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
