Runrig - The Message



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AI'm (x02220@1)going to dance you round the floor
ADrink (x02220@1)you under the tables
          F#m (244222@1)Going to take that last flight home
        E (022100@1)                        ATo (x02220@1)Balivanich in the month of June
     A (x02220@1)            
Go racing up the south ford
ATurning (x02220@1)midnight in the cars
            F#mWaiting (244222@1)up late with the Greenock girls
       E (022100@1)              ASingle (x02220@1)every song that made us

A (x02220@1)            EYou (022100@1)take your message to the waters
         A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)you watch the ripples flow
                          DNow (xx0232@1)somewhere out on the ocean
            E (022100@1)                ALies (x02220@1)our fear should we grow old



AWe're (x02220@1)going to lie down on the grass
AYour (x02220@1)lipstick in the clover
           F#m (244222@1)        
Going the marry Mary in the summertime
       E (022100@1)                      AThe (x02220@1)Atlantic round our shoulders
            ASkies (x02220@1)are dawning ound the Langass Barpa
AStopped (x02220@1)off at the white bridge waters
           F#mIt's (244222@1)all crossroads lined with telegraph poles
           E (022100@1)                AA (x02220@1)rise of larksong fills the morning

A (x02220@1)            EYou (022100@1)take your message to the waters
         A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)     AAnd (x02220@1)you watch the ripples flow
      A (x02220@1)                 DNow (xx0232@1)somewhere out on the ocean
           E (022100@1)                 ALies (x02220@1)our fear should we grow old
                A (x02220@1)           EYou (022100@1)take your message to the waters
         A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)     AAnd (x02220@1)you watch the ripples flow
      A (x02220@1)                   DNow (xx0232@1)somewhere out on that ocean
         E (022100@1)               AIt (x02220@1)says Mary please don't go

AAnd (x02220@1)when we've wasted all our young years
AWho's (x02220@1)to say we never tried
         F#mTo (244222@1)live fast and honour our pledges
         E (022100@1)                           AHere (x02220@1)we vowed to stay young till we die
AWe (x02220@1)drank the life from the last of the bottle
AWe (x02220@1)wrote our message out like a prayer
         F#m (244222@1)                 
Then we threw away the message with all our hearts
         E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)
Then we watched our lives disappear

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