This Barren Land chords by Strawbs

• Capo on 7th

CAPO: 7

Intro: C F C Dm (4x)

verse 1
N.C.    F    G   C
I took the children by the hand
F      Em    Dm       F
Promised to show them all that we had planned
   Am   F     G   Am
It's sad but true, this moral maze
 Em      C        G
Betrays the innocence of bygone days


        Dm    G    Dm
You can't hold back the march of time, I said
       F    G    F
We can't hold back the march of time
          G            C
This blood stained desert road on which we stand
  F  Em   Dm    G   C
Is testament to man, this barren land

Interlude
C F C F C F C


verse 2
N.C.    F    G   C  F C
Our song of joy, the countryside
F    Em     Dm        F
Radiant fields, forever glowed with pride
   Am    F     G   Am
That once were blessed as golden shires
  Em       C        G
Now bear the sad remains of funeral pyres


       Dm    G    Dm
We can't hold back the march of time, I said
        F    G    F  C Dm
You can't hold back the march of time
      G           C
This wicked wilderness in which we stand
  F  Em   Dm    G   C
Is testament to man, this barren land


Lead Break


       Am    D    Am
We can't hold back the march of time, I said
        C    D    C
You can't hold back the march of time
      D           G
This way of no return on which we stand
  C  Bm   Am    D   G
Is testament to man, this barren land


verse 3
N.C.   C     D    G
On sullen shores we make our peace
  C       Bm   Am        C
We pray that the howling wind will someday cease
  Em    C     D   Em
The waves of power can never bend
   Bm       G        D
They ever take their course until the end


       Am    D    Am
We can't hold back the march of time, I said
        C    D    C  G Am
You can't hold back the march of time
   D                  G
This crumbling cliff-top path on which we stand
  C  Bm   Am    D   G
Is testament to man, this barren land
  C  Bm   Am    D   G
Is testament to man, this barren land