Song Of The Earth Chords & Lyrics - Runrig

CAPO: 4th Fret

INTRO: [C]

It was winter on the Mersey
Snow was falling on New [Am]York
The boats were coming in from [C]Ireland
A nation drinking round th[Am]e docks
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]rain is falling
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]rain is falling[C] down

Young men were heading back to Europe
Rocking the Reeperbahn at[Am] night
We watched the airwaves over [C]Eval
Angels were dancing [Am]in the light
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]sun is sinking
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]sun is sinking[C] low

The chains, slaves, praise and gospel
Burn like the sun in tortured [Am]mouths
A hurricane blew out of [C]Memphis
Revolution in the[Am] south
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]sun is beating
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]sun is beating[C] down

Spirits drink the milk of nations
Singing freedom and re[Am]lease
Cries of mercy rise like[C] rockets
Through the paths of the re[Am]deemed, oh ooh oh
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]guns are turning
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]guns are turning[C] 'round
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]guns are turning
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]guns are turning[C] 'round

[CHORUS]

What do you do

Sing a song of the earth
Song the earth [F]
Song the [C]earth

A singer in my bloodstream
Stayed mainline all[Am] my life
His voice filled my At[C]lantic
A Celtic fire, a soul of[Am] white
[Dm]What do you do when your [Am]homes are burning
[Dm]What do you do when your [Am]homes are burning[C] down

He wore the beauty of his people
Came to tell it to the[Am] world
Human tears, human [C]oceans
The greatest song I've e[Am]ver heard
[Dm]What do you do when your [Am]hope is raging
[Dm]What do you do when your [Am]hope is raging[C] strong

It was winter on the Mersey
Through the museum on the[Am] docks
Through all my years, through my[C] failures
To where the white piano[Am] stood
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]rain is falling
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]rain is falling[C] down

Saw all the singers of the Gaidhealtachd
And all the world could under[Am]stand
I heard, maybe I'm a[C] dreamer
I'm not the only [Am]one
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]song you're singing
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]song you're singing's[C] gone
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]song you're singing
[Dm]What do you do when the [Am]song you're singing's[C] gone

CHORUS: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
Song the earth [F]
Song the [C]earth
Song the earth [F]
Song the [C]earth