Chords for Land of My Birth~Eric Donaldson

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[Bb] This is [Eb] the land of [Bb] my birth.
I say this is [Eb] the land of [Bb] my birth.
I say this is the land [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ of [Bb] my birth. _
I will never leave her shores.
I [Eb] will [F] never run [Gm] away.
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[Bb] I will [Gm] always believe in the _
[C] green, the gold, [F] I say.
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_ Our nation [Bb] great above the [Eb] trials, we must [Bb] face with best of time.
[Eb] But our people [Bb] they are strong and we are going to get along.
Though some people say we are poor, _ but the progress you make my friend [F] is not always how rich [Bb] you _ are.
I say this [Eb] is the land [Bb] of my birth.
I say this [Eb] is the land [Bb] of my birth.
I say this is Jamaica, [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ the land [Bb] of my birth. _ _
_ Let us stop for a minute, but [Eb] our [F] blessings [Gm] one by [F] one. _
[Bb] _ We should never [Gm] be disloyal, _
[C] but stand and [F] keep strong.
Jamaica _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] is a beautiful _ [Eb] island.
She is the color [Bb] of the Caribbean Sea.
[Eb] And our people [Bb] say are free, no oppression here to see.
With the prettiest woman there be.
_ And the hills and the plains and the rivers [F] and the valleys always welcome [Bb] to me.
I say this is the land of my birth.
I say this [Eb] is the land [Bb] of my birth.
I say this is Jamaica, [Eb] _ the _
[F] _ _ land [Bb] of my birth. _
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_ Miss Tumris, Miss [Eb] Saturis, [F] leave your land [Gm] and [F] run. _
[Bb] We are here [Gm] for a while, _
[C] _ only one [F] more song. _ _
[Eb] _ We wish there were a [Bb] land with you. _
[Eb] _ Our people they [Bb] are true, they will want to be with you.
They will love, they will help, they will give.
_ If you wish my friend you can live.
You will be a happier one in [F] the land of the rising [Bb] sun.
I say this is [Eb] the land of [Bb] my birth.
I say this is [Eb] the land of [Bb] my birth.
I say this is Jamaica, [Eb] the _ _
[F] _ land of [Bb] my birth. _ _
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