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BPM 125     KEY G  CAPO 4  You Tube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnBMOwtsdCA
   [Intro]
G   G   G   G
   [Verse 1]
GHere hangs an Dopen GlandscapeGsus4  
GA wild and Dhuge fronEmtier
GFrom a harsh and a Dbarren CwasteGlandGsus4  
GThrough the grave Dto the promised GfieldG7  
   [Verse 2]
GYou came, you Dtrapped, you GchartedGsus4  
GYou laid the railDroads and the scEmhemes
GAnd you tamed this Dland by CenterGpriseGsus4  
GAnd by the power Dof your GdreamsG7  
   [Chorus]
GBut you made Emthis Clan Ggreat
And you made this nation Cbloom
And you Grose
With your people through the Cnew world
Like a Drocket Gto the moonG7  
   [Verse 3]
GFrom the olden coasts Dof IreGlandGsus4  
GFrom the HebriDdean Emshores
GWith the forgDotten Cchosen GonesGsus4  
GRunning from EuDrope in GdrovesG7  
   [Chorus]
GBut you made Emthis Clan Ggreat
And you made this nation Cbloom
And you Grose
With your people through the Cnew world
Like a Drocket Gto the moonG7  
   [Link]
GOh Oh C/GOh Oh GOhG  
GOh Oh C/GOh Oh GOhG  
   [Verse 4]
GThere's a town Din ManiGtobaGsus4  
GThey say the winDdows touch the Emsky
GBut across the brine Dthe shipCyards GcloseGsus4  
GIn this garden Dflowers GdieG7  
   [Verse 5]
GStill the homelands Ddivide GusGsus4  
GLike your blood red brothers Dof the Emplains
GBut where they grieve a Dcandle Cstill GburnsGsus4  
GA prayer from a flicker Dto a GflameG7  
   [Chorus]
GBut you made Emthis Clan Ggreat
And you made this nation Cbloom
And you Grose
With your people through the Cnew world
Like a Drocket Gto the moonG7  G  
   [Chorus]
GBut you made Emthis Clan Ggreat
And you made this nation Cbloom
And you Grose
With your people through the Cnew world
Like a Drocket Gto the moonG  G  G  G  

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Rocket To The Moon

by Runrig

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Gsus4

C/G

BPM 125 KEY G CAPO 4 You Tube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnBMOwtsdCA

[Intro]

G G G G

[Verse 1]

G D G Gsus4

Here hangs an open landscape

G D Em

A wild and huge frontier

G D C G Gsus4

From a harsh and a barren wasteland

G D G G7

Through the grave to the promised field

[Verse 2]

G D G Gsus4

You came, you trapped, you charted

G D Em

You laid the railroads and the schemes

G D C G Gsus4

And you tamed this land by enterprise

G D G G7

And by the power of your dreams

[Chorus]

G Em G

But you made this Clan great

And you made this nation bloom

And you rose

With your people through the new world

D G G7

Like a rocket to the moon

[Verse 3]

G D G Gsus4

From the olden coasts of Ireland

G D Em

From the Hebridean shores

G D C G Gsus4

With the forgotten chosen ones

G D G G7

Running from Europe in droves

[Chorus]

G Em G

But you made this Clan great

And you made this nation bloom

And you rose

With your people through the new world

D G G7

Like a rocket to the moon

[Link]

G C/G G G

Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

G C/G G G

Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

[Verse 4]

G D G Gsus4

There's a town in Manitoba

G D Em

They say the windows touch the sky

G D C G Gsus4

But across the brine the shipyards close

G D G G7

In this garden flowers die

[Verse 5]

G D G Gsus4

Still the homelands divide us

G D Em

Like your blood red brothers of the plains

G D C G Gsus4

But where they grieve a candle still burns

G D G G7

A prayer from a flicker to a flame

[Chorus]

G Em G

But you made this Clan great

And you made this nation bloom

And you rose

With your people through the new world

D G G7 G

Like a rocket to the moon

[Chorus]

G Em G

But you made this Clan great

And you made this nation bloom

And you rose

With your people through the new world

D G G G G G

Like a rocket to the moon

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