The Ballad Of The Red Flame Lily

Cm Gm F Cm On this day all the trees in Rhodesia are aflame As the eyes of the griever Gm F With flowers of aching replete Cm And my mind's overflowing with vengeance For to pine is not an occupation but a sentence Gm F And in time we will all be faking retreat Cm Have you got rid of it yet? This faith corroded with neglect Gm F Can we ever hide the hurt? Cm At least at night the harvest sun's yoke Is rising like rebel smoke Gm F Beyond the oceans in swirls Cm And it will shame us now D# A# And it will shame us still Cm And it will shame us now D# A# And it will shame us still Am for 4 beats Cm What a hollow promise from hollow men Gm F What a shallow grave for shallow men Cm You're the bull that paws the earth The leopard that teaches to run Gm F You're the crocodile that eats the sun Cm So we walk on through and beyond Gm F The failures of men Cm And we know there's a void at the center Gm F of everything Cm And it will shame us now D# A# And it will shame us still Cm And it will shame us now D# A# And it will shame us still play that last part again, but peppered with the following lyrics and play until end It was wrong to come here I was wrong to come here