D                       G      D
If on every ocean the ship is a throne
   G              D                G          A
And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown
    D                        G          D
Then I could believe that I'm bound to find
   G             D     A     D
A better life than I left behind

[Refrain]
G               D       B-
But as you ascend the ladder
  D                    A
Look out below where you tread
   D                     G     D
For the colors bled as they overflowed
    G         D
Red, white and blue
    G          D
Green, white and gold

[Verse 2]
D                       G      D
So I had to leave from my country of birth
 G              D
As for each child grown tall
    G             A
Another lies in the earth
D                        G          D
And for every rail we laid in the loam
        G             D          A          D
There's a thousand miles of the long journey home

[Refrain]
G               D       B-
But as you ascend the ladder
  D                    A
Look out below where you tread
   D                     G     D
For the colors bled as they overflowed
    G         D
Red, white and blue
    G          D
Green, white and gold