Another Country

	  		                                   A                 
                    living at the edge of the realm 
                                     B          D  
                       seems quite tempting to me, 
                               A                          
              far from the concrete and the sodium light 
                               B                 D  
                      and next to the emerald sea. 
                                 F#m               
                        teacher's out of the room 
                                              B   -  D 
                     and the cat's away for a while 
                            A                            
               and it's drink, drink to get drunk time: 
                              B                      D    
            wash out the culture and bring on the style. 
 
            F#m               A      B                 D    
           there's another country i've heard of long ago; 
                     F#m                    A     B 
                     so dear to them that love her; 
                                               Dm    
                     most great to them that know. 
 
                                   A                 
                    living at the edge of the realm, 
                                   B         D       
                     doing much more as you please. 
                                A                        
               watching the sunset over mallory square 
                      B                          D     
                 and supping on the juice of the keys. 
                           F#m                          
                 and there's always that nagging sense 
                                                B   -  D 
                 that you're not just miles from home 
                           A                           
                 'cos it might as well be light years, 
                           B                          D    
           wrapped up in glitter and chilled to the bone. 
 
             E       B F#m         A                     E 
           so strange that i'm tempted to go to the edge; 
                          B    F#m                    E 
               so strange, yet like the prodigal i go. 
                             B     F#m    A            E  
            and i'd have fallen had the world been flat, 
                             B              F#m    
                        or did your hand hold on 
                                  D - Dm         A 
                       and keep me from the fall. 
 
                                    A                
                     chosing to be outside the fold 
                                B                 D 
                     from kerry to kirkwall skies. 
                                             A 
                             out on the edge, 
 
                      trading love and the hearth, 
                                B                 D 
                      for the thrill and surprise. 
                                  F#m              
                       yet i know another country, 
                                           B  - D 
                          that's mapped within, 
                                           A 
                 and it's always time to return there, 
                                     B           D 
                       no matter where i've been.