This Barren Land

	  		


Intro: C  F  C  Dm  (4x) 

verse 1 
N.C.       F        G      C     
I took the children by the hand 
F           Em        Dm              F 
Promised to show them all that we had planned 
     Am      F          G     Am 
It's sad but true, this moral maze 
  Em            C               G 
Betrays the innocence of bygone days 


               Dm       G        Dm 
You can't hold back the march of time, I said 
              F        G        F 
We can't hold back the march of time 
                   G                       C 
This blood stained desert road on which we stand 
   F    Em      Dm        G      C  
Is testament to man, this barren land 



Interlude 
C  F  C  F  C  F  C 


verse 2 
N.C.        F        G      C    F  C 
Our song of joy, the countryside 
F       Em         Dm               F 
Radiant fields, forever glowed with pride 
     Am        F          G      Am 
That once were blessed as golden shires 
    Em             C                G 
Now bear the sad remains of funeral pyres 

 
              Dm       G        Dm 
We can't hold back the march of time, I said 
               F        G        F    C  Dm 
You can't hold back the march of time 
            G                      C 
This wicked wilderness in which we stand 
   F    Em      Dm        G      C  
Is testament to man, this barren land 



Lead Break 


              Am       D        Am 
We can't hold back the march of time, I said 
               C        D        C    
You can't hold back the march of time 
            D                     G 
This way of no return on which we stand 
   C    Bm      Am        D      G  
Is testament to man, this barren land 



verse 3 
N.C.      C         D        G     
On sullen shores we make our peace 
   C             Bm      Am                C 
We pray that the howling wind will someday cease 
    Em       C         D     Em 
The waves of power can never bend 
     Bm              G                D 
They ever take their course until the end 


              Am       D        Am 
We can't hold back the march of time, I said 
               C        D        C    G  Am 
You can't hold back the march of time 
     D                                    G 
This crumbling cliff-top path on which we stand 
   C    Bm      Am        D      G  
Is testament to man, this barren land 
   C    Bm      Am        D      G  
Is testament to man, this barren land