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The Great Storm

John Mccutcheon

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:55:00 -0800 (PST)
From: "M. Schweisthal" 
Subject: Chords/Lyrics to "The Great Storm Is Over" as performed by John McCutcheon

"The Great Storm Is Over" written by Bob Franke, as performed by John
McCutcheon
Brought to you by Mike Schweisthal [mschweis@u.washington.edu]

Chords used:  D:XX0232  G:320003  Bm:X24432  A:X02220  A7:X02020

      D				G	     D
The thunder and lightning gave voice to the night
	           Bm          G            D
The little, lost child cried aloud in her fright
                        G           D
"Hush, little baby, a story I will tell
                    Bm             G         A
Of a love that has vanquished the powers of hell"
                 D               A            Bm
	CHORUS:  Alleluia, the great storm is over
             D        G          A     A7
	Lift up your wings and fly
        D               A            Bm         D        G          A  A7
	Alleluia, the great storm is over, lift up your wings and fly
  D                       G              D
Sweetness on the air and justice on the wind
                 Bm               G            D
Laughter in the house where the mourners had been
                     G                        D
The deaf shall have music, the blind have new eyes
                Bm            G           A
The standards of death taken down by surprise
	CHORUS
   D                         G           D
Release for the captives, an end to the wars
                Bm          G            D
Streams in the desert, new hope for the poor
                                 G             D
The little, lost children shall dance as they sing
                 Bm              G              A
And play with the bears and the lions in the spring
	CHORUS
  D                      G           D
"Hush, little baby, let go of your fears
                 Bm              G         D
The Lord loves his own and your mother is here"
                             G           D
The babe fell asleep as the lantern did burn
                    Bm                G             A
The mother kept on singing 'til her bridegroom's return
	CHORUS 2X (last time resolve to a 'D' chord)