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