Chords for Alanna-Marie Boudreau - Hands in the land

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
The _ _ _ road is curved [G] and twisted [D] like a [G] sinuous sign
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] Our breaths are [C] brief and [Gm] _ [Am] fleeting like yeast [G]-deceptive charm
_ [C] We [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [G] write [C] this letter [G] _
[D] simple [C] in _ [G] glorious writing _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] We [G] spill some ink and sign them, but never with love
_ [C]
I [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
see a young boy writing words upon the sand
_ [G] The _ _ _ _ _ tide takes them away and he just writes them again
_ _ [C] [G] I _ _ [C] _
_ [G] say, my young friend, don't you see the futility? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He says, I'm learning to be humble thanks to the sea
_ [C] _ [G] Well, _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
if you'd like to _ [G]
say _ you love me
_ _ [Am] Sit while we [G] [D] stand [G] by a tree whose roots run _ deeply
_ _ _ Planted in fertile land
_ _ _ _ We [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] work for _ hours under the merciless sun
We _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] stop to rest, but we [D] know our work has [G] barely begun _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ There's a lovely [C] [D] child [G] watching us from behind the _ _ fence
Her _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] name, she just laughs [Am] without any [G] pretence
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ If you'd like to _ say [Em] you _ [G] love me
_ _ [C] Sit while we [G] [D] stand by a [G] tree whose [C] roots [Em] run _ [D] deeply
_ [G] _ _ [C]
Planted [Em] in fertile [A] land
Yes, if you'd [G] like to [C] say you [G] love [Dm] me _
[G] _ Sit [A] like a man
[D] And if [G] you want to [Em] work _ _ beside me
_ [G] _ [C] Tell [A] me while you can
Tell me while you can
_ _ [G] _
_ Tell me while you can _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ Last _ _ night I [Cm] had [G] a dream [C] I was [Gm] nine-six _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] My parents were both gone and my hands were a twist
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] And [G] my breath was [C] [Bm] slowing down when [C] I felt _ [D] [Gm] someone's soft _ kiss
_ _ He _ _ _ stilled my trembling arms and whispered something like this
_ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I would like to _ say _ I _ love you
_ _ _ [C] And I [G] always have
_ And I would like to lay _ _ beside _ you
_ And hold you in my hands
Like I hold the land [C] there
[G] _ _ _ _ _ Like I hold the [C] land
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Yes, _ _ _ if you'd like to _ [C] say [D] you _ love _ [G] me
[Am] Sit while [G] we [D] stand by a [G] tree whose [D] roots [C] [A] run [G] _ deeply
_ _ _ Planted in fertile land
[D] Yes, if you'd [G] like to say [Am] you _ [G]
love _ me
_ Sit like a man
And if you want to work beside _ me _ _
[C] Tell me [G] while you can _ _ _
[A] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _