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Land Of Green

The Coalminers Beat

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