Misc Originals – David Harrison - This Land (Guitar)

    Am          G
The home of our mothers

    D
Our fathers

             F
Brothers and sisters

    Am             C
Was taken from our hands

     G
On a day

            D
They called Easter

     Am
They came

       Em
From a distance

        F    F
For our land

       Am      C
In the name of God

       G               D
It was death or our submission

Am
Few

      Em       Am
Had a fighting chance

     Am      G
They came in numbers

D
Greater

         F          F
Than our resistance

     Am
Some begged

     C
Some followed

     G
Many fought

         D
And many did run

    Am
And tears

           Em
Filled the rivers

       F     F
Of our land

      Am
Still today

    G
Our fathers

    D
Our brothers

            F       F
Mothers and sisters

    Am
Are crying

         C
In their hands

        G
With no hope

   D
Of restitution

Am
While tears

      Em
Still flow

        F    F
On this land

Am
While tears

      Em
Still flow

        Am
On this land