At The Heart Of It All

G C (4x) G C G C Let's go up the hillside to the highest ridge of stone G Em C G Where the lapwing sings a eulogy at the wonder of it all C G C As the evening shadows thunder a cloak around the world G Em C G We remember all the mornings at the heart of it all D Em C G At the heart of it all is a calling to this land C G Am C In the words of our salvation is a song for the common man D Em C G At the heart of it all is a story to be told C G Am C G/B G/A For the sake of our salvation and the troubles we behold G C G C You can see the river rising, its banks will creak and slide G Em C G There's a silence in the evergreen and on the setting of the tide C G Em Well, it's nature's way of saying, our backs are up against the wall G Em C G When it harder shocked the world, in a world before the storm D Em C G At the heart of it all is a calling to this land C G Am C In the words of our salvation is a song for the common man D Em C G At the heart of it all is a story to be told C G Am C For the sake of our salvation and the troubles we behold Am G Am C (2x) G C G C The poems and the music are sorting nocht a name G Em C G They tumble and cascade across the pages of the mind C G C They will rise and spring to life again in the song for the good old home G Em C G Where the people and their land are at the heart of it all D Em C G At the heart of it all is a calling to this land C G Am C In the words of our salvation is a song for the common man D Em C G At the heart of it all is a story to be told C G Am C For the sake of our salvation and the troubles we behold Am G Am C (4x)