Where I Belong chords by Alan Doyle

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
F#F#              D MajorD
Ginny said good-bye this afternoon

As far as I can tell
     F# minorF#m
She can’t bear the good-bye evenings
        E MajorE
Or the morning afters of farewell
      D MajorD
She says, “Here you are another one
     F#F#        A minorAm
to whose back I’m saying cheers.
      F# minorF#m
It’s like a death in the family
       E MajorE
and it’s been going on for years.”

Chorus:
      A augmentedA
And so I’ll cast my leaving shadow
F# minorF#m   BB    A augmentedA
And I’ll be Canadian
  E MajorE
But distance won’t decide what matters
    D MajorD
To the Hard Rock’s loving son.
       A augmentedA
And when I’m thinking of St. John’s
D MajorD        F# minorF#m     D MajorD
I’ll bring her closer with a song
 E minorEm          D MajorD
I don’t know where I’m going but I know where I belong

Verse 2:
F# minorF#m
Don’t get the old man started
        F#F#    BB    D MajorD
Or I’ll have to hide him from the rum
  BB             A augmentedA
If we can keep his mind from ’49

He’ll keep having fun.
F# minorF#m             E MajorE
Oh, it’s not the kids he’s cursing
    D MajorD        A augmentedA
Though I’m his third to leave
        F# minorF#m
He’s mad at Mr. Smallwood
      E MajorE
And it’s a parent’s right to grieve.

Chorus:
      A augmentedA
And so I’ll cast my leaving shadow
F# minorF#m   BB    A augmentedA
And I’ll be Canadian
  E MajorE
But distance won’t decide what matters
    D MajorD
To the Hard Rock’s loving son.
       A augmentedA
And when I’m thinking of St. John’s
D MajorD        F# minorF#m     D MajorD
I’ll bring her closer with a song
 E minorEm          D MajorD
I don’t know where I’m going but I know where I belong

Bridge:
F#F#
So let’s take a moment’s silence
F#5F#5
for our dear departed souls
F#F#
Let’s fly our flags at half their mast
           G+G
As another young man goes
  E minorEm
The laughter of the children
      G+G       E minorEm
supplanted by the rolling ghosts
F#F#
Another tide surrenders
           E MajorE
to a far and foreign coast

I told Mom I’d stay closer to the cousins
                 F#F#
Who beat the path from our front door
DmDm
One right after the other
     F# minorF#m
and they won’t be back no more
    D MajorD
But the thing I think I fear the most
  A augmentedA
She whispered in my ear
F#F#
Is being the last flower in the garden
   E MajorE
With no one left to care

Chorus:
      A augmentedA
And so I’ll cast my leaving shadow
F# minorF#m   BB    A augmentedA
And I’ll be Canadian
  E MajorE
But distance won’t decide what matters
    D MajorD
To the Hard Rock’s loving son.
       A augmentedA
And when I’m thinking of St. John’s
D MajorD        F# minorF#m     D MajorD
I’ll bring her closer with a song
 E minorEm          D MajorD
I don’t know where I’m going but I know where I belong