Deliver Us (River Lullaby)
The Prince of Egypt, 1998
Writer & Composer: Stephen Schwartz
Producers: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,
Michael Omartian, Hans Zimmer
Label: DreamWorks
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B5
E5
With the
Em
sting of the whip on my
B/E
shoulder,
with the
B7/E
salt of my sweat on my
Em
brow,
E/G#
Elo
Am
him, God on high,
D
can you
Bm
hear your people
C/E
cry?
Help us
F
now,
this dark
E7sus4
hour.
E
De
Am
liver us,
E/G#
Am
hear our call, de
Dm7
liver us.
F
G
Lord of all, re
E7
member
Am
us,
here in this
D
burning
E
sand.
De
Am
liver us,
E/G#
Am
there’s a land
B
You
Em
pro
D/G
mised
A
us.
De
Am
liver us to the
Am/B
Pro
B
mised
E5
Land.
Em
Yaldi ha
B/E
tov veh harach
B7/E
Al ti
Em
ra veh al tif chad.
E/G#
My
Am
son,
I have
D
nothing I can
Bm
give
but this
C/E
chance that you may
F
live,
I pray we’ll meet a
E7sus4
gain
E7
if He will
De
Am
liver us,
E/G#
Am
hear our prayer. De
Dm7
liver us
F
G
from
despair,
These
E7
years of
Am
slavery
grow too
D
cruel to
E
stand.
De
Am
liver us,
E/G#
Am
there’s a land
B
You
Em
pro
D/G
mised
A
us.
De
Am
liver us out of
Am/B
bon
B
dage
C#m7b5
and
de
Am
liver
us
to the
Am/B
Pro
B
mised
C
Land.
Dm7b5/C
C
Dm7b5/C
C
Dm7b5/C
C
Hush now my
Dm7b5/C
baby,
be
C
still, love, don’t
Dm7b5/C
cry.
C
Sleep as you’re
Dm7b5/C
rocked by the
C
stream.
Ab
Sleep and re
Eb
member
my
Bbm7
last
lulla
C
by,
Ab/Gb
so I’ll be with
G/F
you when you
C
dream.
Dm7b5/C
C
Dm7b5/C
D
River, oh,
Em7b5/D
river,
flow
D
gently for
Em7b5/D
me,
D
such precious
Em7b5/D
cargo you
D
bear.
Bb
Do you know
F
somewhere
Cm7
he can live
D
free?
Bb/Ab
River,
de
A/G
liver him
D
there.
Em7b5/D
D
Gm7b5
C
Brother, you’re
Dm7b5/C
safe now and
C
safe may you
Dm7b5/C
stay,
for
C
I have a
Dm7b5/C
prayer just for
C
you.
Ab
Grow, baby
Eb
brother,
Bbm7
come back some
C
day.
Ab/Gb
Come and de
G/F
liver us,
Am
too.
E/G#
Am
Dm7
F
G
E7
Am
D
E
De
Am
liver us!
E
Am
Send a shepherd
B
to
Em
she
D/G
pherd
A
us
and de
Am
liver us to the
Am/B
Pro
B
mised
C/Bb
Land.
De
Am7
liver us to the
Am/B
Pro
B
mised
E
Land.
F#m7b5/E
E
F#m7b5/E
E
Deliver
E
us!