Only Our Rivers Run Free

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F C G Am
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[Verse 1]
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When apples still grow in November
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And blossoms still grow from each tree
     F                           C
When leaves are still green in December
     G                           Am
It's then that our lands will be free


[Chorus]
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I travelled her hills and her valleys
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And still through the sorrows I see
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A land that has never known freedom
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free


[Verse 2]
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I drink to the death of her manhood
      F         C          G
Those men who'd rather had died
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Than to live in the cold chains of bondage
   G                           Am
To bring back their lives were denied


[Chorus]
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Oh where are you now when we need you
     F                              G
What burns where the flames used to be
        F                           C
Are you gone like the snows of last winter
         G                   Am
And will only our rivers run free
         G                   Am
And will only our rivers run free


[Verse 3]
    C        G              C
How sweet is life but we're crying
    F          C             G
How mellow the wine but it's dry
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How fragrant the rose but it's dying
    G                        Am
How gentle the breeze but it sighs


[Chorus]
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What good is in new when it's aging
     F                          G
What joy in the eyes that can't see
             F                      C
When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers
          G                   Am
And still only our rivers run free
          G                   Am
And still only our rivers run free

  F                           C
I travelled her hills and her valleys
    F                           G
And still through the sorrows I see
  F                         C
A land that has never known freedom
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free


[Outro]
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free
    G                   Am
And only our rivers run free