Biography:
Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama.
Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. His first major credit was the title song for the play Butterflies Are Free; the song was eventually used in the movie version as well.
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Deliver Us from The Prince of Egypt
By: Stephen Schwartz
[Verse]
Em B/E
With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
B7/E Em E/G#
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
Am D
Elohim, God on high
Bm C/E
Can you hear your people cry:
F
Help us now
E7sus E
This dark hour...
[Chorus]
Am E/G# Am
Deliver us
Hear our call
Dm F G
Deliver us
Lord of all
E7 Am D E
Remember us, here in this burning sand
Am E/G# Am
Deliver us
B Em D/G A
There's a land you promised us
Am Am/B B E5 Em
Deliver us to the promised land...
[Verse]
B/E
Yal-di ha-tov veh ha-rach
(My good and tender son)
Em E/G#
Al ti-ra veh al tif-chad
(Don't be frightened and don't be scared)
Am D Bm
My son, I have nothing I can give
C/E F
But this chance that you may live
E7sus
I pray we'll meet again
E7 Am E/G# Am
If He will Deliver us
[Chorus]
Am E/G# Am
Deliver us
Hear our prayer
Dm F G
Deliver us
From despair
E7 Am
These years of slavery grow
D E
too cruel to stand
Am E/G# Am
Deliver us
B Em D/G A
There's a land you promised us
Am
Deliver us
Am/B B C#m7b5
Out of bondage and
Am Am/B B C {Dm7b5 C}
Deliver us to the promised land...
[Interlude]
C Dm7b5/C
Hush now, my baby
C Dm7b5/C
Be still, love, don't cry
C Dm7b5/C C
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Ab Eb Bbm7 C
Sleep and remember my last lullaby
Ab/G G/F C {Dm7b5/C C}
So I'll be with you when you dream
D Em7b5/D
River, o river
D Em7b5/D
Flow gently for me
D Em7b5/D ] D
Such precious cargo you bear
Bb F
Do you know somewhere
Cm7 D
he can live free?
Bb/Ab A/G D {Em7b5/D D} (Lots of Stuff)
River, deliver him there...
[Verse]
C Dm7b5/C
Brother, you're safe now
C Dm7b5/C
And safe may you stay
C Dm7b5/C C
For I have a prayer just for you:
Ab Eb
Grow, baby brother
Bbm7 C
Come back someday
Ab/Gb G/F Am (interlude is chorus chords)
Come and deliver us, too...
[Chorus]
Am E Am
Deliver us
B Em D/G A
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
Am Am/B B C/Bb
And deliver us to the promised land
Am7 Am/B B E {F#m7b5/E E}
Deliver us to the promised land
E
Deliver us!
By: Stephen Schwartz
[Verse]
Em B/E
With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
B7/E Em E/G#
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
Am D
Elohim, God on high
Bm C/E
Can you hear your people cry:
F
Help us now
E7sus E
This dark hour...
[Chorus]
Am E/G# Am
Deliver us
Hear our call
Dm F G
Deliver us
Lord of all
E7 Am D E
Remember us, here in this burning sand
Am E/G# Am
Deliver us
B Em D/G A
There's a land you promised us
Am Am/B B E5 Em
Deliver us to the promised land...
[Verse]
B/E
Yal-di ha-tov veh ha-rach
(My good and tender son)
Em E/G#
Al ti-ra veh al tif-chad
(Don't be frightened and don't be scared)
Am D Bm
My son, I have nothing I can give
C/E F
But this chance that you may live
E7sus
I pray we'll meet again
E7 Am E/G# Am
If He will Deliver us
[Chorus]
Am E/G# Am
Deliver us
Hear our prayer
Dm F G
Deliver us
From despair
E7 Am
These years of slavery grow
D E
too cruel to stand
Am E/G# Am
Deliver us
B Em D/G A
There's a land you promised us
Am
Deliver us
Am/B B C#m7b5
Out of bondage and
Am Am/B B C {Dm7b5 C}
Deliver us to the promised land...
[Interlude]
C Dm7b5/C
Hush now, my baby
C Dm7b5/C
Be still, love, don't cry
C Dm7b5/C C
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Ab Eb Bbm7 C
Sleep and remember my last lullaby
Ab/G G/F C {Dm7b5/C C}
So I'll be with you when you dream
D Em7b5/D
River, o river
D Em7b5/D
Flow gently for me
D Em7b5/D ] D
Such precious cargo you bear
Bb F
Do you know somewhere
Cm7 D
he can live free?
Bb/Ab A/G D {Em7b5/D D} (Lots of Stuff)
River, deliver him there...
[Verse]
C Dm7b5/C
Brother, you're safe now
C Dm7b5/C
And safe may you stay
C Dm7b5/C C
For I have a prayer just for you:
Ab Eb
Grow, baby brother
Bbm7 C
Come back someday
Ab/Gb G/F Am (interlude is chorus chords)
Come and deliver us, too...
[Chorus]
Am E Am
Deliver us
B Em D/G A
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
Am Am/B B C/Bb
And deliver us to the promised land
Am7 Am/B B E {F#m7b5/E E}
Deliver us to the promised land
E
Deliver us!
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