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The Holy Ground by Mary Black
The Holy Ground
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
[Intro]
G D G D G
[Verse]
D G C
I was born on the holy ground
G D G
A running child in fields of clover
D G C
I was living in the grandeur of
D G
My father''''s land
[Verse]
D G C
By the side of the swirling sea
G D G
I spent the days of childish wonder
D G C
And rocks I held in my young hands
D G
I never felt them slip away
[Verse]
D G C
Well, the sun shone bright upon the waves
G D G
And the wind blew high as I was leaving
D G C
And I sailed so far away
D G
Looking for adventure
[Verse]
D G C
But I would not stay where the city streets
G D G
Proclaimed so loudly man''''s endeavours
D G C
Though music is a pretty thing
D G
In fine company
[Verse]
D G C
And the wilderness took my breath away
G D G
Under a sun that never falters
D G C
I felt I had to find my way where
D G
No one ever goes
[Verse]
D G C
It was in the south that my new home lay
G D G
With a dark-eyed boy and wild horses
D G C
With humming birds and roses there in
D G
Old Mexico
[Verse]
D G C
There the winds of change, they blew so far
G D G
Of liberty and revolution
D G C
It seemed that each man heard in his breast
D G
The drumming of a nation
[Verse]
D G C
I was born on the holy ground
G D G
A running child in fields of clover
D G C
I was living in the grandeur of
D G
My father''''s land
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 6th fret
[Verse]
C G C Am G C
Farewell my lovely Johnny, a thousand times adieu
F G F Em C Am G
You are going away from the holy ground and the ones that love you true
C G C G C Em
You will sail the salt seas over and then return for sure__
F Dm F Am C G F C Dm G
To see again the ones you love and the holy ground once more__
[Verse]
C G C Am G C
You''''re on the salt sea sailing, and I am safe behind
F G F Em C Am G
Fond letters I will write to you, the secrets of my mind
C G C G C Em
And the secrets of my mind, my love, you''''re the one that I adore__
F Dm F Am C G F C Dm G
And still I live in hopes you''''ll see the holy ground once more__
[Verse]
C G C Am G C
I see the storm a-rising, and it''''s coming quick and soon
F G F Em C Am G
And the night''''s so dark and cloudy you can scarcely see the moon
C G C G C Em
And the secrets of my mind, my love, you''''re the one that I adore__
F Dm F Am C G F C Dm G
And still I live in hopes you''''ll see the holy ground once more__
[Verse]
C G C Am G C
But now the storms are over, and you are safe and well
F G F Em C Am G
We will go into a public house and we''''ll sit and drink our fill
C G C G C Em
We will drink strong ale and porter and we''''ll make the rafters roar__
F Dm F Am C G F C G
And when our money, it is all spent, you''''ll go to sea once more__
[Outro]
C G C Em
You''''re the one that I adore__
F Dm F Am C G C
And still I live in hopes you''''ll see the holy ground once more
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