Oh Canada chords by Missy Higgins

Intro: (SPOKEN)
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More informatiomn has come to light about 3 year old
Syrian boy Alan Kurdi whose body was found recently washed
up on a beach in Turkey. Refugee advocates now say his
families ultimate goal was to reach asylum in Canada.


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He was carried from the water by a soldier
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And the picture screams a thousand different words
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He was running from the terror with his father
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Who once believed that nothing could be worse

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So he?d handed a man two thousand precious dollars
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The way you?d rest a bird in a lion?s open jaw
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And he told the boys that Canada was waiting

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That there was hope upon her golden shores
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But at night he said a quiet prayer into the wind


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Oh Canada, if you can hear me now
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Won?t you open up your arms towards the sea?
F# B F#       C#   D#m
Oh Canada, if you can help me out
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All I ever wanted was a safe place for my fam-i-ly


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Well the days were long but the nights were even longer
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And the baby boys never left their mothers? side
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But the boat was small and the waves were getting stronger
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And they began to fear they?d not survive

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So the father said ?We gotta hold each other tighter
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I?m not losing everything I love tonight
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And we?ve come so far I know that out there somewhere
      B                    C#
There?s a place where we won't have to fear for our lives?
      B                 F#        C#
But as he held onto the side of the boat he looked up at the sky


F# B F#       C#   D#m
Oh Canada, if you can hear me now
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Won?t you open up your arms towards the sea
F#   B F#       C#   D#m
Oh my Canada, if you can help me out
  F#    B           F#  C# B F# C# D#m B F# C#
The sea is churning I think we?re going doooooooooooooooown


F# B F#       C#   D#m
Oh Canada, if you can hear me now
     B       F#     C#
Won?t you open up your arms towards me
  B F#     C#   D#m
Oh, anyone please help me out
      B         F#      C#  B F# C# D#m  B F# C#
All I ever wanted was a safe place for my familyyyyyyyyyyy


OUTRO:
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There?s a million ways to justify your fear
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There?s a million ways to measure out your words
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But the body of Alan being laid upon the sand
     B
Tell me how do you live with that?