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James Keelaghan - Kiri's Piano
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from  C##
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO:    C     G     C     G  C  
Of all of Kiri Ito's joys,      Cadd9     Amthe thing she loved the Fbest
               C~                   Am                 D7      F  C  
Was to play her prized piano when the sun had gone to rest
I used to hear the notes drift down      Cadd9     Amalong the silent FwaterC  
        ~                             Am                  D7             F  C  
As Kiri played the notes and scales for her dear sons and daughters
          ~           C   Cadd9                         Am       F  C  
Now me, I played piano,         though not as good as Kiri
            ~                             Am                 D7         F  C  
She went in for that long haired stuff, but my she played it pretty
    ~                   C   Cadd9                         Am         F  C  
The old piano had a tone,         would set my heart to aching
          ~                            Am            D7         F  
It always sounded sweetest, though, when it was Kiri playing
INTERLUDE:    G    C    F  G  
           C~                         C                    Am       F  C  
In December when the seventh fleet was turned to smoke and ashes
          ~                      Am                  D7         F  C  
The order came to confiscate their fishing boats and caches
           ~                       C                  Am      F  C  
And Kiri's husband forced to go and work in labour camps
               ~              Am                 D7               F  
And Kiri left alone to fend and hold the fort as best she can
             C~                     C   Cadd9                  Am              F  C  
But the music did not drift as often,         up the cove at Kiri's house
            ~                     Am                     D7       F  
And when it did it sounded haunted, played with worry, played with doubt
        C~                    C     Cadd9                  Am   F  
For Kiri knew that soon she too  would be compelled to leave
             C~                         Am                  D7    F  
And the old upright would stay behind and Kiri she would grieve
INTERLUDE:    F     G    C    F  G  
        C~                   C           Am        F  C  
I loaded Kiri on the bus with stoic internees
               ~                          Am                   D7      F  C  
The crime that they were guilty of was that they were not like me
         ~                    C                Am   F  
And if I was ashamed, I didn't know it at the time
                 C~                      Am                   D7       F  C  
They were flotsam on the wave of war, they were no friends of mine
           ~                C   Cadd9                      Am           F  C  
And I went up to Kiri's house         to tag all their belongings
             ~                       Am                     D7       F  C  
And set them out for auctioneers who'd claim them in the morning
         ~                      C   Cadd9                Am   F  
One piece that I thought I'd keep and  hold back for myself
                 C~                Am               D7       F     G     C     F     G  C  
Was that haunting ivory upright that Kiri played so well
INTERLUDE:    G     C     F     G  C  
     ~                   C   Cadd9                     Am          F  C  
Kiri had not left it there         for me to take as plunder
                ~                    Am            D7         F  C  
She'd rolled it down onto the dock and on into the harbour
           ~                              C                     Am       F  C  
That old upright in strangers' hands was a thought she couldn't bear
          ~                     Am              D7      F  
So she consigned it to the sea to settle the affair
       C~                      C   Cadd9                    Am        F  C  
So many years have come and gone         since Kiri's relocation
            ~                     Am               D7         F  
I look back now upon that time with shame and resignation
        C~                 C   Cadd9              Am  F  
For Kiri knew what I did not that if we must be free
              C~                  Am         D7          F  C  
Then sometimes we must sacrifice to gain our dignity
         C~                 C   Cadd9              Am  F  
Yes, Kiri knew what I did not that if we must be free
              C~                  Am         D7      F  
Then sometimes we must sacrifice to gain our dignity

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Kiris Piano

by James Keelaghan

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

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Cadd9

James Keelaghan - Kiri's Piano

## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from ##

CAPO: 4th Fret

C G C G C

INTRO:

Cadd9 Am F

Of all of Kiri Ito's joys, the thing she loved the best

C Am D7 F C

Was to play her prized piano when the sun had gone to rest

Cadd9 Am F C

I used to hear the notes drift down along the silent water

Am D7 F C

As Kiri played the notes and scales for her dear sons and daughters

C Cadd9 Am F C

Now me, I played piano, though not as good as Kiri

Am D7 F C

She went in for that long haired stuff, but my she played it pretty

C Cadd9 Am F C

The old piano had a tone, would set my heart to aching

Am D7 F

It always sounded sweetest, though, when it was Kiri playing

G C F G

INTERLUDE:

C C Am F C

In December when the seventh fleet was turned to smoke and ashes

Am D7 F C

The order came to confiscate their fishing boats and caches

C Am F C

And Kiri's husband forced to go and work in labour camps

Am D7 F

And Kiri left alone to fend and hold the fort as best she can

C C Cadd9 Am F C

But the music did not drift as often, up the cove at Kiri's house

Am D7 F

And when it did it sounded haunted, played with worry, played with doubt

C C Cadd9 Am F

For Kiri knew that soon she too would be compelled to leave

C Am D7 F

And the old upright would stay behind and Kiri she would grieve

F G C F G

INTERLUDE:

C C Am F C

I loaded Kiri on the bus with stoic internees

Am D7 F C

The crime that they were guilty of was that they were not like me

C Am F

And if I was ashamed, I didn't know it at the time

C Am D7 F C

They were flotsam on the wave of war, they were no friends of mine

C Cadd9 Am F C

And I went up to Kiri's house to tag all their belongings

Am D7 F C

And set them out for auctioneers who'd claim them in the morning

C Cadd9 Am F

One piece that I thought I'd keep and hold back for myself

C Am D7 F G C F G C

Was that haunting ivory upright that Kiri played so well

G C F G C

INTERLUDE:

C Cadd9 Am F C

Kiri had not left it there for me to take as plunder

Am D7 F C

She'd rolled it down onto the dock and on into the harbour

C Am F C

That old upright in strangers' hands was a thought she couldn't bear

Am D7 F

So she consigned it to the sea to settle the affair

C C Cadd9 Am F C

So many years have come and gone since Kiri's relocation

Am D7 F

I look back now upon that time with shame and resignation

C C Cadd9 Am F

For Kiri knew what I did not that if we must be free

C Am D7 F C

Then sometimes we must sacrifice to gain our dignity

C C Cadd9 Am F

Yes, Kiri knew what I did not that if we must be free

C Am D7 F

Then sometimes we must sacrifice to gain our dignity

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