Delivery Delayed

H[G]ow early is "Be[D]ginning"?  Fro[G]m when is there a soul[D]?

D[G]o we discover li[D]ving, or, som[G]ehow, are we told[D]?

I[A]n sudden pain, in empty cold, in bl[Bbdim]inding light of day

W[Bm]e're given breath and[Bm/A] it takes our breath away.

How cruel to unformed fancy, the way in which we come --
Over-whelmed by feeling and sudden loss of love
And what price dark confining pain, (the hardest to forgive)
When all at once we're called upon to live

(
 [G]
 [G/f#]
 [Em]
 [A])

By giant hand we're taken from the shelter of the womb
That dreaded firt horizon, the endless empty room
Where communion is lost forever when a heart first beats alone
Still, it remembers, no matter how it's grown

(
 [G]
 [G/f#]
 [Em]
 [A])

W[D]e grow, but[D/G] grow [D]apart --

W[D]e live, but[D/G] more alone --

T[Em]he more to be, the more to see,

T[C]o cry aloud that we are free

T[Bb]o hide our ancient fear of be[A]ing alone

And how we live in darkness, embracing spiteful cold
Refusing any answers, for no man can be told
That Delivery is delayed until at last we're made aware
And first reach for love, to find twas always there.

Subject: r/stan_rogers/delivery_delayed.crd

DELIVERY DELAYED   Time: 2/2   Tenor: D   Bass: D
- Stan Rogers, 1979, on: Between the Breaks, Key: D

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  [Gmaj7]
  [Gmaj7]
  [D]
  [Dmaj7]

  [Gmaj7]
..[D]..... How [Dmaj7]early is Be-ginning______

  [Gmaj7]
..[D]..... f[Dmaj7]rom when is there a soul______

  [Gmaj7]
..[D]..... Do we d[Dmaj7]isco-ver living______

  [Gmaj7]
..[D]..... or, som[Dmaj7]ehow, are____ we told______

  [A]
In[Bbdim] sudden pain, in empty cold, in blinding light of day

  [Bm]
  [A]
We[G]'re given breath and it takes our breath a-way

How cruel to unformed fancy / The way in which we come
Over-whelmed by feeling / And sudden loss of love
And what price dark confining pain, the hardest to forgive

  [Bm]
  [A]      [G]
  [G/f#]
  [Em]
Wh[A]en all at once we're called upon . to live

(Then) by giant hand we're taken / From the shelter of the womb
That dreaded first horizon / The endless empty room
Where communion is lost forever, when a heart first beats alone

  [Bm]
  [A]          [G]
  [G/f#]
St[Em]ill, it[A7] remembers, no matter how it's grown____________

  [D]
We[Dsus4] grow____,[D]  but  grow  a-part

  [D]
We[Dsus4] live____[D],  but  more   alone

  [Em]
Th[C]e more to be, the more to see____
                  *
To cry aloud that we are free

  [Bb6]
To[A] hide our ancient fear(s) of being alone______

And how we live in darkness / Embracing spiteful cold
Refusing any answers / For no man can be told
That Delivery is delayed until at last we're made aware

  [Bm]
  [A]        [G]
  [G/f#]
An[Em]d first reach for love, to find 'twas always there_______