Chords for Refugees - Peter Hammill

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_ _ _ _ [C] _ North was somewhere years [B] ago and [Am] _ _
cold
_ _ _ _ [F] _ Ice locked the people's hearts [Dm] and made them _ [G] old
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South was [G] birthed to pleasant [B] lands [Am] but dry
_ _ _ [G] I _ [F] _
_ _ walked the water's depths and [Dm] played my _ mind
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ East was [Bm]
dawn coming [B] alive in [Am] the golden sun _
The [G] _ _ [F] _ winds came gently, several heads [Dm] became one
_ [G] _ _ In [C] the summertime [Bm] the hardest people [Am] _ slid
_ _ _ [G] _ _ We were at peace _ [Dm] and we cheered
[G] We _ _ _ [C] walked along, sometimes hand in hand
[Am] Between the thin lines marking sea and sand
[C] _ Smiling very peacefully we [Am] began to notice
That we could be free and we moved _ together
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_ [F] _ [B] _ [E] To _ the _ West
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West is [G] where all [B] days will [Am] someday end
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Where the colors turn from grey to gold and you can be [Dm] with our _ friends
[G] _ _ _ [C] _
And light flakes the golden [Am] clouds up _ above
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West is Mike and Susie, West is [Dm] where I _ love
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_ [C] _ And there we shall spend the [B] final [Am] days of our _ _ lives
[G]
Tell _ [F] _ the same old stories, yeah well at least [Dm] we tried
[G] So _ _
_ [C] _ into the [G] West [B] smiles on our faces [Am] we'll go
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_ [F] Oh yes and our apologies to those who never [Dm] really knew _ [G] the way _
_ [C] We're refugees _ [G] walking [B]
away [Am] from the life that we've known and loved
Nothing [G] to do nor [F] say, _ nowhere to stay
Now we [Dm] are alone
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_ [C] We're refugees [G] carrying [B] all we own [Am] in brown bags tied up with string
[G] Nothing to think, it [F] doesn't mean a thing
We can be happy [Dm] on our _ _ _ [G] _ _
own
[C] _ West is Mike and [Bm] Susie, _
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_ [F] _ West is where I love
West is refugees [Dm] _ home
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