Song Of My Returning chords by Phil Ochs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
  B        E       B       G#m
The wild geese are dancing in the ripples of the morn
  B       E
My wanderlust is born
       D#m    C#m        F#m
I've got to follow them wherever they may lead
  B      E     B        G#m
For I am just a sailor on a ship across the land
B         E
Let me hold your hand
      D#m      C#m      F#m
To bid farewell so i can not go to my knees
B      D#m      G#m
But I'll be back again no matter where I go
     C#m      F#m         B
For it's only love that frees the fire for burning
B          D#m      G#m
Then I'll take you in my arms and tell you all I know
   C#m      F#m       B
As I sing the early song of my returning

Verse 2:
  B        E       B       G#m
The weary world is waiting for ambition to be played
  B       E
Now young and not afraid
       D#m    C#m        F#m
I've got to challenge every chalice that I know
  B      E     B        G#m
My eager ears are listening for the singing of the sign
B         E
Deeper are the lines
      D#m      C#m      F#m
Upon the face that finds reflections in the road
B      D#m      G#m
Yes, I'll be back again no matter where I go
     C#m      F#m         B
For it's only love that frees the fire for burning
B          D#m      G#m
Then I'll take you in my arms and tell you all I know
   C#m      F#m       B
As I sing the changing song of my returning

Verse 3:
  B        E       B       G#m
My drifting days prepare me to do battle with the night
  B       E
A phantom of the fight
      D#m    C#m        F#m
I've got conquer all the courage of my fears
  B      E     B        G#m
The answer lies in limbo(?) and the harvest will be hard
B         E
But sacred are the scars
      D#m      C#m      F#m
That leave their mark on the fast disolving years
B      D#m      G#m
Yes, I'll be back again no matter where I go
     C#m      F#m         B
For it's only love that frees the fire for burning
B          D#m      G#m
Then I'll take you in my arms and tell you all I know
   C#m      F#m       B
As I sing the growing song of my returning

Verse 4:
  B        E       B       G#m
Time must have her victory It's that I've always known
  B       E
But I won or lost alone
       D#m    C#m        F#m
And when a voice calls out "there's someone you must meet"
  B      E     B        G#m
With every strength remaining I will suffer one more scene
B         E
I'll gather all my dreams And with my final breath
 D#m    C#m    F#m
I'll lay them at your feet
B      D#m      G#m
Yes, I'll be back again no matter where I go
     C#m      F#m         B
For it's only love that frees the fire for burning
B          D#m      G#m
Then I'll take you in my arms and tell you all I know
   C#m      F#m       B
As I sing the final song of my returning