The Holy Ground

C F G C F G C When the morning comes F G C F G I gaze on you with desire C When the morning comes F G C F G My look will be perfectly plain C F When the morning comes C F My beloved one C When the morning comes Am G C F G You'll know that we both feel the same C In the afternoon F G C F G Misgivings will pale into nothing C In the afternoon F G C F G We'll know what it is to believe C F When it's afternoon C F And I covet you C In the afternoon F G C F G I'll give you no reason to leave C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G Done with time and patience, I moved with the crowd C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G Lonely in my silence and being without C Dm7 F G Then, all in one instant C Dm7 F G Straight out of the blue C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G Out of all its goodness, the summer sent you C Now it's evening time F G C F G And I reach for you lying beside me C Now it's evening time F G C F G Your kiss will be tender and sure C F Now it's evening time C F Just like every time C In the evening time F G C F G I love you as much as before C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G Done with time and patience, I moved with the crowd C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G Lonely in my silence and being without C Dm7 F G Then, all in one instant C Dm7 F G Straight out of the blue C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G Out of all its goodness, the summer sent you C Dm7 F G All in one sweet instant C Dm7 F G Straight out of the blue C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F Out of all its goodness, the summer sent you G C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F The summer sent you G C Dm7 F G The summer sent you C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G C Dm7 F G C ================================================================== Track 2 - One Way Donkey Ride CAPO: 4th Fret G G/F# Em D G G/F# Em D G D There you may stand in your splendour and jewels C G Swaying me in both directions D One is the right one, the other for fools C G How do I make my selection? D The city lies silent in the warm morning light C G The sand is as golden as saffron D Oasis of love, sweet water of life C G D G G/F# Em D God bless the poor ones who have none, though they have tried G D Someone is drowning down there in the flood C G But this river will dry by tomorrow D Is it ocean or stream, this love in my blood? C G Bringer of joy or of sorrow? D The end of the journey must soon be in sight C G Birth is the start of the swansong D Oasis of love, some water of life C G D G G/F# Em D G G/F# Em D God bless the poor ones who want some, but are denied G D No one is given the map to their dreams C G All we can do is to trace it D See where we go to, know where we've been C G Build up the courage to face it D While we fumble in the darkness, where once there was light C G Roaming the land of the ancients D Oasis of love, sweet water of life C G D G God bless the poor ones whose patience never died D While we stumble in blindness, where once there was sight C G Searching for trees in the forest D Oasis of love, sweet water of life C G D G God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried C G D G God bless the poor ones who want some, but are denied C G D G God bless the poor ones whose patience never died C G D G G/F# Em D G God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride ================================================================== Track 3 - The Loving Time CAPO: 1st Fret C G/B F C G/B F Am C G/B F C It reads like a fairytale, and that's what it was G/B F C Young man in his prime, young girl from the cross G/B F Am The most perfect of strangers, and then the night closed in C G/B F C And the holy ground took care of everything G/B F C Now she was a fine one, he was a handsome man G/B F Am C One look was enough, and away they ran G/B F They spent many happy hours and then the night closed in C G/B F C And the holy ground took care of everything Dm7 G C F Ohh, what's the use in complaining? G Am Dm7 In for a penny, in for a pound G C G Am F I remember the loving time G C G Am And nothing else really counts G And I recall the promise they made C F Am With a faith I can but admire G She'd be the one he adored F C G C And he'd be her heart's desire G/B F C It didn't come true, they went their separate ways G/B F C He couldn't change what he was, she wasn't ready to wait G/B F They couldn't live in the daylight, they let the night close in C G/B F C And the holy ground took care of everything G/B F They couldn't live in the daylight, they let the night close in C G/B F And the holy ground took care of everything C G/B F Aah, they couldn't live in the daylight, they let the night close in C G/B F Dm7 And the holy ground took care of everything G C G Am F I remember the loving time G C And nothing else really counts ================================================================== Track 4 - Golden Thread G C G C D G I looked into a mirror made of lines C D C G With tiny symbols here and there to make the image mine D Am D Am A woman stood and painted and showed me what to find C D G C G The different parts, the fire, the air and where my life would climb C G C D D7 And where it joins another and what would always bind G C It's a golden thread to hold you all of my days G C Hold my head against you, now and for always G C Sewn me up, shown us a long, long time D G Makes you my life C D G Makes you my life C D G The moving finger writes and goes away C D C G I'm weighed upon a balance here and I'm told that I can stay D Am D Am The kettle heats, the water speaks up, says I'm not alone C D G C G My whole life is a tapestry and hanging in my home__ C G C D D7 And here it joins another by what will always bind G C It's a golden thread to hold you all of my days G C Hold my head against you, now and for always G C Sewn me up, shown us a long, long time D G Makes you my life C D G Makes you my life G C G C D G And when you