Chords for Children of the Conch

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_ _ _ _ [F#] Follow shadows to the back of [C] my mind. _ _ _ _
_ [G] I see ghosts and devils and piles of wasted [B] time. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ It's hot, it's humid, a dangerous [B] hole. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ But I resonate with the [G] one that is my home.
[D] That is my home.
[C] My [E] soul's a [G] swamp, my [F#]
mind's a mosquito.
[B] It's drained the life [Em] from me.
I [C] can see the teeth [G] of the devil in the heat [B] and the rising tide and the streets.
_ [C] _ We're [G] not afraid of [B] catching viruses [Em] or disease, [C] but I guess that's just [G] what human beings
have [B] become to be. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C] Setting free from this [G] depression that I fear.
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_ _ [E] _ [G] Get me on the first ship out of here.
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_ [E] I see the sail, it's [C] rising.
I want to [G] catch a drought.
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_ [Em] Cause it feels like I'm [C] sinking inside of this [G] life raft.
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_ _ [E] _ [B] Whatever [Em] happened to hope?
[C] I don't remember [G] what it feels like [B] to cope.
[C] _ Whatever [Em] happened to peace?
[C] I don't remember what [G] it feels like [B] to sleep.
[C] And every day is just a [Em] constant war.
[B] I am fighting _
[F#] and I [C] am bleeding.
I can see eyes right behind [Em] the door.
I [B] don't know why these [C] demons keep feeding _ upon this mind [G] inside my head.
It's [B] constantly running and it [C] never stops.
But I hope that one [D] day it just might.
Right before the weight causes me to [Em] drop.
We'll [C] move on.
[G] I will stay strong.
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_ [Em] _ I'll seek immunity [C] in the [G] dawning of a rising sun.
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_ [E] Finally be able to breathe [C] and set up coughing [G] and choking.
The [B] spirit's ablaze but now [Em] it is smoking.
[C] Sight of change is [D] under the tides. _ _ _
For [G] I, _ I am [B] the mighty conch [Em] shell.
_ For [C] I am the mighty conch [G] shell.
Well, a strong defense [B] forging the pressures of [Em] hell.
A wetland [C] marsh that's not ready [G] to sell.
_ What happened [B] to the [E] sawgrass and the orange groves?
[C] The cypress trees and [G] the land of Seminole.
We've gone [B] too far.
We've lost [E] control.
But I built [C] this shell [D] so I'll fly for [G] home.
I [B] am the mighty [Em] conch shell.
For I [C] am the mighty [G] conch shell.
Well, a strong defense [B] forging the pressures of [Em] hell.
_ For I am [C] the mighty conch [G] shell.
_ And I will [B] learn to find a spirit [Em] here.
_ [C] Human beings are the one [G] thing to fear.
This land's [B] fading away with [Em] every year.
This land's [C] fading away with [G] every year.
And I [B] still stay _ [Em] here.
_ And I [C] still stand [G] here.
_ I [B] will fight hard and [E] I will fight well.
For [C] I am the mighty [D] conch [G] shell.
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