Jericho - Original

This is my first video as a solo musician.. quite a scary step! It's a song I wrote a couple of weeks ago called 'Jericho' - Hope you like it! :)

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http://debsd.blogspot.com - I wrote this song out of my experience I describe in my blog 'More Than I Could Bear' dated May 15th.

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CHORDS: (Capo 1)

Intro & Verses -
Em C (rpt)

Pre-chorus -
Em G C (x3)

Chorus - Em G D A / Em G D A / Em G D A / Em G D A C D

Bridge -
Am7 G/B D (x4)

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LYRICS:

Crawling through the desert of my own desire,
The habitual path of this nomadic wanderer.
Every spot of land that catches this covetous eye,
Becomes another stop on this long and dusty road.


So I build my kingdom here;
Where the walls are steep and the watch towers high.
The prisoner of my own defenses,
Hoarding treasure that will perish to the end.


My Jericho, Jericho lies beneath me.
That trumpet sound and my life crashed and hit the ground.
Don't be surprised to find me lying in the ruins.
Yeah, I'm battered and bruised but now there's nothing left for me to lose,
I can find my way home...


Days and years go by without a hint of resistance,
From the fast-flowing tide of my own impending fate.
Then I see your face on a far distant horizon,
And my heart awakes to the captive I've become.


So I wave my flag in surrender.
With my own bear hands demolish what I'd made.
I could not see that despite my best efforts,
I needed help from heaven's mighty cavalry.


Send my walls tum-tumbling tum-tumble-tumbling down...
Restore my soul.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jericho
• Original
• Debs
• Deborah
• Acoustic
• Guitar

[LukeDL90]

Do you play the G chord entirely on 3rd fret? I mean, in the video your index finger seems to be on the A string 3rd fret, not second fret... is it right?

[DeborahAcoustic]

@LukeDL90 Good observation skills! Hmm the index should be in the second fret on the A string.. but it seems that I didn't compress the index finger while playing this song. I didn't do it intentionally, but the open A must have sounded nice as I was playing :) Have a try and see what sounds best for you! x

[danswindow]

Deb, you definitely have the voice, the looks and are very camera friendly.

So, Take off and fly.

[mymuseisabitch]

i LOVE the tum-tumbling tum-tumble-tumbling down... part :)

The song is awesome!

[Lindenchanting]

God is so awesome, He created talented people all over the world <3 oh yeahhhh

[oOViNhOo]

my jerichoowww, jerichooooooow lies beneath meee

[StormyNeko89]

By far my new fav song!!! Plz put on iTunes so good - keep up the good work

[Naolslager]

Good work. Keep it up.

[PuerinTheHunter]

Deborah, you're amazing! May God continue to bless you!

[igorpastormusic]

I love it. I enjoy your music =)

[Reaperwp]

This song made me start playing guitar once again, even though I don't have free time for it.

Thank you. You're incredible.

[Therobonus]

Debs,

nice job! you’ve got a great voice ;)

Cheers from The Neterlands

[davidragon1]

This is a genuinely good song, very catchy and interesting as well as being biblically based. Tbh, I don't see much music like this among Christian music, the songs tend to be quite same-ish and the same lyrics crop up way too much. This is completely different in that it has very good lyrics and is just a good song on top of that. If you keep this up I think you'll make some great music.

[miktu]

The chorus part doesn't match the tune. It sounded like a happy song, but then i read the lyrics and was like wut??? you get what I'm saying?

I really like ur lyrics writings skills!!!! very keen!