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Introduction: F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cm F Bbm Ab Gb Eb Db C4 C5 A A A A
A5
Oh my Wayland,
A
There's deer in the forests
Gm
And rivers are flowing just for you.
Cm Ab
Oh my father
Cm
look down through the mountains and valleys
G7
The grain's in the silo
C5
All for you.
C
One fine morning
C2
As Dad was walking
Eb Dm G7
Just to see what he could see
C C2 C
He spied
C2
A little white rabbit
Eb Dm G7
He was frozen as solid as he could be
C C2
And dad cried
C C2
As he knelt down beside him
C Eb Dm Bb G7
And he asked God, "How could you be so cruel?"
C C5
And his heart broke,
C
For the little white rabbit
F G
"But you see that the owl
Am C
Would never have been so gentle
C5
And God is so kind."
C
I love Wayland 'cause he's strong.
Bb F C5
And I love him 'cause he's weak.
Bbm F Fm F
And the rabbit is runniiing
C2 C5
Withiiiiin him.
A7 A
Oh my Wayland,
The children are waiting
Gm
And berries are ripe down below the hill.
Cm C
Oh, my father,
Cm C
The shadows of nighttime can't touch you.
Immortal go quickly
G7
Be thankful the water is cool.
C C5
Drink your fill.
C
Today as I walked 'long beside him
Eb Dm D G7
I said, "Dad why do you look so sad?"
C C2 C4 C
He turned as he stood by the doorway,
Eb Dm Bbm G7
he said, "Things are not like they used to be."
C C5
I smiled,
C2
As if I could teach him.
Eb Dm G7
I said "Dad, it's mercy in disguise.
C C2
Once you told me
C2 C
Of a little white rabbit,
F G
And you said that the owl
Am G4
Would never have been so gentle
G C C5
And God's been so kind."
C
And I love you 'cause you're strong.
Bb F C
And I love you 'cause you're weak.
Bbm F
And the rabbit is running
C5 C
Within me.