This Barren Land chords by Strawbs

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 7th

CAPO: 7

Intro: C majorC FF C majorC DmDm (4x)

verse 1
N.C.    FF    G+G   C majorC
I took the children by the hand
FF      E minorEm    DmDm       FF
Promised to show them all that we had planned
   A minorAm   FF     G+G   A minorAm
It's sad but true, this moral maze
 E minorEm      C majorC        G+G
Betrays the innocence of bygone days


        DmDm    G+G    DmDm
You can't hold back the march of time, I said
       FF    G+G    FF
We can't hold back the march of time
          G+G            C majorC
This blood stained desert road on which we stand
  FF  E minorEm   DmDm    G+G   C majorC
Is testament to man, this barren land

Interlude
C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC


verse 2
N.C.    FF    G+G   C majorC  FF C majorC
Our song of joy, the countryside
FF    E minorEm     DmDm        FF
Radiant fields, forever glowed with pride
   A minorAm    FF     G+G   A minorAm
That once were blessed as golden shires
  E minorEm       C majorC        G+G
Now bear the sad remains of funeral pyres


       DmDm    G+G    DmDm
We can't hold back the march of time, I said
        FF    G+G    FF  C majorC DmDm
You can't hold back the march of time
      G+G           C majorC
This wicked wilderness in which we stand
  FF  E minorEm   DmDm    G+G   C majorC
Is testament to man, this barren land


Lead Break

       A minorAm    D MajorD    A minorAm
We can't hold back the march of time, I said
        C majorC    D MajorD    C majorC
You can't hold back the march of time
      D MajorD           G+G
This way of no return on which we stand
  C majorC  B minorBm   A minorAm    D MajorD   G+G
Is testament to man, this barren land


verse 3
N.C.   C majorC     D MajorD    G+G
On sullen shores we make our peace
  C majorC       B minorBm   A minorAm        C majorC
We pray that the howling wind will someday cease
  E minorEm    C majorC     D MajorD   E minorEm
The waves of power can never bend
   B minorBm       G+G        D MajorD
They ever take their course until the end


       A minorAm    D MajorD    A minorAm
We can't hold back the march of time, I said
        C majorC    D MajorD    C majorC  G+G A minorAm
You can't hold back the march of time
   D MajorD                  G+G
This crumbling cliff-top path on which we stand
  C majorC  B minorBm   A minorAm    D MajorD   G+G
Is testament to man, this barren land
  C majorC  B minorBm   A minorAm    D MajorD   G+G
Is testament to man, this barren land