Return To The Land Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C]

[VERSE]
[C]There comes a time when I look out to find
The [F]hungry are hungry a[C]gain
[F]When did I last speak to Alice, how to help ease their [C]pain
When [G]hope leaves, I know I've been [F]hopeless, like a spark in the [C]rain
And the [F]wooden castles crumble, it [G]makes me feel humble
As [F]though I'm the one who's to [C]blame

[CHORUS]
But [Em]nothing is won when the [Dm7]crying is done
'Til your [F]friends take you up by the [C]hand
Re[Em]turn to the [Dm]earth, you [Em]feel your own birth come a[A]gain
When your [F]bridges are burned, you will [Dm]try to re[G]turn to the [C]land

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[C] [G] [C]

[VERSE]
[C]South of the border, the coffee beans order
The [F]coca is turning the co[C]caine
[F]Tons of bananas and miles of the sweet sugar [C]cane
[G]Grown for the pleasure of [F]some by others, would [C]say
And [F]yonder they'd stand and [G]stare at the land
That they [F]worked for another man's [C]gain

[CHORUS]
But [Em]nothing is won when the [Dm7]crying is done
'Til your [F]friends take you up by the [C]hand
Re[Em]turn to the [Dm]earth, you [Em]feel your own birth come a[A]gain
When your [F]bridges are burned, you will [Dm]try to re[G]turn to the [C]land

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C]

[VERSE]
[C]And there is the other, forgot by his brother
A[F]lone at the end of the [C]day
[F]Searching in vain for the work that would gain him his [C]pay
He [G]tries to forget all the [F]others he's left by the [C]way
And [F]there in the dark the [G]voice in his heart calls him [F]home
To a place far a[C]way

[CHORUS]
But [Em]nothing is won when the [Dm7]crying is done
'Til your [F]friends take you up by the [C]hand
Re[Em]turn to the [Dm]earth, you [Em]feel your own birth come a[A]gain
When your [F]bridges are burned, you will [Dm]try to re[G]turn to the [C]land [F] [C]
And [F]when you are through, you [Dm]always for[G]get you're the [C]land [F] [C]