From: Tim Beacham (windsor@1stnet.com)
COVENANT WOMAN
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
1980 Special Rider Music
This is a great song from Saved, follow along with yer guitar.
I capoed it because it makes it much easier to play.
ON the chorus the changes come fast, right after one another.
Capo on 3rd fret:
D Bm F#m Em
Covenant woman got a contract with the Lord
Em Bm A
Way up yonder, great will be her reward.
D Bm F#m Em
Covenant woman, shining like a morning star,
Em Bm A
I know I can trust you to stay the way you are.
Chorus :
G Bm
And I just got to tell you
C D G
that I do intend
G Bm C D G
To stay closer than any friend.
G Bm
I just got to thank you
C
Once again
D C
For making your prayers known
Bm Am D C Bm Am
Unto heaven for me
D C Bm Am D C
And to you, always, so grateful
Bm Am G D A D
I will forever be.
I've been broken, shattered like an empty cup.
I'm just waiting on the Lord to rebuild and fill me up
And I know He will do it 'cause He's faithful and He's true,
He must have loved me so much to send me someone as fine as you.
And I just got to tell you
I do intend
To stay closer than any friend.
I just got to thank you
Once again
For making your prayers known
Unto heaven for me
And to you, always, so grateful
I will forever be.
Covenant woman, intimate little girl
Who knows those most secret things of me that are hidden from the world.
You know we are strangers in a land we're passing through.
I'll always be right by your side, I've got a covenant too.
And I just got to tell you
I do intend
To stay closer than any friend.
I just got to thank you
Once again
For making your prayers known
Unto heaven for me
And to you, always, so grateful
I will forever be.