Tom: Em Em G Am C Em G Am C [Verse 1] Em with a shrug of her shoulders G the mountain came down Am tore a path all the way to the water C through my sleeping town Em And the trails i'd wandered G all erased in the birth Am of the million year old rock C from the naked gasping earth [Chorus 1] C D* Em D oh my children where you gonna go C D* Em D now you lost the land you called your home C D* Em G when the earth is burning fever on her brow C D crying oh my children who will save you now [Interlude] Em G Am C Em G Am C [Verse 2] Em now the winters hit harder G the summers are fire Am and the rains are the tears of a mother C for a rebellious reckless child Em still the spring brings clover G amid the blackened oaks Am sprays some fledgling branches C N.C. and the wild flowers below [Chorus 2] C D* Em D oh my children where you gonna go C D* Em D now you lost the land you called your home C D* Em G when the earth is burning fever on her brow C D Am crying oh my children who will save you now [Bridge] C/B C D* Am farewell the family of the holocene C/B C D* Am C/B farewell the fragile air the sea the land C D* Am C/B five times before she's seen the rise and fall again C but never by their own hand Em never by their own N.C. oh my children [Solo] Em G Am C Em G Am C Em G Am C Em G Am C [Verse 3] Em chaos was my lover G fate is my bride Am we will meet at the edge of the ocean C and the ever rising tide [Chorus 3] C D* Em D oh my children where you gonna go C D* Em D now you lost the land you called your home C D* Em G when the earth is burning fever on her brow C D Em D crying oh my children who will save you now C D* Em G when the earth is burning fever on her brow C D Em crying oh my children who will save you now