Chords for Paul O'Brien - Madrona

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Around these islands [A] fabled shores, like [E] soldiers stand
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] The sacred sentinels [A] of old, they watch the [E] land
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] They [A] twist and they bend with passing [Em] _ years
[E] If they could tell to listening [A] ears, [E] all they know _ _
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_ _ _ _ And youthful green to aging [A] red, and don't they look so [E] grand _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] We tend to care that what is [A] used for knowing [E] had
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_ _ _ [B] [F#m] A carving eagle [Em] flying high, [C#m] or a raven [E] diving through the sky
_ [A] _ No [E] more this world [A] they will [E] own, you [B] save [E] their lives and [A] homes
[E] And you, you will never burn, _ [A] [E] and you, you will never burn
_ And you, you will never [A]
[B] burn for _ [E] [A] us _ _ _
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_ _ So when the world was [A] ages young, [E] the stories told
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_ [E] [B] And the water covered all their [F#] land, and [E] stole their homes _ _ _
_ [B] But your branches saved them from their [Em] end, _
_ [C#m] now you [E] are called forever [A] friend _
_ [B] No more [E] this world they [A] will [E] own, [B] you save [E] their lives and [A]
homes
[E] And you, you will never [A]
burn, [E] and you, you will never [A] burn
[E] _ And you, you will never [A] burn [B] for _ [E] _ us
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_ [E] We look to traditions from the past to save our own _ _ _ _
_ _ We unite when all is lost, we're all undone _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] If we [C#] can't hear the elders' [B] _ [Em] words, [C#m] then [E] we may face a [A] darker world _
_ [B] No more [E] this world [A] they will own, [E] you save their lives and [A] homes
[E] And you, you will never burn, _
[A] [E] and you, you will never burn
And you, you will [A] never [B] burn for _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ [A] us
You'll never burn for us
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