Ralph McTell — England 1914
Capo: Optional Tuning: Standard Pattern: Finger Picking Tablature by: Keiren A. W. Scott C F C What is it about you, makes me feel this way? C Am When I'm leaving you, when I'm coming home F G I'm lost for words to say. C And I know your faults and failures, F C And the troubles that you've been through. Bb Dm But it's more about what happens now Dm7 G And what were coming to. C F And the echo from the green hills C F Runs through her city streets, Dm F And the sun that shines on England G C Well it lifts the heart in me. C F C F Gm England, oh England C F C F Cm England, oh England C F C What is it about you, that took men into war? C Am Rows and rows of crosses: Who remembers why what for? F G The corners of these foreign fields, C The dust in them concealed. F C Out of sight but not out of mind, Dm7 G Don't you know that England feels? C F And the echo from the green hills C F Runs through her city streets, Dm F The rain that falls on England G C Well it washes care from me. C F C F Gm England, oh England C F C F Cm England, oh England C F C Don't make this out a battle hymn or a song of victory. C Am It's just a way to try to say what England means to me. F G And our accents and our colours change C FC DG C F And the echo from the green hills C F Runs through her city streets, Dm F The rain that falls on England G C Well it washes care from me. C F C F Gm England, oh England C F C F Cm England, oh England CFC CAm FG C And all the colours in between. F C It's a stillness in the evening. Bb Dm It's the heartbeat that I'm feeling. DG7 FC C F And the echo from the green hills C F Runs through her city streets, Dm F The rain that falls on England G C Well it washes care from me. C F C F Gm England, oh England C F C F Cm England, oh England
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