Chords for Land Of My Birth - Eric Donaldson

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[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [B] _ I _ will never leave her shores.
I [E] will never [F#] run [G#m] away.
_ [F#] I _ will always [G#m] believe in the black, [C#] the green, the gold, [F#] I say. _ _
[E] They _ [B] shine brighter while they try us.
We must face the test of time.
[E] Because our people, they [B] are strong and we are going to get along.
Though some people say we are poor.
But the progress you make, my friend, is [F#] not always where it [B] should be.
I say this is [E] the land [B] of my birth.
I say this [E] is the land [B] of my birth. _
I say this is Jamaica, [E] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ the land [B] of my birth. _ _
_ Let us stop for a minute, but [E] our [F#] blessings one [G#m] by one. _
[B] We should never [G#m] be _ disloyal, [C#] but stand up and [F#] keep strong. _ _
[E] _ My Jamaica [B] is a beautiful island.
She [E] _ is the pearl [B] of the Caribbean Sea. _
[E] And the whole people [B] there are free.
No oppression here to see.
With the prettiest women there be.
_ On the hills and the plains and the rivers [F#] and the valleys, always be kind [B] to me. _
I say this [E] is the land of [B] my birth. _
I say this [E] is the land [B] of my birth. _
I say this is Jamaica, [E] _ _ _
[F#] the _ land [B] of my birth. _ _
_ _ [E] La, [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ la, la, la.
La, [E] la, _ la, [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ la.
_ This to this.
This to [E] this.
_ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ We [F#] wish _ _ _
[E] _ _ there were [B] love with you. _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] That true that we want to be with you
They will love, they will help, they will give.
_ If you wish my friend you can live.
You will be a happier one [F#] in the land of the rising [B] sun. _
I said this [E] is the land of [B] my birth. _
I said this [E] is the land of [B] my birth.
I said this is Jamaica, [E] _ _ Jamaica.
[F#] _ The land of [B] my birth.
I said this is [E] the land of [B] my birth.
I said this is [E] the land of [B] my _ birth.
I said this is Jamaica.
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