Tuning: EADGBE Chorus: D Em C D Am D So, here's to the people, a long way they come Em C D G The emigrant races from merciless places are run D Em C D Am D So, here's to the people, a long way they come Em C D G The emigrant races from merciless places are run Verse 1: Em C D They don't believe what gouvernment said Em C D They don't like to wait until they're dead Em C D For thousands of reasons many have fled Em C D From animosity and bloodshed
Verse 2: Em C D Fathers and mothers, young and old Em C D Children and grannies along they strolled Em C D You don't know the stories they were told Em C D Of the land they will behold Chorus: D Em C D Am D So, here's to the people, a long way they come Em C D G The emigrant races from merciless places are run D Em C D Am D So, here's to the people, a long way they come Em C D G The emigrant races from merciless places are run Solo: Em C D D(4x) Verse 3: Em C D You don't believe what gouvernment said Em C D Do you like to wait until your're dead Em C D For thousands of reasons many have fled Em C D From animosity and bloodshed Chorus: D Em C D Am D So, here's to the people, a long way they come Em C D G The emigrant races from merciless places are run D Em C D Am D So, here's to the people, a long way they come Em C D G The emigrant races from merciless places are run Bridge: N.C. (So, here's to the people, a long way they come N.C.