Island Clay Chords by Lennie Gallant

This is called [D] Island Clay. _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ [A] He sings his songs and the [Em] people pay. _ _ _ _
Old [Bm] voices echo [A] from [G] this house, [A] now [Em] dark and grey,
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[G] and cold [D] as Island Clay. _
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_ _ [A] _ _ This [D] old farm, _ _ [A] _ 80 [D] acres of life,
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[D] _ sweat and iron, red and soil,
paid little [A] for our toil,
but saw us through [G]
alright,
[C#] till [D] the company came, _ _
[A] and bought land up all around.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Soon the market prices fell,
we took [A] another loan,
and plowed [G] it underground. _ _ _
_ But tomorrow [Bm] _ morning [A]
they [G] will come,
[A] and [Em] have their way,
_ _ _ _ though their [Bm]
hands [A] touch not [G] the soil,
[F#] and never [Em] will pay,
_ [F#m] _ [G] the price of [A]
[D] Island Clay.
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[E] These [A] _ [D] old hands, _
_ [A] turned the sod [D] and tossed the seed.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] These hands worked hard and [E] they were strong,
but they couldn't hold the print [G] paper deed.
_ _ _ [A] And from the [Bm] moment [A] that [G] they signed [A] this land [Em] away,
_ _ _ _ _ These [Bm] old hands [D] are [G] getting colder [F#]
[Em] every _ [F#m] day,
_ [G] as cold [B] as [D] Island Clay.
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