[ Great Speckled Bird von Roy Acuff ]


G                            C   
 What a beautiful thought I am thinking
     D                        G  
 Concerning a great speckled bird
                         C  
 Remember her name is recorded
        D                   G   
 On the pages of God's Holy Word.


  G                            C   
 All the other birds are flocking 'round her
      D                        G  
 And she is despised by the squad
                          C 
 But the great speckled bird in the Bible
      D                        G  
 Is one with the great church of God.


  G                            C   
 All the other churches are against her
      D                 G  
 They envy her glory and fame
                          C 
 They hate her because she is chosen
      D                   G  
 And has not denied Jesus' name.


  G                       C   
 Desiring to lower her standard
      D                        G  
 They watch every move that she makes
                          C 
 They long to find fault with her teachings
      D                  G  
 But really they find no mistake.


  G                            C   
 She is spreading her wings for a journey
      D                     G  
 She's going to leave by and by
                          C 
 When the trumpet shall sound in the morning
      D                        G  
 She'll rise and go up in the sky.


  G                            C   
 In the presence of all her despisers
      D                   G  
 With a song never uttered before
                          C 
 She will rise and be gone in a moment
      D                        G  
 Till the great tribulation is o'er.


  G                            C   
 I am glad I have learned of her meekness
      D                        G  
 I am proud that my name is on her book
                          C 
 For I want to be one never fearing
      D                G  
 The face of my Savior to look.


  G                            C   
 When He cometh descending from heaven
      D                        G  
 On the cloud that He writes in His Word
                          C 
 I'll be joyfully carried to meet Him
      D                        G  
 On the wings of that great speckled bird.