Chords for Runrig - Dance Called America

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_ _ _ _ _ _ The landlords gave the peasant _ trials _ to [D] the _ sacrifice [A] of men
_ _ Through the past that quite [E] _ darkly _ [D] the presence once _ [A]
again
In the name of capital _ _ _ establishment, _ _ [D] _
improvers
_ [A] It's indeed the hidden truth, the hidden [E] lies _
That once [F#m] nailed you [D] to the _ _ _ pain _ _
[A] Hop, bar, dance, pray [D] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ to die
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_ _ Survival and emigration have always been constant features of the history of these [F#m] islands
And over [D] the centuries many thousands have [B] crossed the Atlantic [A] here to where the next stop is [D] Canada and America
Trans-Col America sets as its background the first evictions and emigrations of the 19th century
[E] At the hands of a brutal [A] aristocracy
But [Dm] it's also at [D#] the present day struggle for the survival of the Celtic [E] language
It's indeed [A] the hidden truth, [D] the _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ hidden lies
[D] That once nailed you to [A] the pain
Hop, bar, _ _ _ _ dance, [E] pray _ _ _ [D] _
to die
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] Survival and emigration have always been constant features of the history of these islands
It's indeed the hidden truth, the hidden lies
_ [E] _ _ That [F#m]
once nailed _ [D] you to the pain
Hop, [A] _
_ _ [D] bar, dance, _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] pray to die _
_ Survival and emigration [D] have always been constant features of the history of these islands
And [A] over the centuries many thousands have [F#m] crossed the Atlantic here to where the next stop [D] _ [A] is _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Canada _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ and America
Now _ _
[D] there _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ were days that once held confidence
[D] A will and [A] mind, a camouflage
[E] They will shoot mother, _ [D] your son, east and dog [A] each time
And in their song, my love, my island
You, [D] dog, you true [A] national love
And all the brave men
[E] _ _ They [F#m] still once did all [D] wrong
In their [A] blood and sweat [D] of America
America, the [F#m] dance crowd
[A] And when the dance _ returns
[D] _ America, [A] the dancer, he is proud
All the dance, all [D] of America
[F#m] The dance crowd, [E] and when the [A] dance returns
_ _ [D] _ America, [E] the dancer, he [A] is proud
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He's in there
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_ All _ _ [D] of America
_ [F#m] The dance crowd, [E] and when the [A] dance returns
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America, [E] the dancer, [A] he is proud _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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