looked, your angel flew away C D C G And what it meant was, your protection's gone another day D Am D Am And what has come to change you and have you, come what may C D G C G Is fashioned by an old triangle, green as April haze__ C G C D D7 Blue is just a colour, but blue is here to stay G C It's a golden thread to hold you all of my days G C Hold my head against you, now and for always G C Sewn me up, shown us a long, long time D G Makes you my life C It's a golden thread to hold you all of my days G C Hold my head against you, now and for always G C Sewn me up, shown us a long, long time D G Makes you my life C D G Makes you my life C D G C G C Makes you my___ life ================================================================== Track 5 - The Holy Ground (traditional) CAPO: 6th Fret C G C Am G C Farewell my lovely Johnny, a thousand times adieu F G F Em C Am G You are going away from the holy ground and the ones that love you true C G C G C Em You will sail the salt seas over and then return for sure__ F Dm F Am C G F C Dm G To see again the ones you love and the holy ground once more__ C G C Am G C You're on the salt sea sailing, and I am safe behind F G F Em C Am G Fond letters I will write to you, the secrets of my mind C G C G C Em And the secrets of my mind, my love, you're the one that I adore__ F Dm F Am C G F C Dm G And still I live in hopes you'll see the holy ground once more__ C G C Am G C I see the storm a-rising, and it's coming quick and soon F G F Em C Am G And the night's so dark and cloudy you can scarcely see the moon C G C G C Em And the secrets of my mind, my love, you're the one that I adore__ F Dm F Am C G F C Dm G And still I live in hopes you'll see the holy ground once more__ C G C Am G C But now the storms are over, and you are safe and well F G F Em C Am G We will go into a public house and we'll sit and drink our fill C G C G C Em We will drink strong ale and porter and we'll make the rafters roar__ F Dm F Am C G F C G And when our money, it is all spent, you'll go to sea once more__ C G C Em You're the one that I adore__ F Dm F Am C G C And still I live in hopes you'll see the holy ground once more ================================================================== Track 6 - Treasure Island CAPO: 4th Fret C G Am C G D C G Am C G F C G Am Oh, our love is never easy C G D It's almost always out of your way C G Am It's not the path of least resistance C G F It's not some words you get to say G Am It's a stream running up a mountain F G Am It's a wave rolling out from the shore F I wish I could say G Am I never felt that way before C G Am I have a friend who's lonely C G D She is chasing after her dreams C G Am And she is the one and only C G F One who knows how hard it will be G Am There's treasure on her island F G Am Buried in this city of news F I wish I could say G Am We didn't have that much to lose F G Am F G Am Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh C G Am Yeah, and one friend tried to end it C G F He could not see the good in his life G Am In his mirror or his pocket F G Am And his hopes had come down like a knife G Am It's a stream running up a mountain F G Am It's a wave rolling out from the shore F I wish I could say G Am I never felt that way before F G Am There's treasure on these islands F G Am Buried in this city of dues F I wish I could say G Am We didn't have that much to lose F G Am Oh, there's treasure on these islands F G Am Buried in this city of dues F I wish I could say G Am We didn't have that much to lose F G Am Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh F G Am F G Am F G Am ================================================================== Track 7 - The Holy Ground CAPO: 3rd Fret G D G D G D G C I was born on the holy ground G D G A running child in fields of clover D G C I was living in the grandeur of D G My father's land D G C By the side of the swirling sea G D G I spent the days of childish wonder D G C And rocks I held in my young hands D G I never felt them slip away D G C Well, the sun shone bright upon the waves G D G And the wind blew high as I was leaving D G C And I sailed so far away D G Looking for adventure D G C But I would not stay where the city streets G D G Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours D G C Though music is a pretty thing D G In fine company D G C And the wilderness took my breath away G D G Under a sun that never falters D G C I felt I had to find my way where D G No one ever goes D G C It was in the south that my new home lay G D G With a dark-eyed boy and wild horses D G C With humming birds and roses there in D G Old Mexico D G C There the winds of change, they blew so far G D G Of liberty and revolution D G C It seemed that each man heard in his breast D G The drumming of a nation D G C I was born on the holy ground G D G A running child in fields of clover D G C I was living in the grandeur of D G My father's land ================================================================== Track 8 - Flesh And Blood CAPO: 2nd Fret G C G C G Bm C D G C If we leave here today G C G We could be a thousand miles away Bm Take to that road C D See how far it goes G C And on that great ocean road G C Oh, the country's in our bones G Bm All the trouble that you know C D Empties out as you go G D Oh, walk with me, talk with me G C Tell me your stories G D Em C I'll do my best to understand you G C You're flesh and blood, flesh and blood G C Don't refuse me your love G Bm More than words can express C D More than wealth or success G C Oh, there's a thousand things to do G C So let's start here with me and you G Bm All the pain that you feel C D All the hurt that seems so real G D Oh, come on and walk with me, talk with me G C Tell me your stories G D Em C I'll do my very best to understand you G You're flesh and blood G C G C G Bm C D Bb F Bb You can't go on holding back the flooding river F Am Keeping all that fear inside C A I understand how trouble haunts you (it haunts me, too) D Yes, and I do know how you feel G C Oh, there's a thousand things to do G C So