Intro: E B F# x2 (on second time let F# ring) verse 1: E B I was born by the banks of a river F# B Back in seventy three. E B Raised up in a steel town F# B Surrounded by fields of green. E B The fires went out when the steel went south F# B And soon it was time to leave. E B Got on a plane back in eighty eight F# B And landed on a maple leaf. Chorus: