Dives And Lazarus
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Intro
Dm F C Dm C
Dm F C Dm Dm
[Verso 1]
Dm F C
As it fell out all on one day,
Dm C
Divèrus he held a feast.
Dm F C
And he's invited all his friends,
Dm C Dm
And gentry of the best.
F C C
As it fell out all on one day
Dm C
Lazarus he was so poor
Dm F C
He came and he laid him down and down
Dm C Dm
Even down by Divèrus's door
Dm F C Dm C
Dm F C Dm Dm
[Verso 2]
Dm F C
So Lazarus laid him down and down
Dm C
Even down by Divèrus's door:
Dm F C
"Some meat, some drink, brother Divèrus,
Dm Dm
To bestow upon the poor."
F C C
"Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus,
Dm C
Lying begging by my door;
Dm F C
No meat nor drink shall I give to thee,
Dm Dm
Nor bestow upon the poor."
Dm Dm Dm Dm
[Verso 3]
Dm F C
So Lazarus laid him down and down,
Dm C
even down by Divèrus's wall:
Dm F C
"Some meat, some drink, brother Diverus,
Dm Dm
For surely starve I shall."
F C C
"Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus,
Dm C
Lying begging by my wall;
Dm F C
No meat nor drink shall I give to thee,
Dm Dm
So surely starve you shall."
Dm Dm Dm Dm
[Verso 4]
Dm F C
So Lazarus laid him down and down
Dm C
even down by Divèrus's gate.
Dm F C
Some meat, some drink brother Divèrus
Dm Dm
for Jesus Christès sake.
F C C
"Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus,
Dm C
Lying begging by my gate;
Dm F C
No meat, no drink shall I give to thee,
Dm Dm
Not for Jesus Christès sake."
Dm F C Dm C
Dm F C Dm Dm
F C C Dm C
Dm F C Dm Dm
[Verso 5]
Dm F C
So Divèrus sent out his merry men all
Dm C
For to whip poor Lazarus away
Dm F C
They had not the power to whip one whip
Dm Dm
But they threw their whips away
F C C
So Divèrus sent out his hungry dogs
Dm C
For to bite poor Lazarus away
Dm F C
They had not the power to bite one bite,
Dm Dm
But they licked his wounds away.
Dm F C Dm C
Dm F C Dm Dm
[Verso 6]
Dm F C
As it fell out all on one day,
Dm C
Lazarus sickened and died;
Dm F C
there came two angels down from heav'n,
Dm Dm
his soul thereto to guide.
F C C
"Rise up, rise up, brother Lazarus,
Dm C
And come along with me;
Dm F C
There is a place reserved in heav'n,
Dm Dm
To sit on an angel's knee."
Dm F C Dm Dm
[Verso 7]
Dm F C
As it fell out all on one day,
Dm C
Divèrus sickened and died;
Dm Dm
There came two serpents up from hell,
Dm Dm
His soul thereto to guide.
F C
"Rise up, rise up, brother Divèrus,
Dm C
And come along with me;
Dm F C
There is a place reserved in hell
Dm Dm
For to sit on a serpent's knee."
Dm F C Dm C
Dm F C Dm Dm
F C C Dm C
Dm F C Dm Dm
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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