Chris de Burgh – Homeland (Guitar)

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'Homeland' from the 2016 album 'A Better World' This song contains what is in my opinion the best line in music history: "There is always hope in the human heart for better days ahead..." Enjoy! [Intro] Am Am [Verse 1]
      Am/B  C            G                  D      Am
This is my homeland, the place where I was born,

          Am/B  C             G           F       Am
And through my childhood, was safe and secure,

      Am/B C             G            Am
Like many children, knew nothing of war,

        Fmaj7                                         Am
We were playing and laughing and playing,
[Verse 2]
        Am/B   C             G                 D     Am
Here´s another photograph of where we used to live,

          Am/B C       G              F       Am
Our house was always a safe place to be,

       Am/B  C           G          Am
But now it´s gone, only rubble and dust,

         Fmaj7
We were hoping and praying and hoping,

   C  G         Am       Am
Oooooh, all has gone
[Verse 3]
      Am/B  C            G                  D     Am
This is my homeland, the place where I was born,

        Am/B C         G        F      Am
And like my father and his one before,

            Am/B  C            G               Am
We´ve raised our families and worked for them all,

         Fmaj7
With our hopes and our dreams
And our hopes and our dreams [Instrumental] A Asus4 Asus2 A Asus4 Asus2 A Asus4 Asus2 Esus4 E [Verse 4]
     A
And then came the thunder and so many people running,

         E                          F#m
From the cities and the battlefields,

           Bm
And as the bombs rained down,

        F#m                              Esus4   E
We were hiding from the bullets and the guns;
[Chorus]
   F#m      E             D            A        D           Esus4  E
Oh can you imagine how it has been for us to be losing everything?

       F#m         E              D       A       D     E          A  Asus4
As the world stood still we would never know what every day would bring;

 Asus2 A   Asus4  Asus2 A    Asus4  Asus2  Esus4  E
Every day,       every day
[Verse 5]
      A
So we came to your country, you were there with open arms,

        E                F#m
To give shelter from the storm,

       Bm
We are doctors and lawyers,

    F#m                   Esus4  E
And all of us people like you;
[Chorus]
   F#m      E             D            A          D          Esus4  E
Oh can you imagine how it would be for you to be losing everything?

       F#m          E              D      A        D     E          A  Asus4
As the world stood still you would never know what every day would bring,

 Asus2  A  Asus4 Asus2  A  Asus4 Asus2 A
Every day,     every day,        every day
A Asus4 Asus2 A x3 A [Outro] Am F G F
         Am      G          F         C
There is always hope in the human heart,

     F       G    C
For better days ahead