let's start here with me and you G Bm Gonna take a little time C D Let's see what we can find G D Oh, come on and walk with me, talk with me G C Tell me your stories G D Em C I'll do my best to understand you G D Ohh, won't you walk with me, talk with me G C Tell me your stories G D Em C I'll do my very best to understand you G C You're flesh and blood G C You're flesh and blood G Bm C D You're flesh and blood G C G C G Bm C D ================================================================== Track 9 - Dockland CAPO: 3rd Fret G C G C G C G Late glow on an early winter evening in Dockland C G With my ship of dreams moving easily across the sound F C G Reminiscence is weighing me down with a vengeance F G Tide water so deep I think I'm going to drown C D7 G But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction C D7 G In the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold C D7 G I don't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice F C G Gone out of Dockland without a care in the world C G It didn't hit me when I met you coming out of the shambles C G It didn't hit me when you took me to the summer field F C G I didn't flinch when you told me that you'd get what you wanted F G I never had what it takes to have a heart of steel C D7 G But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction C D7 G In the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold C D7 G I don't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice F C I'm gone out of Dockland without a care in the world F Gone out of Dockland C G D Yes, I loved you the time that it was C G F D G And yes, you may rip me whenever you want___ C G So it goes on a crystal-clear morning in Dockland C G And heaven knows if I'll ever live to love again F C G Struck down by the kiss of an angel in limbo F G Laid low by the act of the going C D7 G But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction C D7 G In the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold C D7 G I don't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice F C Gone out of Dockland without a care in the world F C G C G I'm gone out of Dockland without a care in world ================================================================== Track 10 - Lay Down Your Burden CAPO: 3rd Fret C G/B Am D B7 Em C G/B D G It's a cold, old world that we're walking through D G They ought to tell you at the start But it's warm as toast walking two by two D G Lay down the burden of your heart C G Lay down the burden of your heart D G I know you'll never miss it C G Just show me, angel, where it hurts D G And let your mammy kiss it C G/B Am D B7 Em Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh C G/B D G Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh C G/B Am D B7 Em C G/B D G It's a fine, fine line between love and hate D G It's hard to tell the two apart But what strength I have, I offer you D G Lay down the burden of your heart C G Lay down the burden of your heart D G I know you'll never miss it C G Just show me, angel, where it hurts D G And let your mammy kiss it C G Lay down the burden of your heart D G I know you'll never miss it C G Just show me, angel, where it hurts D G And let your mammy kiss it C G/B Am D B7 Em Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh C G/B D G Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ================================================================== Track 11 - Paper Friends C Dm7 Em G C Dm7 G They sent you down a paper friend, I hear C Dm7 Em You went back on all your vows you once held dear Dm7 There you stretched so calm and quiet Em And things looked good, now don't deny it Dm7 You walked on air for fifteen minutes G7 And after that, there was nothing in it C Dm7 G You don't need those paper friends at all C Dm7 Em G No, you don't need those kind of friends C Dm7 G You say you've lost your sense of time, again C Dm7 Em Well, you've been using that excuse since who knows when Dm7 You went the way of all young rebels Em Ignore the gods, embrace the devils Dm7 But they're no good for you in your state G7 So why not drive them right out of your gates? C Dm7 G 'Cause you don't need those paper friends at all C Dm7 Em G F7 You don't need those type of friends Am7 Dm7 No one knows what you're feeling C F7 And life goes on in its own sweet time Am7 Dm7 Your passions flame for no reason Em7 F You haunt the city for something that shines Em Dm7 G Even one thing to rhyme C Dm7 G And if I meet you on the rounds today C Dm7 Em I hope you won't turn on your heel or walk away Dm7 Yes, I know it takes so much effort Em But facing up can be so much better Dm7 So what if dreams, they all come to nothing? G7 Just blow your nose and keep on looking C Dm7 G 'Cause you don't need those paper friends at all C Dm7 G You don't need those kind of friends C Dm7 G You don't need those paper friends C Dm7 G You don't need those paper friends ================================================================== Track 12 - Poison Words CAPO: 3rd Fret G Em C Am7 D7 N.C. G Em C I remember when we were sweethearts Am7 D7 I was safe with you, you were my protector N.C. G Em C Those days were over and I need someone Am7 D7 Someone to keep me safe from you C Am Love was all we had, we were young and sure C D G D Who'd expect their love would turn to war? G D/F# Em C I don't know who to pity more Am7 D How much pain can love endure? N.C. G Em C I should leave you, but I can't seem to Am7 D7 You say, "I'm sorry, dear", and I believe you G Em C And though the next time may be the worst yet Am7 D7 How easily I forgive, how quickly you forget C Am C The poison words, the ugliness D G D When low on hope and deep in debt G D/F# Em C The promises that bring regret Am7 D For loving you, is this all I get? C Am C D G D G D/F# Em C Am7 D C Am C The poison words, the ugliness D G D The cold remains of married bliss G D/F# Em C To all our dreams, a fatal kiss Am7 D7 Oh, what kind of love is this? G Em C Am7 D7 G Em C Am7 D7 G Em C Am7 D7 ==================================================================