Eric Bogle

Shelter

Eric Bogle


Tom: G

     G        D     G
I'm drowning in the sunshine
      C                    G
As it pours down from the skies
         G         D/F#     Em
There's something stirring in my heart
        C               D
Bright colours fill my eyes
        G           D      G
As from here to the far horizon
     C             Em
Your beauty does unfold
     G     D/F#    Em
And oh you look so lovely
 C          D         G
Dressed in green and gold

[Verse 2]
          G      D         G
And I can almost touch the ocean
           C              G
Shimmering in the distant haze
      G         D/F#    Em
As I stand here on this mountain
        C                D
On this loveliest day of days
      G        D          G
Round half the world I've drifted
        C          Em
Left no wild oats unsown
    G      D/F#     Em
But now my view has shifted
      C          D         G
And I think I've just come home

[Verse 3]
       G        D       G
To the homeless and the hungry
        C           G
May you always open doors
        G        D/F#    Em
May the restless and the weary
          C               D
Find safe harbour on your shores
        G      D      G
May you always be our Dreamtime place
    C               Em
Our spirit's glad release
        G      D/F#   Em
May you always be our shelter
       C      D       G
May we always live in peace

[Verse 1]
        G        D     G
So I'm drowning in the sunshine
      C                    G
As it pours down from the skies
         G         D/F#     Em
There's something stirring in my heart
        C               D
Bright colours fill my eyes
        G           D      G
As from here to the far horizon
     C             Em
Your beauty does unfold
     G     D/F#    Em
And oh you look so lovely
 C          D         G
Dressed in green and gold