An Ode To Lmanburg Ukulele chords by Beetlebug

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

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


Instrumental:
D Em G D G D

Verse:
    D        Em      G
And my chest though it ached, there was hope
 D   Em    G
A little beacon of light
     D    Em            G
Though my sunniest days were now stolen away
 D       G     D
I still had our son by my side


Pre-Chorus:
     G              G73
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    G     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:
D Em G D G D


Verse:
   D      Em    G
So I summoned my men to my side
    D   Em    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
      G             D
Through the wind and the rain and the snow
    Em            G
And we swore that we'd keep an unwavering faith
    Em      G      D
To the land that we carved for a home


Instrumental:
D Em Bm G Gm D
Em A Em71 Bm
D Em Bm G Gm D
Em Em5 Em Em71 G73 Bm B7


Bridge:
    Em           G
Oh, the dawn of the day set our country aflame
    D    Gbm     Bm   B7
As the sun rose bloody and true
    Em               G
Arrows burned through the skies, as we swallowed our pride
    D      Gbm      B7
And we ran with our backs to the moon
   Em
To our demise...
        Em5
From a friend full of lies...


Verse:
    D      Em      G
Oh, the break of the day shed it's light
   D      Em      Em5
On our hearts left battered and bruised
    D        Em            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...
    D       Em  G
But my friend with an angry cry
     D       Em     G
Held the weight of our world at his side
    D     Em           G
Took a trembling stand, with an arrow in hand
   D     Em5  D
As he muttered a final goodbye...


Outro:
D Em G D Em5 D