A voice in the wilderness (video)

C - F - Em - F (2x) + C - Dm - Em - F (2x)

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1. My heart was so heavy with longing for you,

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my arms were so lonely, lonesome and blue.

C Em F E

Alone in my sorrow, I heard a voice cry,

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a voice in the wilderness, a voice from the sky.

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2. Have faith in your darling, the voice seemed to say,

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be true to her memory, she’ll come back one day.

C Em F E

And though there was no one, nobody to see,

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a voice in the wilderness brought comfort to me.

F G - F G

+ We had a quarrel, I was unkind,

F G Dm G

why did you leave me, love made me blind.

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3. Come back to me, darling, I yearn for your touch,

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have pity, come back now, I need you so much.

C Em F E

Believe me and you’ll hear it, the voice from above,

Am Em Dm G C

the voice in the wilderness, a voice of true love. + C - F - Em - F (2x)

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+ Believe me and you’ll hear it, the voice from above,

Am Em Dm G C

the voice in the wilderness, the voice of true love. + C - Dm - Em - F - C

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Cliff Richard)