- 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
