One Way Donkey Ride chords by Mary Black

Intro:
G G/F# Em D x2

Verse:
G              D
There you may stand in your splendour and jewels
C          G
Swaying me in both directions
             D
One is the right one, the other for fools
C         G
How do I make my selection?

Verse:
              D
The city lies silent in the warm morning light
  C          G
The sand is as golden as saffron
           D
Oasis of love, sweet water of life
C              G     D        G  G/F# Em D
God bless the poor ones who have none, though they have tried

Verse:
G            D
Someone is drowning down there in the flood
     C          G
But this river will dry by tomorrow
              D
Is it ocean or stream, this love in my blood?
C          G
Bringer of joy or of sorrow?

Verse:
              D
The end of the journey must soon be in sight
C             G
Birth is the start of the swansong
          D
Oasis of love, some water of life
C              G     D     G  G/F# Em D G G/F# Em D
God bless the poor ones who want some, but are denied

Verse:
G          D
No one is given the map to their dreams
C          G
All we can do is to trace it
          D
See where we go to, know where we've been
C            G
Build up the courage to face it

Verse:
                    D
While we fumble in the darkness, where once there was light
C            G
Roaming the land of the ancients
           D
Oasis of love, sweet water of life
C               G    D   G
God bless the poor ones whose patience never died

Verse:
                   D
While we stumble in blindness, where once there was sight
C             G
Searching for trees in the forest
           D
Oasis of love, sweet water of life
C              G     D        G
God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried
C              G     D     G
God bless the poor ones who want some, but are denied
C               G    D   G
God bless the poor ones whose patience never died
C             G    D     G  G/F# Em D G
God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride