The Long Journey Home Chords by Tommy Fleming

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_ _ If on every ocean [D] a ship is [E] a throne, _ _ [A] _
and for [D] each mast [A] cut down _ _ [D] another [A] _ [Bm] sapling [E] has
grown, _ then [A] I could believe [D] that I'm bound [A] to find [D] a [Bm] better life than I [E]
left [A] behind.
_ _ [D] _ _
But as [A] you ascend [C#m] the ladder, _ _
[D] [A] look out [F#m] below where you [Bm] _ [E]
tread, [A] for the colors bled as [D] they
_ [A] overflow, _ [D] red, [A] white, [Bm] and blue, [E] green, white, [A] and gold.
[D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So I had to leave my [D] country [E] of birth, _ [A] and [D] for each child [A] grown tall, _ _ [D] another [Bm] _ [E] lies in the earth,
[A] and for every ray [D] that we've laid [A] in the long, [D] there's a thousand [Bm] miles for [E] the long [A] journey home.
_ [D] _
But as you [A] ascend [C#m] the ladder, [A] _ look out [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm]
for [E] green, [A] white, _ _ _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] but _ [A] as you ascend [C#m] the ladder, _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] you tread [E] _
[A] for the colors bled [D] as they [A]
overflow,
_ _ [D] red, white, [Bm] and blue, [E] green, white, [A] and _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ gold.
But as you [D] ascend [F#m] the _ [G] _ [D] ladder, look [Bm] out [G] below where you [A] tread, [D] for the colors bled as [G] they
overflow, [D] _ _ _ [G] red, white, [Em] and _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
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blue, green, [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ white, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ and gold. _ _
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