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G Em
The moon hung high in the canopy of sky
C G
Home Caroline Home
G Em
The coastline neared and the deckhands cheered
C G
Home Caroline Home
G Em
The mast stood tall like the best of us all
C G
Home Caroline Home
G Em
I thought of the clear light on your hands and on the wood
C
In a church? in Saskatchewan
GA
G Em
On the shore appeared men like a welcoming parade
C G
Banners, flags, and arsenal
G Em
But they were not what they appeared to be as their white flags fell
C G
Banners, flags, and arsenal
G Em
I looked up at the moon? and at the water down below
C G
Home Caroline Home
G Em
I tried to remember things? that the pastor used to say
C
In a church? in Saskatchewan
GAGA
Dm C AC
Everyone raced onto the deck
Dm CAC
I tried to shoot but I just wretched
Dm CAC
We must wrestle back what we had sown
Dm CAm
We must wrestle back what we had left
G D G
I could not fire, and I don't know why
C G
Then I knew the truth
G D G
I felt I got what I de served
C
Then I knew the truth
GECG
GECG
G Em
I lay on the deck as the cannon balls soared by overhead
C G
Home Caroline Home
G Em
The hull gave in water came rushing in across the deck
C G
Home Caroline Home
G Em
I thought of the farm and the work to be done
C G
Home Caroline Home
G Em
I thought of the clean light and the places that we'd hide
C
In a church in Saskatchewan
GAGA
Dm C AC
Everyone raced onto the deck
Dm CAC
I tried to shoot but I could not
Dm CAC
We must wrestle back what we had sown
Dm CAm
We must wrestle back what we had left
G D G
I could not fire, and I don't know why
C G
Then I knew the truth
G D G
I felt I got what I de served
C
Then I knew the truth
GAGA
GAGA
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