C B Em D Em D Em A Em A [Verse 1] Em D Run they said to a promised land Em D Run and find us a helping hand Em A Don't come back till the sun is gone Em A Don't come back till the war is won Em D We all set out with our hearts in hand Em D A cold wind covered up a line in the sand Em A All so young nothing to lose Em A Pieces of silver and a dead mans shoes [Chorus] D C# And oh do you know what I'm saying D Strike a light to guide us A Somewhere [Verse 2] Em D Tempest swells our worlds collide Em D Arrows from above and the salt in our eyes Em A Then as the sky began to bruise Em A We all sought shelter from the breaking news [Chorus] D C# Oh did I ever show you D A All the great memorials, all the factory floors? D C# And oh though you know I don't know you D Now that we're here A Let's make them proud [Middle 8] G C G C On and on and on and on and on and on we go G C Traipsing over bridges G C Over corpses down below G C And all the while we could have smiled G C For one thing on our minds G C The very thing you strive for G F# Is the thing that makes you blind [Verse 3] Em D Run they said to a promised land Em D Run and find us a helping hand Em A Don't come back till the sun is gone Em A Don't come back till the war is won Em D Tempest high, stories tall Em D Thought that we'd learnt nothing at all Em A Then at last the day was saved Em A With flowers borrowed from a dead friends grave [Chorus] D C# And oh even still I don't know you D Maybe I'll show you A If you've eyes to see [Outro] Em A Em A Em A Em A Em A And so farewell Em A And so farewell Em A And so farewell Em A Em And so farewell to it