Land Of Green Chords & Tabs
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i was sitting in a station bar,
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somewhere in amerika
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when an old man came to me
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he said: "can i sit next to you?",
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and i had nothing else to do C G
so he sat down and drank his beer
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he told me 'bout the rocks and hills,
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about the autum and its chill
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about the valleys and the rain
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and then he spoke of former times,
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about his children and his wife
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and about what yet remained
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suddenly he said: "my son,
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do you know the land,
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where i've come from
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and he asked
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do you know the land of green,
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its rough and stormy sea
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do you know the island of the rain
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do you know the land of green,
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its wondrous scenery
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do you know the island of the rain
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many of us had left their homes,
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never felt the westwind blow again
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he said with lonely eyes
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they once had worked upon the land,
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that now is in some stranger's
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hands
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he said with angry eyes
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the more he spoke, the more he drank
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the more he kept
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on telling 'bout his land and he
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said
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do you know the land of green,
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its rough and stormy sea
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do you know the island of the rain
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do you know the land of green,
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its wondrous scenery
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do you know the island of the rain
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even though the bar was full of noise,
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the man began to lower his voice
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and stood up without a word
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although it is five years ago i
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swear
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that i exactly know
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every word that we had said
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I still can see his trembling hands,
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as he told the story 'bout his land
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and he said
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do you know the land of green,
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its rough and stormy sea
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do you know the island of the rain
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do you know the land of green,
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its wondrous scenery
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do you know the island of the rain
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do you know the land of green,
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its rough and stormy sea
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do you know the island of the rain
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do you know the land of green,
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its wondrous scenery
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do you know the island of the rain
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The Land of Greeeeeeeen!
