Bonnie "Prince" Billy – This Is Far From Over (Guitar)

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This tune is such a sweet simple gem...helps one feel positive when the weight of the climate crisis gets you down. Strum is simple - pluck bass note, 2 down strums, pluck alt bass note, 2 down strums. Continue throughout [Intro] D [Verse 1]
D
Though half of life is gone for good

    A
And we haven't acted as we should

    G               D
You feel it in your heart of wood

                      A
That this is far from over
[Verse 2]
D
Shorelines gone and maps destroyed

A
Livelihoods dissolved and void

  G          D
Entire languages unheard

                        A
And still it’s far from over
[Bridge 1]
   G                   D
Be sure you teach your kids to swim

    C            G      D
And navigate by stars above

    C                  Em
The fate of landlocked life is grim

     G               A
When you ignore our will to love
[Verse 3]
D
When all that's left is sea and sun

  A
A lonely voice says “All's not done”

    G                   D
Its your child who will be the one

                      A
To sing "it’s far from over"
[Verse 4]
  D
A traveller upon the sea

      A
Sings “It's a sailor's life for me

  G            D
I now embrace eternity

                        A
'Cause this is far from over"
[Bridge 2]
    G               D
You never know what she will find

      C              G      D
When we are dead and she is sailing

     C                     Em
Nor what new thoughts will cross her mind

   G                 A
As wind blows in her hair
[Flute Solo] D A G D A [Verse 5]
      D
Don't worry if all life is gone

    A
The rocks and sea will still roll on

    G                  D
And new wild creatures will be born

                      A
Yes, this is far from over

     G                      A
The whole world's far from over