Chords for christy moore - before the deluge

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_ _ _ _ Some of them they were _ dreamers, _ [F] some of [C] them were fools
They [Am] were making plans [F] and thinking of the [C] future _ _
_ With the energy of the innocence, _ they [F] were gathering [C]
the tools
They [Am] would need to make [F] their [G] journey back [C] to nature _ _
_ _ When [Am] the sand slipped through [C] the opening
And [F] their hands reached for [C] the golden ring
And [Am] their hearts, they turned to [F] each other's hearts [G] for _ refuge
_ [C] And [G] [Am] the trouble of years [F] that came [G] _ [C] before the gallery _
_ _ _ _ _ Some of them they knew pleasure, _ _ [F] _ some of [C] them knew pain
[Am] And for some of them [F] it was only the moment [C] that mattered
On _ _ the wild and crazy wings of youth, they [F] were flying around [C] in the rain
[Am] They'd had their feathers once [F] so fine, [G] but were [C] torn and _ shattered
_ _ _ [Am] In the end they traded [C] their tired wings [F] for the _ resignation [C] that living brings
[Am] They traded love's bright [F] and fragile glow [G] for the glitter _ and the rouge
[Am] In the moment they [F] were swept [G] _ [C] before the _ gallery
Let the music keep _ _ _
[F] your spirits [C] high
_ Let the filth [F] escape your [G] children's eyes
[C] _ Let creation [G] reveal its secrets by [Am] and by _
[F] _ _ _ [C] But _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] when the light that's lost [F] to witness [G] reaches [C] the sky _ _
[F] Some _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ of them they were angry at the [F] way that the earth [C] was abused
By those [Am] men who learned [F] to thwart beauty [C] and to power
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And in trying to protect the ship, [G] _
[F] only became [C] _ confused
With the [Am] magnitude of [F] the [G] fury of the final [C] hour
_ _ When _ [Am] the sand was gone [C] and the time arrived
[F] In the naked god [C] only a few survived
[Am] In the chance to [F] understand this thing [G] so simple and so huge
[Am] They believed they were meant [F] to [G] live after [C] the day
_ Let the music keep your spirits _ _ _ [F] _ high
[C] _ Let the filth [F] escape your children's eyes
[C] _ Let [G] creation reveal its secrets [Am] by and by
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[C] _ But _ [F] _ _ _
[C] when the light that's lost [F] to witness [G] reaches [C] the sky
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