Tom: D
D G D
If on every ocean the ship is a throne
G D G A
And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown
D G D
Then I could believe that I'm bound to find
G D A D
A better life than I left behind
[Refrain]
G D B-
But as you ascend the ladder
D A
Look out below where you tread
D G D
For the colors bled as they overflowed
G D
Red, white and blue
G D
Green, white and gold
[Verse 2]
D G D
So I had to leave from my country of birth
G D
As for each child grown tall
G A
Another lies in the earth
D G D
And for every rail we laid in the loam
G D A D
There's a thousand miles of the long journey home
[Refrain]
G D B-
But as you ascend the ladder
D A
Look out below where you tread
D G D
For the colors bled as they overflowed
G D
Red, white and blue
G D
Green, white and gold
