C E C
A- cross a broken window in some long forgotten wall
Dm F Fb9
That goes stretching out for- ever where the tears of heaven fall