Deliver Us from The Prince of Egypt
By: Stephen Schwartz
[Verse]
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...
[Chorus]
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...
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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 {Dm7b5 C}
Deliver us to the promised land...
[Interlude]
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 {Dm7b5/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 {Em7b5/D D} (Lots of Stuff)
River, deliver him there...
[Verse]
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 (interlude is chorus chords)
Come and deliver us, too...
[Chorus]
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#m7b5/E E}
Deliver us to the promised land
E
Deliver us!
