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Lindisfarne - We Can Make It
[Intro]
( G  Gadd9)
G     D  G
C     D  G
Em    C  G
G  D  C
[Verse 1]
And the Gsound I remember when DI was Gyoung
Was an Cold man talking 'bout the Dthings he'd Gdone
And the Embattles he fought and the wCar he wonG  
  GLong DtimeC__ ago
[Verse 2]
Well, he been Glooking back now at that Dsmiling Gspace
Just Cthinking about all them Dgood old Gdays
You can Emtake his past, you can Ctake his Gplace
You can't Gkill what an Dold man Cknows
[Chorus]
But we can Emmake Cit
We can Gmake A7it
We can Cmake Emit Amif Gwe DtryC  G  D  
[Verse 3]
We'll Gtry to imagine or DunderstGand
The Cpower that lies in Dthese two Ghands
Oh, the Empassion that burns in the Cheart of a manG  
Who GholDds no Cfear
[Verse 4]
And the Gfools who agree it's a Dmerry-go-Ground
Just Cgive us the tools and we'll Dturn it 'Ground
We can Emlean up straight from a Chole in the Gground
For a GthoDusCand years
[Chorus]
We can Emmake Cit
We can Gmake A7it
CAin't Emno AmreaGson DwhyC  G  
We can Emmake Cit
We can Gmake A7it
We can Cmake Emit Amif Gwe DtryC  B7  
[Bridge]
And we Emknew how to Am7make it (when the chips were dEmown)
Knew how to Am7take it (when the ships went Emdown)
Knew how to Am7turn it all aCround  (Ye-e-ss)
[Instrumental]
G     D  G
C     D  G
Em    C  G
G  D  C
[Verse 5]
Well, Gtry to imagine what the Dfuture brGings
CShips of steel or Ddiamond Grings
A Emline of freedom, or a Cline of kingsG  
Is this the Gway the Dmany fCall?
[Verse 6]
Well, there Gmight be a heaven, there Dmight be a Ghell
But there Cwill be a future, 'cause Dwe can Gtell
I can Emsee his face 'cause I Cknow it so wellG  
I still Ghear when the Dold man Ccalls
[Chorus]
We can Emmake Cit
We can Gmake A7it
CAin't Emno AmreaGson DwhyC  Eb  
We can Emmake Cit
We can Gmake A7it
We can Cmake Emit Amif Gwe DtryC  Eb  
We can Emmake Cit
We can Gmake A7it
There Cain't Emno AmreaGson DwhyC  Eb  
(start fade out)
We can Emmake Cit
We can Gmake A7it
We can Cmake Emit Amif Gwe DtryEb___
(fade to end)
We can Emmake Cit
We can Gmake A7it
There Cain't Emno AmreaGson DwhyC  Eb  

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We Can Make It

by Lindisfarne

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Chords in this song · guitar

Gadd9

Am7

Lindisfarne - We Can Make It

[Intro]

G Gadd9

( )

G D G

C D G

Em C G

G D C

[Verse 1]

G D G

And the sound I remember when I was young

C D G

Was an old man talking 'bout the things he'd done

Em C G

And the battles he fought and the war he won

G D C

Long time__ ago

[Verse 2]

G D G

Well, he been looking back now at that smiling space

C D G

Just thinking about all them good old days

Em C G

You can take his past, you can take his place

G D C

You can't kill what an old man knows

[Chorus]

Em C

But we can make it

G A7

We can make it

C Em Am G D C G D

We can make it if we try

[Verse 3]

G D G

We'll try to imagine or understand

C D G

The power that lies in these two hands

Em C G

Oh, the passion that burns in the heart of a man

G D C

Who holds no fear

[Verse 4]

G D G

And the fools who agree it's a merry-go-round

C D G

Just give us the tools and we'll turn it 'round

Em C G

We can lean up straight from a hole in the ground

G D C

For a thousand years

[Chorus]

Em C

We can make it

G A7

We can make it

C Em Am G D C G

Ain't no reason why

Em C

We can make it

G A7

We can make it

C Em Am G D C B7

We can make it if we try

[Bridge]

Em Am7 Em

And we knew how to make it (when the chips were down)

Am7 Em

Knew how to take it (when the ships went down)

Am7 C

Knew how to turn it all around (Ye-e-ss)

[Instrumental]

G D G

C D G

Em C G

G D C

[Verse 5]

G D G

Well, try to imagine what the future brings

C D G

Ships of steel or diamond rings

Em C G

A line of freedom, or a line of kings

G D C

Is this the way the many fall?

[Verse 6]

G D G

Well, there might be a heaven, there might be a hell

C D G

But there will be a future, 'cause we can tell

Em C G

I can see his face 'cause I know it so well

G D C

I still hear when the old man calls

[Chorus]

Em C

We can make it

G A7

We can make it

C Em Am G D C Eb

Ain't no reason why

Em C

We can make it

G A7

We can make it

C Em Am G D C Eb

We can make it if we try

Em C

We can make it

G A7

We can make it

C Em Am G D C Eb

There ain't no reason why

(start fade out)

Em C

We can make it

G A7

We can make it

C Em Am G D Eb

We can make it if we try___

(fade to end)

Em C

We can make it

G A7

We can make it

C Em Am G D C Eb

There ain't no reason why

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