Hymn

© Barclay James Harvest

This is a throwback to the early seventies - the Barclay James Harvest version is a big lush production which belies the simplicity of the chord structure. Combining just two voices, one 6-string and one 12-string guitar, we do a gentler arrangement of this classic.

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Jimmy and Val

Valleys deep and the mountains so high
If you wanna see God you've got to move on the other side
You stand up there with your head in the clouds
Don't try to fly, you know you might not come down
Don't try to fly, dear God,
You might not come down

Jesus came down from heaven to Earth
The people said it was a virgin birth
Jesus came down from heaven to Earth
The people said it was a virgin birth
The people said it was
A virgin birth

He told great stories of the Lord
Said he was the saviour of us all
He told great stories of the Lord
Said he was the saviour of us all
Said he was the saviour
Of us all

For this we killed him and nailed him up high
He rose again as if to ask us why
Then he ascended into the sky
As if to say in God alone you soar
As if to say in God
Alone we fly

Valleys deep and the mountains so high
If you wanna see God you've got to move on the other side
You stand up there with your head in the clouds
Don't try to fly, you know you might not come down
Don't try to fly, dear God,
You might not come down

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