Chords for Wonderful Grand Band - Home on the Island (Ron Hynes)

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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _
[C] Now that [G] I have come back [F] home at last I [C] can [D] only look back to [G] the past
[C] And I [G] could divide it [F] all in half _
[Bb] Between the [F] times I cried [G] and the times I
cried [Bb] Now I'll pass the [F] time with what's around [C] me
dawn _ _ [Bb] I'll watch the [F] midday shadows and [G] the evening _
[C] sun Once I [G] was a soldier [F] and a lord
Now [C] don't go [D] asking what I did [G] that for And [C] I've been on ships [G] I sailed to distant
[F] shores That [Bb] was [F] long ago, I [G] don't go to sea no more
[Bb] Because I don't have the [F] time or the [C] patience I _
[Bb] don't have the [F] strength, I don't [G] have the
_ inclination [Eb] Every rider has to leave the road
Everything [Bb] must cease to [Cm] soar, [F] war must soon be [Bb] o'er
[D] So we can carry [G] on, every [Cm] dog must have his day
That's what the old folks used to [Eb] say And mine has [Cm] surely [Bb] slipped away
Mine has [D] surely slipped [G] away
_ [C] I got some pictures [G] of some places [Am] that I've [F] been
[C] _ Pasted in [D] a book so I can [G] keep them clean
[C] Younger times, younger [G] faces, younger [F] days
And in [Bb] all the pastless [F] ways, I'll never [G] live those days again
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