The Night I Heard Caruso Sing

C G The highlands and the lowlands F C Em7+5 C Are the roots my father knows C G The holidays at Oban C F And the towns around Montrose C But even as he sleeps G They're loading bombs into the hills Am G And the waters in the lochs F C Em7+5 C Can run deep but never still C G I've thought of having children F C Em7+5 C But I've gone and changed my mind C G It's hard enough to watch the news C F Let alone explain it to a child C To cast your eye 'cross nature G Over fields of rape and corn Am G And tell him without flinching F Dm Not to fear where he's been born Dm / G / Dm / G / C / Em7+5 C C G Then someone sat me down last night F C Em7+5 C And I heard Caruso sing C G He's almost as good as Presley C F And if I only do one thing C I'll sing songs to my father G I'll sing songs to my child Am G It's time to hold your loved ones F While the chains are loosed and the world C Runs wild Dm / G / Dm / G / C / Em7+5 C F And even as we speak G They're loading bombs onto a white train F G How can we afford to ever sleep C So sound again