Long Journey Home

E A E If on every ocean the ship is a throne A E A B And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown E A E Then I could believe that I'm bound to find A E B E A better life than I left behind A E C#- But as you ascend the ladder E B Look out below where you tread E A E For the colors bled as they overflowed A E Red, white and blue A E Green, white and gold E A E So I had to leave from my country of birth A E As for each child grown tall A B Another lies in the earth E A E And for every rail we laid in the loam A E B E There's a thousand miles of the long journey home A E C#- But as you ascend the ladder E B Look out below where you tread E A E For the colors bled as they overflowed A E Red, white and blue A E Green, white and gold repeat