Song Of The Earth

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