Runrig – Song Of The Earth (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Chords

INTRO: C It was winter on the Mersey
                        Am
Snow was falling on New York

                              C
The boats were coming in from Ireland

                          Am
A nation drinking round the docks

Dm                      Am
What do you do when the rain is falling

Dm                      Am             C
What do you do when the rain is falling down
Young men were heading back to Europe
                         Am
Rocking the Reeperbahn at night

                             C
We watched the airwaves over Eval

                    Am
Angels were dancing in the light

Dm                      Am
What do you do when the sun is sinking

Dm                      Am            C
What do you do when the sun is sinking low
The chains, slaves, praise and gospel
                              Am
Burn like the sun in tortured mouths

                        C
A hurricane blew out of Memphis

                 Am
Revolution in the south

Dm                      Am
What do you do when the sun is beating

Dm                      Am            C
What do you do when the sun is beating down
Spirits drink the milk of nations
                      Am
Singing freedom and release

                        C
Cries of mercy rise like rockets

                           Am
Through the paths of the redeemed, oh ooh oh

Dm                      Am
What do you do when the guns are turning

Dm                      Am              C
What do you do when the guns are turning 'round

Dm                      Am
What do you do when the guns are turning

Dm                      Am              C
What do you do when the guns are turning 'round
CHORUS: What do you do Sing a song of the earth
                F
Song the earth

         C      
Song the earth
A singer in my bloodstream
                   Am
Stayed mainline all my life

                      C
His voice filled my Atlantic

                        Am
A Celtic fire, a soul of white

Dm                       Am
What do you do when your homes are burning

Dm                       Am               C
What do you do when your homes are burning down
He wore the beauty of his people
                      Am
Came to tell it to the world

                   C
Human tears, human oceans

                        Am
The greatest song I've ever heard

Dm                       Am
What do you do when your hope is raging

Dm                       Am            C
What do you do when your hope is raging strong
It was winter on the Mersey
                         Am
Through the museum on the docks

                                C
Through all my years, through my failures

                        Am
To where the white piano stood

Dm                      Am
What do you do when the rain is falling

Dm                      Am             C
What do you do when the rain is falling down
Saw all the singers of the Gaidhealtachd
                             Am
And all the world could understand

                    C
I heard, maybe I'm a dreamer

                 Am
I'm not the only one

Dm                      Am
What do you do when the song you're singing

Dm                      Am                   C
What do you do when the song you're singing's gone

Dm                      Am
What do you do when the song you're singing

Dm                      Am                   C
What do you do when the song you're singing's gone
CHORUS: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
                F
Song the earth

         C      
Song the earth

                F
Song the earth

         C      
Song the earth