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Long Journey Home

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[Verse 1]
DIf on every ocean the shGip is a Dthrone
And Gfor each mast Dcut down another Gsapling is Agrown
Then DI could believe that I'm Gbound to fDind
A bGetter life thaDn I leAft behDind
[Refrain]
GBut as you ascenDd the laB-dder
LoDok out below where yoAu tread
For Dthe colors bled as thGey oveDrflowed
Red, Gwhite and Dblue
GreeGn, white anDd gold
[Verse 2]
DSo I had to leave from mGy countDry of birth
AGs for each chilDd grown tall
AnotGher lies in thAe earth
DAnd for every rail we laiGd in the loDam
There's Ga thousand milDes of the lAong journey Dhome
[Refrain]
GBut as you ascenDd the laB-dder
LoDok out below where yoAu tread
For Dthe colors bled as thGey oveDrflowed
Red, Gwhite and Dblue
GreeGn, white anDd gold
[repeat]

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Long Journey Home

by The Chieftains

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B-

[Verse 1]

D G D

If on every ocean the ship is a throne

G D G A

And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown

D G D

Then I could believe that I'm bound to find

G D A D

A better life than I left behind

[Refrain]

G D B-

But as you ascend the ladder

D A

Look out below where you tread

D G D

For the colors bled as they overflowed

G D

Red, white and blue

G D

Green, white and gold

[Verse 2]

D G D

So I had to leave from my country of birth

G D

As for each child grown tall

G A

Another lies in the earth

D G D

And for every rail we laid in the loam

G D A D

There's a thousand miles of the long journey home

[Refrain]

G D B-

But as you ascend the ladder

D A

Look out below where you tread

D G D

For the colors bled as they overflowed

G D

Red, white and blue

G D

Green, white and gold

[repeat]

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