Wake Nicodemus
Wake Nicodemus

Wake Nicodemus easy guitar chords by Burl Ives

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    • Verse 1
    Nicodemus 

    Nicodemus the slave 
    was of 
    African birth 

    And 
    was bought 
    for a bag 
    full 
    of 
    gold 

    He 
    was 
    reckoned 
    as part 

    of the salt 
    of 
    the earth 

    And 
    he died 
    long 
    ago, 
    very 
    old 

    And 
    his 
    last 
    sad request 

    as they 
    lay 
    him to 
    rest 

    In 
    the 
    trunk 
    of 
    an old 
    hollow 
    tree 

    Wake 
    me 
    up was 
    his charge 

    At 
    the first 
    break of 
    day 

    Wake 
    me up 
    for the 
    great 
    jubilee 

    There's 
    a great time 
    coming 

    And 
    it's not far 
    off 

    Been 
    long, long, 
    long on 
    the way 

    So 
    go and tell 
    Elijah 
    to hurry 
    up home 

    And 
    meet us 
    by the gum 
    tree 

    down 
    in 
    the swamp 

    For 
    to wake 
    Nicodemus 
    today 

    Nicodemus 
    was never 

    the sport 
    of the lash 

    Though 
    the bullets 
    had 

    oft crossed his 
    path 

    There 
    were none of 
    his masters 

    so bold 
    or so 
    rash 

    As 
    to 
    face 
    such 
    a man 
    in 
    his wrath. 

    But his 
    great 
    heart with 
    kindness 

    was 
    filled 
    to the 
    brim, 

    He 
    obeyed 
    who was 
    born 
    to command, 

    And 
    he longed 
    for the 
    mornin' 

    which then 
    was 
    so dim 

    Tis 
    the 
    mornin' 
    which now 

    is 
    at hand 

    There's 
    a great time 
    comin' 

    and 
    it's not far 
    off 

    Been 
    long, long, 
    long on 
    the way 

    So 
    go and 
    tell Nigel 
    to 
    hurry 
    up home 

    And 
    meet us 
    by 
    the gum 
    tree, 

    down 
    in the 
    swamp, 

    For 
    to wake 
    Nicodemus 
    today. 

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