Runrig - Dance Called America
(transcribed by MacSaxon, lyrics googled)


verse
[A] [F#m] [D] [A]
[A] [E] [D] [A]
[A] [F#m] [D] [A]
[A] [E] [F#m] [D]

chorus
[A] [D] [F#m] [E]
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]
[A] [D] [F#m] [E]
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]


              AThe (x02220@1)landlords came
            F#mThe (244222@1)peasant trials
   D (xx0232@1)          ATo (x02220@1)sacrifice of men
            A (x02220@1)                 EThrough (022100@1)the past and that quite darkly
    D (xx0232@1)             AThe (x02220@1)presence once again
               AIn (x02220@1)the name of capital
   F#mEstablishment (244222@1)    D (xx0232@1)          AImprovers, (x02220@1)its a name
           AThe (x02220@1)hidden truths
           EThe (022100@1)hidden lies
          F#mThat (244222@1)once nailed you
       DTo (xx0232@1)the pain

           AThey (x02220@1)did a dance
         DCalled (xx0232@1)America
     F#mThey (244222@1)danced it round
    E (022100@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)waited at the turns
      DFor (xx0232@1)America
     A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)    AThey (x02220@1)danced their ladies round

       ATo (x02220@1)the candles
      F#mOf (244222@1)enlightenment
     D (xx0232@1)                AOnce (x02220@1)lit they say don't burn
            A (x02220@1)             ETo (022100@1)turn the darkest room of suffering
     D (xx0232@1)              ATo (x02220@1)a greater state of pain
                       ADon't (x02220@1)tell me that's behind you now
      F#mDon't (244222@1)greet me
      D (xx0232@1)             ADon't (x02220@1)meet your dying blind
         A (x02220@1)             EIt's (022100@1)our very last stand together
         F#mSo (244222@1)let's sever
      DNo (xx0232@1)regrets

           AThey (x02220@1)did a dance
         DCalled (xx0232@1)America
     F#mThey (244222@1)danced it round
    E (022100@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)waited at the turns
      DFor (xx0232@1)America
     A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)    AThey (x02220@1)danced their ladies round

           AThere (x02220@1)were days
               F#mThat (244222@1)once held confidence
D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)         
Strength of will and mind
          A (x02220@1)                        EThe (022100@1)camouflage that once washed your fathers
     D (xx0232@1)                AYour (x02220@1)sons and daughters time
        AAnother (x02220@1)Tounge
            F#mMy (244222@1)love, my island
            D (xx0232@1)        AYou've (x02220@1)gone international
             A (x02220@1)            EWith (022100@1)all the praying men of God
              F#m (244222@1)             DWho (xx0232@1)stood and watched it all go on 

           AThey (x02220@1)did a dance
         DCalled (xx0232@1)America
     F#mThey (244222@1)danced it round
    E (022100@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)waited at the turns
      DFor (xx0232@1)America
     A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)    AThey (x02220@1)danced their ladies round

           AThey (x02220@1)did a dance
         DCalled (xx0232@1)America
     F#mThey (244222@1)danced it round
    E (022100@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)waited at the turns
      DFor (xx0232@1)America
     A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)    AThey (x02220@1)danced their ladies round
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