STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - TRAIL OF TEARS CHORDS

Tuning: E A D G B E

[intro with lead] Am C Em G Em D G Am Am C Em G Em D G Am [all in] A C Em G A x2

^AIn a land wi^Cthout any pity ^Em And a sun scorching fro^Gm the ^Asky ^AIn the desert, ^Cthey built a city S^Emharp as flint that could^G make ^Ayou cry ^AHold on to it ^C Hold on to it ^Em It’s a dream that will ^Gnever ^Adie ^ACome there with me^C Come there with ^Emme It’s the home of my o^Gwn min^Ad’s eye

A C Em G A

^ABut the dreamer wa^Cs never welcome^Em Other lands have their ^Gown de^Amands ^AGet away boy, y^Cou don’t belong here^Em That’s our law and it a^Glways ^Astands ^AHold on to it ^CHold on to it I^Emt’s a dream that will ma^Gke you^A cry ^ACome there with me ^CCome there with me^Em And they’ll let us in b^Gy and ^Aby

Em Em [Chorus:]

^CI will meet you when t^Fhings are ^Gbetter ^CIn a world without^F any f^Gear ^FWe’ll be facing our br^Fight to^Gmorrow ^FAt the end of this tr^Fail of ^Gtears

A A A C Em G A x2

^AThey asked our dreamer^C for reams of paper ^EmThese were the keys that^G he di^Adn’t own ^AThey pointed back^C to the land he came ^Emfrom Said: “Go back there, son ‘cos th^Gat’s y^Aour home” ^AGo back to it ^CGo back to it N^Emo future, no life,^G no ho^Ape ^ACome there with me ^CCome there with me ^EmAnd you’ll see why I can^G’t go ^Ahome

Em Em [Chorus]

^CI will meet you when t^Fhings are ^Gbetter ^CIn a world without^F any f^Gear ^FWe’ll be facing our br^Fight to^Gmorrow ^FAt the end of this tr^Fail of ^Gtears

A A D A G A

And the^D trail goes^A on On an^Gd on For ^Ayears and years The tra^Dil drags on^A Never en^Gding Tr^Aail of tear^Bs ^B

A C Em G A x2

^ASo, the dreamer turns ^Cfrom the city B^Emut he asks them before h^Ge leav^Aes: ^A“Who checked your papers ^Cto build this country? ^EmWho gave permission for you^G and n^Aot me?” ^AThink back on it T^Chink back on it Land^Em is the land and it was ^Galways^A free ^ABefore you B^Cefore you No on^Eme had papers, they would^G simpl^Ay “be”

[Chorus]

^CI will meet you when t^Fhings are ^Gbetter ^CIn a world without^F any f^Gear ^FWe’ll be facing our br^Fight to^Gmorrow ^FAt the end of this tr^Fail of ^Gtears ^CI will meet you when t^Fhings are ^Gbetter ^CIn a world without^F any f^Gear ^FWe’ll be facing our br^Fight to^Gmorrow ^FAt the end of this tr^Fail of ^Gtears

A A A C Em G A x4

Stiff Little Fingers - Trail of tears