C - G - Am - D - G      - G - G7 - F - C - F - Dm - G - G7

 

    C     G            C                               Am   F                      C

    No man, no madness, though their sad power may prevail,

                  G      A            Dm  A            Dm           G - G7     C

    can possess, conquer, my country's heart, they ri…se to fail.

      C   G   C                   Am     F                             C

    She is eternal, long before nations' lines were drawn,

                    C      D                    G  D       G      C  G - D            G

    when no flags flew, when no armies stood, my la….nd was born.

 

            Am                       Em                       F       Dm                 C

    And you ask me why I love her through wars, death and despair,

      F              C               F          - Dm            G    - G7

    she is the constance, we who          don't care.

            Am   F                 Em                    F               - C

    And you wonder will I leave her - but how? - - -

   F   G               C  G      C   F    C - G            C

    I cross over borders, but I'm sti…..ll there now.

 

+ F - C - G - C - C7    - F - C - F - G - G7 - C - C7

 

       F              C                  G                   E

    How can I leave her? Where would I start?

     F     G                C G      C      F    C - G         Am

    Let man's petty nations tear themse….lves apart !

     F   G                 C  G    C  F G - G7            C - F - G - F - C

    My land's only borders lie arou….nd my hea……………....rt.