Protect and survive
G ~ ~
G D
1. The red hot sun burns up
the hill,
Em D
the
winter’s bride, the summer’s king,
Em C
Em D
I tramp these acres and I feel
once upon a time.
G D
And then it seemed that
everything,
Em D
you
saw and touched and felt was real,
Em C Em D
you turned the
tap and you turned the wheel, breathing free.
G C G D
Once in a lifetime you live and love, once in a lifetime you die,
G C Em D
Em - D
- G
once in a moment the sun goes
down, protect and survi.............ve.
G D
2. Now you search the open evening sky,
Em
D
trace
the memories in your eyes,
Em C Em D
for the prophet’s
hard rain and the deluge lie in tears around your door.
G D
Once there were trees and livestock here,
Em
D
a
mother’s love, the warnings clear,
Em C Em D
but you chose to
turn away from fear, breathing free.
G C G D
Once in a lifetime you live and love, once in a lifetime you die,
G C Em D
Em - D
once in a moment the sun goes
down, protect and survi.......ve,
Em D
Em -
D - G
protect and survi.............ve,
+ G - Em - C - Am - D (2x
G Em C
AmD
+ Protect and survive,
protect and survi...ve !
G D
3. Now there’s a faceless cross on a distant hill,
Em D
a
wasted voice, a silent scream,
Em C
where
the lovers love and the dreamers dream,
Em
D
you
stand and dream alone.
G
D
You took your sacrifice to the Gods of war,
Em D
traded
your children’s lives for a mess of gold,
Em C Em D
and you beat the
ploughshares into swords, breathing free.
G C G D
Once in a lifetime you live and love, once in a lifetime you die,
G C Em D
Em - D
once in a moment the sun goes
down, protect and survi.......ve.
G C G D
Once in a lifetime you live and love, once in a lifetime you die,
G C Em D
Em - D
once in a moment the sun goes
down, protect and survi.......ve,
Em D Em - D Em D Em - D - G
protect and survi.......ve, protect and survi.............ve !
(orig. = capo 1st) (Runrig)