Chords for Nanci Griffith - St. Olav's Gate/From a Distance (Live in Norway, 1993)

This next song is a song that I recorded about Oslo Norway in 1985 _ _
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And it took me till 1993 to get here [Bm] so
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_ This [B] is a song from my last of the [F] true believers album written by a Tom Russell called St.
Olaf's Gate
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Drinking black market vodka in the back of the [D] Scotsman saloon _ _ _ _ _
_ And [E] then it's red meat and whiskey like a high old drunk on _ _
[B] Not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sad enough no debuskers all sing the [D] same
_ [A] _ And [D] _
_ _ _ [E] it's a wall sing Matilda while the bagpipes play oh [A] clear to lose _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She was a lady she came down from Bergen she [D] said
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[Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ She [E] spoke English they laughed and drank whiskey [A] instead _ _ _ _ _ _
And in the morning he found a rose with a note on [D] his name
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ It's a [E] meet me midnight on the corner the same
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_ _ _ _ See
[D] Yeah
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[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ Was _ _
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[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
the first time I played in Norway
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which we really enjoyed.
_ _ People were [F#] just so _ [A] _ enthusiastic and knew all the songs
_ [D] and _ it made it a real [Bm] pleasure [D] to go someplace [Bm] and have everyone know who you are.
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_ _ _ _ Here's to the ladies you love but you don't see [D] _
again
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[E] _ Tonight is not whiskey, the morning's a [A] cold bitter _ _ wind
_ _ _ _ _ And the blue eyes and the dimly-lit sand are all gone [D] and _ [A] away
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_ She [E] leaves him standing alone [E] in the shadow [B] of the city [A] moonlit sky
_ _ _ _ _ She leaves [E] him standing _ alone in the shadow of the city [A] moonlit sky _
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_ _ _ _ _ Thank you!
[D#] _ _ _ We haven't done this next song in a while and if it seems rusty, it's because we haven't been doing it.
But y'all have [D] been yelling for [B] it.
It's a song I recorded in 1986, [C#] written by a dear friend of mine from New York City by the name of [G] Julie Gold.
De lejos, de lejos, aus der Ferne, from a distance
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[F#] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
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[F#] From a distance, [B] the world looks [C#] blue and [F#] green and [B] the snow [C#] can't melt _
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From a distance, the [B] _ ocean [C#] _ meets the [F#] stream and [B] the eagle [C#] _ _ takes [F#] to her song
_ _ _ From [B] a distance, [C#] the land, _
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] [B] it echoes _ [F#] to the [C#] land
_ _ _ _ And it's the voice [F#] of hope, it's [G#m] the voice [F#] of peace, [G#m] it's the voice [C#] of _ heaven
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
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[F#] From a distance, [B] we all [C#] _ have [F#] enough _ _ [B] and _ _ _ [C#] _ _ nobody's [F#] gaining
_ _ [B] _ _ And [F#] there are no _ [B] diseases, _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _
[B] no health _ [C#] _ without _
[F#] _ disease
_ _ _ From [B] a distance, _ [C#] we _ are [D#m] _ _ instruments, and we're [B] marching in a [F#] _ common [C#] band
_ _ _ _ _ Playing [B] _ songs [F#] of _ hope, playing [B] songs [F#] of peace, they're [B] the songs [C#] I _ can [F#] breathe
_ _ God _ _ [B] is watching _ [C#] us, el [F#] Señor mira
_ [D#m] _ _ El [G#m] dulce del [C#] aire, _ aus [F#] der Ferne
_ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ From _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _
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[B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#]
a distance, _ [G#m] you _ look [C#] like my [F#] friend, _ [B] even though [C#] we _ _ _ _
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_ What _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _
[B] all _ [C#] these wars are [F#] for
_ _ _ From [B] a distance, _ _ [C#] we carry _ [D#m] honey _ _ _ _ _ and [B] it echoes _ [F#] to the [C#] land
_ _ _ And it's [B] the hope [F#] of gold, it's [B] the love [F#] of love
And it's [B] the heart _ [C#] _ _ _
[D#m] of every man, _ _ you are [B] the hope [F#] of gold, you [B] are the love [F#] of love
This [B] is a song _ [C#] of heaven
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