Where I Belong chords by Alan Doyle

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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