My Baby Needs A Shepherd by Emmylou Harris, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

My Baby Needs A Shepherd

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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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- My Baby Needs A Shepherd -
by Emmylou Harris, from her album 'Red Dirt Girl' (2000)
Written by Emmylou Harris

D G D
My baby needs a shepherd, she's lost out on the hill
A
Too late, I tried to call her when the night was cold and still
D G D
And I tell myself I'll find her but I know I never will
A D
My baby needs a shepherd, she's lost out on the hill

D G D
My baby needs an angel, she never learned to fly
A
She'll not reach sanctuary just by looking to the sky
D G D
I guess I could have carried her but I didn't even try
A D
My baby needs an angel, she never learned to fly

D
Oh, I ran so far through a broken land
G D A
I was following that drummer, beating in a different band
D G D
Somewhere on the highway, I let go of her hand
A D
Now she's gone forever like her footprints in the sand

Chorus:
G D A D
Toora loora loora lo, first the seed and then the rose
G D G D A D
Toora loora loora li, my kingdom fo-or a lullaby

D G D
My baby needs a pilot, she has no magic wand
A
To help her part the troubled waters of the Rubicon
D G D
But in my soul, I know she'll have to go this one alone
A D
After all that is the only way she's ever known

D
But there is no lamp in all this dark
G D A
That could chase away her shadow from the corners of my heart
D G D
I pray she rides a dolphin but she's swimmin' with the shark
A D
Out where none can save her, not even Noah and his ark

Chorus:
G D A D
Toora loora loora lo, to the cradle comes the crow
G D G D A D
Toora loora loora li, my kingdom fo-or a lullaby

D G D
My baby needs a mother to love her till the end
A
Up every rugged mountain and down every road that bends
D G D
Sometimes, I hear her cryin' but I guess it's just the wind
A D
My baby needs a mother to love her till the end