Tonart: G major
Intro 1
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G
Em
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Verse 1
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held paradise in their hands
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D
Then invaders came and killed them all,
C
and now it's a broken land
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Em
A country it was plundered,
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G
and greed drove its course
Em
Ain't a thing sacred
C
Destroyed without a thought
Am
Em
Gleaming tiles of glass and steel
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D
Rose along the coast
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G
Profits from the mines in land
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D
What they valued most
G
Em
The elders are all gone
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G
And our kids just run amuck
Em
D
Try to restore some discipline,
C
before we lose the love
G
Em
Courage, diligence and fortitude,
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G
they say it'll get you through
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D
No point being too angry,
C
or your spirit might leave you
Am
Em
You can't fix it all,
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D
when the damage has long been done
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Do your best with what remains
Em
D
Pick up and carry on
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G
Down in a broken lane
Em
D
Down in a broken lane
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G
Paying the price of the colonized
Em
D
Any way we can
C
I was born in a broken lane
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Em
D
Born in a broken lane
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G
I don't mean to criticise,
Em
I just want you to understand
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G
Now the nation looks for glory
Em
C
G
upon the sporting field
Em
As if the winning camp
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C
can make up for how we feel
G
I'm baffled by the loss
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C
of knowledge
Em
Haunted by the absence
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C
of the people who belong
Am
Em
Is there any place left of nurturing?
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D
Is there any woman who can
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Hold me tight on these dark sad nights
Em
D
Down in a broken land
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G
Down in a broken land
Em
D
Down in a broken land
C
G
Paying the price of the colonised
Em
D
Any way we can
C
G
I was born in a broken land
Em
D
Born in a broken land
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G
I don't mean to criticize
Em
I just want you to understand
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G
Em
Three thousand miles away
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G
I'm staying in somebody's shed
Em
D
The wind moans outside my door
C
and a cat keeps jumpin' on my bed
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I thought I could escape
Em
C
G
but I'm still here in my mind
Em
D
C
Even in the city I can hear the mopo cry
Am
Em
I know my grave is waitin'
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back there in the cold country
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I pray that only good memories
Em
D
stay with me
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Down in a broken lane,
Em
D
down in a broken lane
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G
Paying the price of the colonized,
Em
D
any way we can
C
G
I was born in a broken lane,
Em
D
born in a broken lane
C
G
I don't mean to criticize,
Em
D
I just want you to understand
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G
Em
C
G
Em
D
C
G
I was born in a broken land
Em
C
G
Em
D
C
G
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