Biography:
A former staff writer for PolyGram Publishing in Nashville, Pettis' musical career was started in 1979 when Joan Baez covered one of his songs, "Song at the End of the Movie", on her album Honest Lullaby. Following that release, Pettis became heavily involved in the "Fast Folk movement" in New York in the 1980s alongside artists such as Shawn Colvin and Suzanne Vega.
In 1984, Pettis released his first independent solo album, Moments, followed by a string of releases for High Street Records; While the Serpent Lies Sleeping
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(Capo on 4. Pierce finger picks the chords, but strumming them sounds fine, too.)
G Cadd9 D
No banners were unfurled
G Cadd9 D
When God stepped into world
Bm C G Cadd9 D
Held in the arms of a little girl named Miriam
G Cadd9 D
Now, who would ever believe
G Cadd9 D
The fiance, the family
Bm C G Cadd9 D
the teenage pregnancy of Miriam
Bm C
But laws of nature were suspended
Bm C G
Death sentences rescinded Throughout all the world
Cadd9 D G Cadd9 D
All because of a little girl named Miriam
G Cadd9 D
Medieval paintings glaring down
G Cadd9 D
Stony figures judge and frown
Bm C G Cadd9 D
And wearing a halo like a crown, could that be Miriam?
G Cadd9 D
In gentile temples stained glass swirls
G Cadd9 D
A cherubim with golden curls
Bm C G Cadd9 D
Oh how unlike the Hebrew world of Miriam
Bm C
I don't know if you ascended
Bm C
I don't care what's been amended
G Cadd9 D G Cadd9 D
It was once your miracle, the faith of a little girl named Miriam
G Cadd9 D
Oh, you are blessed indeed
G Cadd9 D
Blessed is the fruit of your tree
Bm C G Cadd9 D
Yeshewah, King of Kings, Son of Miriam
G Cadd9 D
No banners were unfurled
G Cadd9 D
When God stepped into the world
Bm C G Cadd9 D
Held in the arms of a little girl named Miriam
(continue with chord progression and end on D)
G Cadd9 D
No banners were unfurled
G Cadd9 D
When God stepped into world
Bm C G Cadd9 D
Held in the arms of a little girl named Miriam
G Cadd9 D
Now, who would ever believe
G Cadd9 D
The fiance, the family
Bm C G Cadd9 D
the teenage pregnancy of Miriam
Bm C
But laws of nature were suspended
Bm C G
Death sentences rescinded Throughout all the world
Cadd9 D G Cadd9 D
All because of a little girl named Miriam
G Cadd9 D
Medieval paintings glaring down
G Cadd9 D
Stony figures judge and frown
Bm C G Cadd9 D
And wearing a halo like a crown, could that be Miriam?
G Cadd9 D
In gentile temples stained glass swirls
G Cadd9 D
A cherubim with golden curls
Bm C G Cadd9 D
Oh how unlike the Hebrew world of Miriam
Bm C
I don't know if you ascended
Bm C
I don't care what's been amended
G Cadd9 D G Cadd9 D
It was once your miracle, the faith of a little girl named Miriam
G Cadd9 D
Oh, you are blessed indeed
G Cadd9 D
Blessed is the fruit of your tree
Bm C G Cadd9 D
Yeshewah, King of Kings, Son of Miriam
G Cadd9 D
No banners were unfurled
G Cadd9 D
When God stepped into the world
Bm C G Cadd9 D
Held in the arms of a little girl named Miriam
(continue with chord progression and end on D)
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