Saskatchewan
Written By: Dave Bidini and Martin Tielli
On the album "Melville"
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[G] The moon hung high? in the [Em] canopy of sky
[C] Home Caroline Home [G]
[G] The coastline neared? and the [Em] deckhands cheered
[C] Home Caroline Home [G]
[G] The mast stood tall? like the [Em] best of us all
[C] Home Caroline Home [G]
[G] I thought of the clear light?on your [Em] hands and on the wood
[C] In a church? in Saskatchewan
[G] [A]
[G] On the shore appeared men? like a [Em] welcoming parade
[C]Banners, flags, and arsenal [G]
[G] But they were not what they [Em] appeared to be? as their white flags fell
[C] Banners, flags, and arsenal [G]
[G] I looked up at the moon? and at the [Em] water down below
[C] Home Caroline Home [G]
[G] I tried to remember things? that the [Em] pastor used to say
[C] In a church? in Saskatchewan
[G] [A] [G] [A]
[Dm] Everyone raced onto the [C] deck [Am] [C]
[Dm] I tried to shoot but I just wretched [C] [Am] [C]
[Dm] We must wrestle back what we had sown [C] [Am] [C]
[Dm] We must wrestle back what we had left [C] [Am]
[G] I could not fire, and I [D] don't know [G] why
[C] Then I knew the truth [G]
[G] I felt I got what [D] I de [G] served
[C] Then I knew the truth
[G] [Em] [C] [G]
[G] [Em] [C] [G]
[G] I lay on the deck? as the [Em] cannon balls soared by overhead
[C] Home Caroline Home [G]
[G] The hull gave in? water came [Em] rushing in across the deck
[C] Home Caroline Home [G]
[G] I thought of the farm? and the [Em] work to be done
[C] Home Caroline Home [G]
[G] I thought of the clean light? and the [Em] places that we'd hide
[C] In a church? in Saskatchewan
[G] [A] [G] [A]
[Dm] Everyone raced onto the [C] deck [Am] [C]
[Dm] I tried to shoot but I could not [C] [Am] [C]
[Dm] We must wrestle back what we had sown [C] [Am] [C]
[Dm] We must wrestle back what we had left [C] [Am]
[G] I could not fire, and I [D] don't know [G] why
[C] Then I knew the truth [G]
[G] I felt I got what [D] I de [G] served
[C] Then I knew the truth
[G] [A] [G] [A]
[G] [A] [G] [A]
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