Misc Traditional – Only Our Rivers Run Free (Ukulele)

Capo 3
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[Verse 1]
     F            G         F
When apples still grow in November

                                    G
When blossoms still bloom from each tree

     F
When leaves are still green in December

     G             Am
It's then that our land will be free

  F
I wander her hills and her valleys

                              G
And still through my sorrow I see

  F
A land that has never know freedom

    G        Am
And only her rivers run free
[Verse 2]
  F            G            F
I drink to the death of her manhood

                            G
Those men who'd rather have died

        F
Than to live in the cold chains of bondage

   G                Am
To bring back their rights were denied

    F
Oh, where are you now that we need you?

                                   G
What burns where the flame used to be?

       F
Are ye gone like the snows of last winter?

         G        Am
And will only our rivers run free?
[Verse 3]
    F        G              F
How sweet is life but we're crying

                              G
How mellow the wine but we're dry

    F
How fragrant the rose but it's dying

    G          Am
How gentle the wind but it sighs

     F
What good is in youth when it's aging

                               G
What joy is in eyes that can't see

     F
When there's sorrow in sunshine and laughter

          G        Am
And still only our rivers run free