Chords for Hope Eyrie

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[C] Worlds grow [G] old and [E] suns grow [Am] cold, and death [G] we never [C] can _ [E] doubt.
[C] _ [Em] Times cold [Am] wind wailing down [G] the pass, [Am] _
[E] reminds us that [A] all [Em] flesh is [E]
[A] grass, and _ [G] history's lamps [Am] glow. _
_ _ But _ _
[C] the eagle [G] has landed, _ [E] _ tell your [A] children _ [Em] _ [C] when, time [Em] won't drive [E] us down to [Am] dust again. _ _ _
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[C] Cycles turn [G] while the far [E] stars burn, [A] and people [Em] and [C] planets _
[E] age.
[C] Life's [G] crown passes [A] to [G] younger [Am] lands, time [E] sweeps the dust [A] of [Em] hope from [E] her [Am] hands, and turns [G] _ [Am] another _ _ _ _ page.
[C] For the eagle [G] has landed, _ [E] tell [Em] your [A] children [G] when, _ [C] time [G] won't drive [E] us down to dust [A] again.
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_ But _ _ _ _ _ _ _ we [C] who [G] feel the weight of [E] the O'Neill, [A] when [Am] winter [G] falls over [C] our [E] world, [C] can hope [G] for tomorrow [A] and raise [G] our [A] eyes to a silver [E] moon [A] in the [G] [E] open skies [Am] and a [G] single flag [A] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ unfurled.
[C] For the eagle [G] has landed, _ [E] _ tell your [Am] children _ [G] _ [C] when, time [G] won't drive [E] us down to dust [Am] _ again. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ We [C] know well [G] what life [E] can tell, [A] if you will [G] not perish [C] then [G]
[E] grow.
[C] And today [G] our fragile [Am] flesh [G] and steel [Am] have laid [E] our hands on a [G] faster [E] wheel, [Am] with all of [G] the stars [A] to [Am] _
know. _ _ _
[C] That the eagle [G] has landed, _ [E] tell your [Am] children _ [G] when, [C] time [G] won't [E] drive us down to dust [Am] again. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ From all [C] who tried [G] out of [E] history's tide, [A] a salute [G] for the team [C] that [E] won.
[C] And the old [G] earth smiles [A] at her [G] children's reach, [Am] the [E] wave that carried [A] us [G] up [E] the beach [A] to reach [G] for the shining [Am] _ _
_ _ _ sun.
[C] For the eagle [G] has landed, _ _ [E] tell your children [Am] _ [G] when, _ [C] time [G] won't [E] drive us down to dust [Am] _ again. _ _ _
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