Strawbs – This Barren Land (Guitar)

Capo 7
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Chords

[Intro] C F C Dm (4x) [Verse 1]
N.C.       F        G      C    
I took the children by the hand

F           Em        Dm              F
Promised to show them all that we had planned

     Am      F          G     Am
It's sad but true, this moral maze

  Em            C               G
Betrays the innocence of bygone days
[Chorus]
               Dm       G        Dm
You can't hold back the march of time, I said

              F        G        F
We can't hold back the march of time

                   G                       C
This blood stained desert road on which we stand

   F    Em      Dm        G      C 
Is testament to man, this barren land
[Interlude] C F C F C F C [Verse 2]
N.C.        F        G      C    F  C
Our song of joy, the countryside

F       Em         Dm               F
Radiant fields, forever glowed with pride

     Am        F          G      Am
That once were blessed as golden shires

    Em             C                G
Now bear the sad remains of funeral pyres
[Chorus]
              Dm       G        Dm
We can't hold back the march of time, I said

               F        G        F    C  Dm
You can't hold back the march of time

            G                      C
This wicked wilderness in which we stand

   F    Em      Dm        G      C 
Is testament to man, this barren land
[Lead Break] [Chorus]
              Am       D        Am
We can't hold back the march of time, I said

               C        D        C   
You can't hold back the march of time

            D                     G
This way of no return on which we stand

   C    Bm      Am        D      G 
Is testament to man, this barren land
[Verse 3]
N.C.      C         D        G    
On sullen shores we make our peace

   C             Bm      Am                C
We pray that the howling wind will someday cease

    Em       C         D     Em
The waves of power can never bend

     Bm              G                D
They ever take their course until the end
[Chorus]
              Am       D        Am
We can't hold back the march of time, I said

               C        D        C    G  Am
You can't hold back the march of time

     D                                    G
This crumbling cliff-top path on which we stand

   C    Bm      Am        D      G 
Is testament to man, this barren land

   C    Bm      Am        D      G 
Is testament to man, this barren land