C   E   F   C        E   F   C
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm

      C                  E             F              C
I was once some mother's darlin', some daddy's little girl
                       E          F                  C
More precious than the ruby, more cherished than the pearl
   E                 C            E                C
My heart was full of mercy and my forehead full of curl
Dm       F
Now I am nothing and am lost unto this world

[Chorus]
     C              E           F              C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world
                    E           F              C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world

     C              E       F                C
They herded me like cattle, cut me down like corn
                E          F                  C
Took me from my babies be- fore they could be born
        E               C               E               C
You can blame it on the famine, you can blame it on the war
        Dm              F
You can blame it on the devil, it don't matter anymore

[Chorus]

     C              E           F              C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world
                    E           F              C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world

      C               E             F                C
I was tortured in the desert, I was raped out on the pain
                      E               F                C
I was murdered by the high way and my cries went up in vain
   E               C            E               C
My blood is on the mountain, my blood is on the sand
   Dm                F
My blood runs in the river that now washes thru their hands

[Repeat Chorus]
     C              E           F              C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world
                    E           F              C
I am lost unto this world, I am lost unto this world

    F                             C            E
Oh, can I get no witness this un- holy tale to tell
            Dm             F
Was God the only one there watching and weeping as l fell

C   E   F   C        E   F   C
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm

    C             E                    F            C
Oh, you among the living, will you re- member me at all
                  E               F             C
Will you write my name out with a single finger scrawl
   E              C              E              C
A- cross a broken window in some long forgotten wall
          Dm                  F              Fb9
That goes stretching out for- ever where the tears of heaven fall