Tom: D
D A D G
[Verse 1]
D G A
If on every ocean the ship is a throne
G A D G Em A
And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown
D G A
Then I could believe that I'm bound to find
G Em A D
A better life than I left behind
[Chorus]
G D F#m
But as you ascend the ladder
D Bm Em
Look out below where you tread
A D G A
For the colours bled as they overflowed
G Em
Red, white and blue
A D
Green, white and gold
D G A
So I had to leave from my country of birth
G A D
As for each child grown tall
G Em A
Another lies in the earth
D G A
And for every rail we laid in the loam
G Em A D
There's a thousand miles of the long journey home
[Chorus]
G D F#m
But as you ascend the ladder
D Bm Em
Look out below where you tread
A D G A
For the colours bled as they overflowed
G Em
Red, white and blue
A D
Green, white and gold
[Chorus]
G D F#m
But as you ascend the ladder
D Bm Em
Look out below where you tread
A D G A
For the colours bled as they overflowed
G Em
Red, white and blue
A D
Green, white and gold
