~Descant written in italics~

composed by Pamela Freeman-Gilbert
November of 1996. It has been copied with her permission.

(A-E7)                                                     (A maj 7)
~1~ this one__________________ then it's two______________________
             Fourteen days beginning,             peace the whole month through
             (D)                                                 (B)
then it's three_____________________then it's four__________

            Families, schools and our com-munity.______________
                                           (A maj 7)
soon it's five_________then it's six____________________

            Joy is in doing,            can you catch the feeling
               (D)                   (E)                     (A)
then it's seven__________________then it's eight_______

            Don't you know the gentle ways are best.______

            (A)                                              (A maj 7)
~refrain~Gentle ways (gentle ways), peaceful days (peaceful ways),
            (D)                       (E)                   (A)
             Don't you know the gentle ways are best.
                                                              (A maj 7)
             Gentle ways (gentle ways), peaceful days (peaceful ways), (**)
                   (D)            (E)           (E7)                 (A)
             The joy is in the doing, the gentle ways are best. (repeat)

      (A)                                                  (A maj 7)
~2~ soon it's nine______________then it's ten_____________

                   It's just like a pebble            pebble in the water
         (D)               (E)                        (A)
then eleven__________________then it's twelve__________

             See the ripples growing 'round and 'round_________
                                                        (A maj 7)
soon it's thirteen_____________then it's fourteen__________

             All around our country,            all around the world,
(D)                             (E)                         (A)
don't you know__________________ways are best_________

             Don't you know the gentle ways are best_________ (to refrain then **)

                                         (D)              (E)            (D)                 (E)
(** last refrain end here) The joy is in the doing, the peaceful ways of living,
     (D)                    (E)                                      (E7)               (D)  - (A)
now surely you must know _________________, the gentle ways are best.

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