Seven Hillsides

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All night I've wrestled Jacob's angels

And prayed with Matthew, Luke and John

Struggling to find the words
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To face the task that comes upon the blood red dawn
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I've buried men before their time

Of alcohol and blackened lung

But how to bury seven of these
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Appalachian miner's sons, who stormed the beaches

Wave on wave and sailed home to these rocky graves
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And family plots that bared their names

[Chorus]
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Tomorrow I'll walk up, seven hillsides
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Tremble before my flock on seven hillsides
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Seven sorrows, seven sons, seven mothers and everyone

Will turn to me for the word of God what does this mean
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And there I'll stand good book in hand
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A shepherd to these precious lambs
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What will I say, What will I say, What can I say

[Verse]
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To tell the truth I've never thought

Much about the will of God before

Called to preach at seventeen I was in love
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With fiery words and not much more
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The time has come to keep the faith

For others shattered by their loss

Remind them of the loving God whose son like theirs
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Paid the cost to save a sad and wicked world

Through sacrifice our love is heard
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And pray that I believe those words

[Chorus]
C        G              Dm   Am
Tomorrow I'll walk up, seven hillsides
C        G                  Dm     Am
Tremble before my flock on seven hillsides
F      G              Am          G               F
Seven sorrows, seven sons, seven mothers and everyone

Will turn to me for the word of God what does this mean
                G
And there I'll stand good book in hand
                              F
A shepherd to these precious lambs
            Dm               G               Am
What will I say, What will I say, What can I say