Chords for Long, Long Way - Connie Kaldor

We have, just for all the prairie doggies out there, _ _
_ all the women who made a thousand meals, made a [C] thousand enamel bars and pierogies, _
[F] creating ladies pierogie swap teams out there, _
making [C] the meals for weddings, _ _ _ the kind of women that could
make a dress out of a flower sack, feed 50 people [F] all in the same afternoon. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ Tough, enterprising, interesting, [F] well-read,
get an education, teach, [C] _ _
[F] unbelievable women that are _ my roots for sure.
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
This is a song called Paul's Song, it's [C] not a farm,
[F] _ this is family farm, it's on one of the [C] high points of southern Saskatchewan,
which, _ okay, it isn't saying much when you're from BC,
but you know, we're making the best of it here.
_ _ You can see a long way though, there's no trees or mountains blocking the view.
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_ _ _ This is for all you prairie dogs.
_ _ _ Travel [F] this world and I travel still, I know where [Dm] I belong _ [C] and I always _
_ be a [F] sage in the zone, _
[G] this town [F] spread apart, there's a wind that pushes _ [G] the dust _
_ _ _ _ in the beat of [C] my heart.
_ _ [F] I'm a long, long way _ from the place I was born,
where the hills are [Dm] all rounded [F] and the clouds can look tall,
where the trees aren't majestic, [A] they lead back to [G] the sky.
_ _ _ I'm a long [F] way now, [C] but I'll be back, [Dm] I am by, I [Bb] am far [F] away now, [C] but I'll be back, I [F] am by. _ _ _ _
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And there's a spot on the hill, _ [C]
where you can't see far,
on a [Dm] clear night to the highway [C] and the lights of the cars, _
[Bb] they're going [A] so fast, [G] they're rushing [A] away, _ _ [Bb] they're home [F] in that rear [D] view mirror, _ _ _
_ [C] _ but they'll come back someday.
_ _ [F] _ I'm a long, long way from the place I was [F] born, where the hills are [Dm] all rounded and the clouds
[F] can look tall, where the trees aren't majestic, they [Dm] lead back to the [Bb] sky. _ _
_ [Dm] I'm a long way [F] now, but [C] I'll be back, [Dm] I am by, [Bb] I am far [F] away now, [C] but I'll be back, [F] I am by. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ And the one [F] who raised me, [C] he has passed, _ one [Dm] minute he's there, on the next he is gone,
but [Bb] he's still in [A] the [G] wind, that blows [F] around the yard, [Bb] where the house he [A] was born in [Gm] still stands,
_ _ _ though time [D] has treated [C] it hard.
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So chante, Michel, ta voix [C] comme les plaines, [F] _ chante, Michel, [D] and we'll [C] all sing again,
[F] some voices missing, but the younger ones [Bb] win, _ [Bbm] _ still sing _ of [F] that end, [Gm] and the view [C] from the hill.
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I'm a long [D] way from the place [C] I was born, [F] where the hills are [Dm] all rounded and the [Bb] clouds [F] can look
tall, where the trees aren't majestic, they lead [G] back to [Bb] the sky.
_ _ [F] I am missing it now, but I'll be back, [Dm] I am by, [Bb] I am far [F] away now, [C] but I'll be back, I [F] am by.
I am missing it now, [C] but I'll be back, [Dm] I am by, [Bb] I am far [F] away now, [C] but I'll be back, I [F] am by.
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