Beautiful Wasteland

Am  C D7  (4x)

[Verse 1]

   Am
It rarely makes the news today
    D7
The place where I was born
     Am
They called it a wasteland
  D7
A wilderness gone wrong
          Am
Where the twisted trees have fallen
    D7
The branches stripped and bare
       F                         Em
In the silence of the night time
             D
Innocence is here


[Chorus]

Am        D            Am
Beautiful wasteland is me
          D            Am
Beautiful wasteland is me
   Dm          Em            D
If only you'll see, you'll believe


[Verse 2]

  Am
I embraced my father's warnings
    D7
And studied in your schools
   Am
To justify your theories

    D7
And convoluted rules
Am
Travelled to the corners
      D7
Where everybody knows
   F                      Em
My country's been wearing
              D
The emperor's clothes


[Chorus]

Am        D            Am   D
Beautiful wasteland is me
Am        D            Am
Beautiful wasteland is me


[Bridge]

Bb   F        Dm7
I'll take you there
       Bb
To the bracken slopes
         C
When the summer's rolling
Bb   F        Dm7
I'll take you there


[Instrumental]

Am  D7  (4x)


[Verse 3]

    Am
I'm lying by the ocean
    D7
Her western breeze is still
          Am
She's the heart of all seasons
  D7
A mother to my soul

         Am
When the century is over
        D7
And the shipping days are done
       F                         Em
Like a child for the first time
               D
I'll lie here again


[Chorus]

Am        D            Am
Beautiful wasteland is me
          D            Am
Beautiful wasteland is me
          D            Am
Beautiful wasteland is me
          D            Am
Beautiful wasteland is me
   Dm          Em            Dm
If only you'll see, you'll believe


[Outro]      (fade to end)
    Em            Dm
You see, you'll believe
    Em            Dm      Em
You see, you'll believe
         D
You'll believe

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