Intro: D C G D F G D
Verse:
D C G D
The sun beats down on this thirsting land
F G D
Burning my will away
D C G D
It's many a mile from the eastern shore
F G D
And the hope I felt that day
D C G D
We crossed the sea from the old country
F G D
To the promised land we came
D C G D
And then we headed west on a thankless quest
F G D
To the place we staked our claim
Bm
Now the eagle that's circling overhead,
D G D D
He knows my name
Bm F#
'Cause the only thing plentiful here is the
Em
Dust on the plain
A D D G D F G D
Until God brings the rain
Verse:
D C G D
Wasn't always this way, back in the day
F G D
All life sprang from this ground
D C
But like a slow-burning curse
G D
Every year's gotten worse
F G D
So someday it must turn around
Bm
As the wagons are rolling on out
D G D D
They call me insane
Bm F#
But I'm not gonna let this land break me,
Em
I'll be staying
A D D G D
Until God brings the rain
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