Far Americay

	  		


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I asked what he was thinking but he hadn't much to say 

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The revelry died down now, we'd reached the break of day 

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God knows it's not for glory, son, we just have to make some room 

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Oh, my heart would surely break for you, sweet treasure of my womb 

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With four and twenty shillings, we sent him on his way 

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Now my blood runs through the mountains 

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Of Far Americay 



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From a Rocky Mountain mine camp came a message here tonight 

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He says the mountain gives him hope these days to break the reach of night 

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Says to tell the young ones that he seldom sees the moon 

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But the noise would wake the dead out there, he'll send some money soon 

         G         D/F#      Em                 Em   D    C   
There's light down in those tunnels, Oh, it's gonna' be okay 

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My blood slips through the mountains 

   D            Am  G/B  C  D   G    D/F#  G  Em  D 
Of Far Americay. 

                Am  G/B  C  D   G    Am  Em  C  D  



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From a Rocky Moutain mine camp came a letter here today 

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He says the winds of change are blowin' a little warmer every day 

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That he fell in love with liberty, a girl we all once knew 

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She comes from good people, and he said she loves him too 

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That blood ran down those rivers 

        Em    D         C  
What a heavy price to pay 

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So far now from the ocean 

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In Far Americay 

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In Far Americay 

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How young love it meanders through Far Americay 

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