An Ode To Lmanburg chords by Beetlebug

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
     D     Em    G
It all started on a day like any other
     D     E      G
All the salmon had swum to the sea
     D     G
When my lover she darted, away down the stream
    D        G     D
With a heart that she'd taken from me


Instrumental:
Em G D G

Continuing Verse 1:
     G        C      G
And my chest though it ached, there was hope
  D   Em    G
A little beacon of light
       D   Em       G   D
Though my sunniest days were now stolen away
         A    D
I still had our son by my side
      G              A    Am
And as he looked up at me, with those wondering eyes
    Em     G
I just knew that I must protect him with my life
       D      Em
And make a land that is good
          G
And a land that is free
     Em    A     D
For the better of you and of me

Chorus:
    G             D
We'll build these walls, with our own fair hands
       G            D
Through the wind and the rain and the snow
    Em             G
And I swear on my life, that I'll stay by your side
     Em      G      D
Through whatever the world has to throw

Instrumental:
Em D Em D

Verse 2:
         Em   G
So I summoned my men to my side
     D    C    G
And we sung a familiar tune
    D    Em             G
As a final goodbye, with our fists to the sky
    D      G   D
To our past as we started anew

Chorus:
   G             D
We built these walls, with our own fair hands

Through the wind and the rain and the snow
    Em            G
And we swore that we'd keep an unwavering faith
                 D
To the land that we carved for a home

Instrumental:
Em Bm G A D Em A7 A Bm D E D G A D G Gm Edim Bm

Verse 3:
     D        G        D
Oh, the dawn of the day set our country aflame
         A     Bm
As the sun rose bloody and true
     A         D      G
Arrows burned through the skies, as we swallowed our pride
           A    D B
And we ran with our backs to the moon
N.C
To our demise...
     D
From a friend full of lies...
     D     Em    G
Oh, the break of the day shed it's light
     D      E   Gm
On our hearts left battered and bruised
     D        Gm      G
All the hopes that we'd laid, on the home that we made
     D     G      D
Torn to pieces and left in the blue...
       C      G
But my friend with an angry cry
    D        G
Held the weight of our world at his side
    D     G       D    G
Took a trembling stand, with an arrow in hand
             D
As he muttered a final goodbye...

Ending Notes:
Em C G D G A D