Charlene Flynn - The Land

	  		Intro: Am  E  Dm  E (x2) 

Verse 1:
Am 
He wakes up in the middle of the night  
       E 
hears sirens all around  
Dm 
dust in the air and smoke in his lungs  
        E 
there’s rubble on the ground. 
   Am 
No shoes on his feet all the neighbours in the street 
          E 
he looks back towards his home  
       Dm 
and he falls to his knees and screams to the sky  
       E 
cos he knows he’s all alone. 

Am 
He knew this day was coming  
     E 
his wife begged for them to flee  
       Dm 
but he built this home with his bare hands  
    E 
and he could never leave. 


Am                                          E 
So  for the land he stayed should he have listened to his wife? 
        Dm                                 E 
For the men they came in hundreds and they took away his life. 


A 
The land remains forever  
E 
men will come and go  
Dm                                                E 
all the fights and lives cut short their stories buried in the stone  
Am                            E 
was it worth the horrors or the tragedies before? 
Dm                                E 
who will win the land when they hear the drums of war? 
Am 
will they ever stop and notice? 
E 
will they ever learn to see? 
Dm 
The land belongs to no man... 
E 
for the land is free. 


Am  E  Dm  E 

Verse 2:
A 
She wakes up in the middle of the night  
E 
her heart is beating fast. 
Dm 
She packs her case to run from this place  
E 
but there’s not enough food to last. 
Am                                       E 
She has to stand and fight she tells the kids to hide upstairs  
Dm 
and she falls to her knees  and screams to god  
E 
and hope he answers all her prayers. 
Am 
So  for the kids she stays  
E 
should she have borne the pain and strife? 
Dm                                          E 
For the men they came in hundreds and they took away her life. 



A 
The land remains forever  
E 
men will come and go  
Dm                                                E 
all the fights and lives cut short their stories buried in the stone  
Am                            E 
was it worth the horrors or the tragedies before? 
Dm                                E 
who will win the land when they hear the drums of war? 
Am 
will they ever stop and notice? 
E 
will they ever learn to see? 
Dm 
The land belongs to no man... 
E 
for the land is free. 


Am  E  Dm  E 


Verse 3:
Am 
They wake up in the middle of the night 
       E 
hide behind their bedroom door  
      Dm 
they dared to look around  
               E 
but see their parents on the floor. 
   Am                                   E 
The fear became too much for them they both began to cry  
        Dm 
but the masked man must have heard them  
     E 
as he caught them with his eye. 

Am 
Fight flight or freeze they just fall to their knees  
        E 
beg for mercy for their souls  
         Dm 
but there was no mercy on that day  
     E 
and there they all would fall. 

Am 
So for the love they stayed  
E 
no running could suffice. 
        Dm                                  E 
For the men they come in hundreds and they took away their life. 


A 
The land remains forever  
E 
men will come and go  
Dm                                                E 
all the fights and lives cut short their stories buried in the stone  
Am                            E 
was it worth the horrors or the tragedies before? 
Dm                                E 
who will win the land when they hear the drums of war? 
Am 
will they ever stop and notice? 
E 
will they ever learn to see? 
Dm 
The land belongs to no man... 
E 
for the land is free. 


Am  E  Dm  E