Phil Ochs – Song Of My Returning (Guitar)

    B               E             B              G#m
The wild geese are dancing in the ripples of the morn

   B              E
My wanderlust is born

              D#m        C#m               F#
I've got to follow them wherever they may lead

    B            E          B                G#m
For I am just a sailor on a ship across the land

B                 E
Let me hold your hand

            D#m           C#m           F#
To bid farewell so i can not go to my knees

B           D#m           G#m
But I'll be back again no matter where I go

         C#m            F#                 B
For it's only love that frees the fire for burning

B                   D#m            G#m
Then I'll take you in my arms and tell you all I know

      C#m           F#             B
As I sing the early song of my returning

    B               E             B              G#m
The weary world is waiting for ambition to be played

   B              E
Now young and not afraid

              D#m        C#m               F#
I've got to challenge every chalice that I know

    B            E          B                G#m
My eager ears are listening for the singing of the sign

B                 E
Deeper are the lines

            D#m           C#m           F#
Upon the face that finds reflections in the road

B           D#m           G#m
Yes, I'll be back again no matter where I go

         C#m            F#                 B
For it's only love that frees the fire for burning

B                   D#m            G#m
Then I'll take you in my arms and tell you all I know

      C#m           F#             B
As I sing the changing song of my returning

    B               E             B              G#m
My drifting days prepare me to do battle with the night

   B              E
A phantom of the fight

           D#m        C#m               F#
I've got conquer all the courage of my fears

    B            E          B                G#m
The answer lies in limbo(?) and the harvest will be hard

B                 E
But sacred are the scars

            D#m           C#m           F#
That leave their mark on the fast disolving years

B           D#m           G#m
Yes, I'll be back again no matter where I go

         C#m            F#                 B
For it's only love that frees the fire for burning

B                   D#m            G#m
Then I'll take you in my arms and tell you all I know

      C#m           F#             B
As I sing the growing song of my returning

    B               E             B              G#m
Time must have her victory It's that I've always known

   B              E
But I won or lost alone

              D#m        C#m               F#
And when a voice calls out "there's someone you must meet"

    B            E          B                G#m
With every strength remaining I will suffer one more scene

B                 E
I'll gather all my dreams And with my final breath

 D#m       C#m        F#
I'll lay them at your feet

B           D#m           G#m
Yes, I'll be back again no matter where I go

         C#m            F#                 B
For it's only love that frees the fire for burning

B                   D#m            G#m
Then I'll take you in my arms and tell you all I know

      C#m           F#             B
As I sing the final song of my returning