Chords for Aselin Debison - The Island

_ My next guest started performing when she was only three.
By the time she was nine, she was performing at coal mining rallies.
And now, at the ripe old age of 15, she's here to perform with us today.
From Glace Bay, [A] Cape Breton, please [G] welcome Asalyn Debeson.
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ Over [A] an ocean, [D] _ over [A] a sea
_ Are these great waters, [E] oh, what do I see?
_ [G#] _ I [D] see the [A] great mountains, [D] climb from [A] the coastline
The hills of Cape Breton, [E] this new home [A] on mine _ _
[D] We come from [A] the countries all over the world
To [G] hike _ [D] _
and [G] plow the [A] land down
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] Fishermen, farmers, [D] and sailors all come
To [G] clear for the [D] future [A] this pioneer [D] ground
_ We [G] are _ our rock and [A] our sea
[D] And we are [G] our people, [E] as proud as they [A] stand
[Bm] In sun, summer, [G] breeze, or [D] in _ _ [A] wilderness
_ [Bm] Home of [A] our hearts, [G] Cape [A] _ _ [D] Breton
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Over the rooftops and over the [A] trees
[D] Within these new _ townships, oh, [E] what do I [A] _
see?
_ I [D] see the [A] black pit, its wheels are turning
[Bm] The smoke [A] stacks are belching, [G] and the last [A] furnace burning
_ [D] _ _ And all the sweat's hot [A] in the back, there's [D] no joy to behold
In the [G]
heat [A] of the steel plant, [Em] or mine in [A] the cold
[Bm] And the foreign, [A] old _ [D] companies force us to fight
_ [G] For our survival [A] and for our rights
[D] We are our rock and _ _ [A] our sea
[D] And we [G] are our people, [E] as proud as [A] they stand
[Bm] In sun, [D] summer, breeze, or in _
_ [A] wilderness
_ [Bm] Home of [A] our hearts, [G] Cape _
_ [D] _ Breton _ _
_ Over _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] the highways [D] and over [A] the roads
_ [D] Over [A] the cars and the way [G] the storms [A] are told
_ _ [Bm] They tell of [F#m] the coming and [D] the going [A] away
The cities of America [Em] draw me [A] away _ _
And now [D] the companies [G] come, the [D] _ companies go
And the [G] ways of [D] the world _ [Em] may never know
[B] But [Bm] we'll follow [A] the footsteps [D] of those on their way
[E]
And still last for [A] life, _
_ [A] unmoved or insane
[D] We are [G] our _ [D] rock and our sea _
And we are [G] our people, [E] as proud as they [A] stand
In [Bm] sun, summer, [G] breeze, or [D] in _ _ [A] wilderness
[Bm] The home of our hearts, [Em] Cape [A] _ _ [D] Breton
[Bm] The home of [A] our hearts, Cape _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ Breton
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Cape Breton [F#] is defined not only by its music, but by the ocean
[Em] Whose peaceful beauty can quickly turn [G] savage
[C] Fishermen loved and feared it, [N] as did the miners