Narrow Is The Way – Willie Kerr · Song Chords

Narrow Is The Way

Willie Kerr · Gm

Real Key

Gm

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Gm

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

[Part 1]

[Gm] [Eb] [Bb]

A little boy walked a forest path where the mountain shadows fall

[Eb] [Bb] [F]

And coiled beside the dusty trail lay a rattlesnake old and small

[Gm] [Eb] [Bb]

The serpent raised his weary head his voice was thin and low

[Gm]

Little boy please carry me where the mountain sunsets glow

[Eb] [Bb]

The boy stepped back and shook his head, I know the kind you are

[Eb] [Bb] [F]

If I lift you in my arms, your bite will leave its scar

[Gm] [Eb] [Bb]

But the snake spoke soft and trembling, I am old and near my end

[F] [Gm]

Let me see the sunset once, I will not harm you friend

[Part 2]

[Eb] [F] [Gm] [Eb] [Bb]

The boy stood long in silence there while the evening shadows grew

[Eb] [Bb] [F]

Then he took the rattlesnake though he knew what snakes can do

[Gm] [Eb] [Bb]

Held him close against his chest as he climbed the rocky way

[F] [Gm]

To the mountains quiet summit at the dying of the day

[Eb] [F]

There they watched the red sun sinking through the pines and purple sky

[Gm] [Eb]

And the old snake whispered softly, "It is good before I die"

[Gm] [F] [Eb] [Bb]

When the light was gone to darkness and the stars began to gleam

[F] [Gm]

The boy carried him back down through the forest cold and dim

[Part 3]

[Eb] [F] [Gm] [Eb] [F] [Gm] [Eb] [F] [Gm]

At the boy's small home that evening

[Eb] [Bb] [F]

He gave the snake a place to stay

[Gm]

And a little food and shelter

[Eb] [F] [Gm]

Till the breaking of the day

[Eb] [F]

In the morning came the question

[Bb] [Eb]

From the serpent old and worn

[Bb]

Take me home into the woods

[F] [Gm]

Where I waited to be born

[Part 4]

[Eb] [F] [Bb]

So the boy once more believed him, held him safely to his chest

[Gm] [Eb] [F]

Carried him into the forest, to the place he loved the best

[Gm] [F] [Bb] [Eb]

But before the boy could lay him on the ground beneath the trees

[Bb] [F] [Gm] [Eb]

The rattlesnake struck swiftly like a whisper in the breeze

[F] [Gm]

[Eb] [F] [Gm] [Eb]

The boy cried out in sorrow

[F] [Bb] [Dm]

As the venom burned his breath

[Gm] [Eb]

Why have you done this to me now?

[F] [Gm]

You surely dealt my death

[Eb] [Bb]

The snake looked up and answered

[F] [Gm] [Eb]

With a cold and knowing hiss

[Bb] [F]

He knew what I was, little boy

[Bb] [F] [Gm]

When you first picked me up like this?

Outro

[Eb] [F] [Gm] [Eb] [F] [Gm]

Chords Used (5)

Guitar

Ukulele

Gm

1 / 4

Eb

1 / 4

Bb

1 / 4

F

1 / 5

Dm

1 / 4

Song Info

Real Key

Gm

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