Shepherds Hill Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays378

Shepherds Hill by Mean Mary is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, F, Em, Bm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
 


Intro: G  C  G  C 

verse 1 
     G                                 C 
Some days the trail I follow grows too narrow and too dense 
      G                           C 
And I can’t always walk along the top rail of the fence  
          G                           C 
There are times I can’t move forward, times I can’t back out 
          G                 F              C           G 
There are times I can’t fly high, beyond a shadow of a doubt 


verse 2 
                               C 
Stubbornly, I struggle on, not knowing what’s ahead  
         G                              C 
With the tangle still around me when at night I find my bed 
  G                                     C 
I toss and turn, and turn and toss, and hold my pillow tight 
         G           F             C               G 
Oh, it’s then I go a-walking, I go walking late at night 


                                     C                 G 
I go walking late at night, when the world is calm and still 
        Em                 C              G                 C 
And the stars they light a pathway to the top of Shepherd’s Hill 
      G             Bm          C               G 
I lay down my weary body on the cool and tender moss 
      Em         D              G      C  G  C 
And I sleep underneath a wooden cross 


verse 3 
    G                      C 
The good shepherd whispers secrets in my ear 
       G                     C 
Like a breeze, holy secrets, only I can hear 
         G                                 C 
When the morning sun comes softly, I’ll be in my own hard bed  
        G                 F            C              G 
But his gentle voice will linger in my soul and in my head  


verse 4 
                                       C 
And I’ll rush into the new day, like a penny candy store 
         G                        C 
Like the greenest adolescent, who doesn’t know the score 
      G                           C 
But I know where to find him when nothing’s going right  
      G                  F                C               G 
Oh, I know that he’ll be there, when I go walking late at night 

 
                                     C                 G 
I go walking late at night, when the world is calm and still 
        Em                 C              G                 C 
And the stars they light a pathway to the top of Shepherd’s Hill 
      G             Bm          C               G 
I lay down my weary body on the cool and tender moss 
      Em         D              G      C 
And I sleep underneath a wooden cross 


Outro 
N.C.                              Bm           C               G 
On Shepherd's Hill I'll rest my body under the cool and tender moss 
         Em        D              G 
I lay me down underneath a wooden cross 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante