Gulf Of Araby (Written by Katell Keineg) Intro: C F F - C F F -

If you could ^Cfill a veil with ^Fshells from Killiney's^F shore and ^Csweet talk in a ^Ftongue that is no ^Fmore If ^Fwishful thought could ^Fbridge The ^FGulf Of Araby Be^Ftween what ^Cis, what ^Fis, what ^Fis And ^Fwhat can never be

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If you could ^Chold the frozen flow ^Fof New Hope ^FCreek And ^Chide out from the o^Fne they said you might me^Fet If you could ^Funlearn all the w^Fords That you ^Fnever wanted he^Fard If you could s^Ftall the southern w^Find That's w^Fhistling in your ear You could ta^Fke what i^Cs, what i^Fs, what ^Fis To what can^F never be

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^COne man of sv^Fenty whispers ^Ffree at last Two neighbors who are proud of their massacres Three tyrants torn away in a winter's month Four prisoners framed by a dirty judge ^CFive burned with tyres ^FSix men still alive And s^Feven more days to shake at the great divide

The ^CGulf The ^FGulf of Ara^Fby The ^CGulf The ^FGulf of Ara^Fby

We would plough and part the earth to bring you home We would harvest every miracle ever known If they laid out all the things That these ten years want to bring We would gladly give them up To bring you back to us O, there is nothing wewould not give To kiss you and believe we can take what is, what is, what is To what can never be One man of seventy whispers not free yet Two neighbors who make up knee-deep in their dead Three tyrants torn away in the summer's heat Four prisoners lost in the fallacy Five, on my life Six, I'm dead inside And seven more days to shake at the great divide The Gulf Of Araby

Natalie Merchant - Gulf of araby