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[Verse 1]
           G                    D      G
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
       G              D
In the shelter of the fold
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But one was out on the hills away
     D                    G
Far off from the gates of gold
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Away on the mountains wild and bare
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Away from the tender shepherd's care
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Away from the tender shepherd's care

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[Verse 2]
    G                  D          G
"Oh thou hast here thy ninety and nine
    G                   D
Are they not enough for thee?"
        G
But our shepherd made answer:
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"This of mine has wandered away from me!
    B          Em      B         Em
And though the road be rough and steep
  G                   D       G
I go to the desert to find my sheep!
  G                   D       G
I go to the desert to find me sheep!"

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[Verse 3]
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None of the ransomed ever knew
    G                     D
How deep were the waters crossed
        G
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed though
        D                       G
Ere he found his sheep that was lost
B          Em        B         Em
Out in the desert he heard its cry
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Sick and helpless and ready to die
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Sick and helpless and ready to die

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[Verse 4]
    G                         D       G
But all though the mountains, thunder-riven
    G                 D
And up from the rocky steep
      G
There rose a glad cry at the gates of heav'n
   D                       G
"Rejoice, I have found my sheep!"
        B      Em       B        Em
And the angels echoed around the throne
G                             D        G
"Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own!
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Rejoice for the Lord brings back his own!"