Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 20:36:24 -0600
From: [email protected] (Tim Campbell)
The Old Sod
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Spirit of the West
album: Save This House
transcribed by Tim Campbell [email protected]
INTRO & FILLS: G D G D G D Bm A G D G D Bm D A D
G D
From the old sod to the new land
G D
We came over by the score
G D
We cut the ties and said goodbye
Bm A
And closed the old world door
G D
We settled on your praries
G D
In your cities and your towns
Bm D
There’s another oatmeal savage
A D
Everytime you turn around
Chorus
D A D
There’s none more Scots
G D
Than the Scots abroad
Bm D
There’s a place in our hearts
A D
For the old sod
D A D
There’s none more Scots
G D
Than the Scots abroad
Bm D
There’s a place in our hearts
A D
For the old sod
FILL (same as intro)
We soon found our own kind
Formed clubs and social nights
And we practised on each other
Just to keep our accents right
For there’s more tartan here
Than in all the motherland
We came 5000 miles
To the gathering of the clans
CHORUS
FILL
There’s a bar in the rec room
In the basement of our house
A little shrine to Ballantynes
Haig and famous Grouse
There’s a sprig of purple heather
From the land that once was mine
And Robbie’s on the t-towel
With the words to Auld Lang Syne
CHORUS
FILL
Canada’s been good to us
We’ve a living and a home
We’ve all got central heating here
And most are on the phone
I’m a citizen of both countries
And very proud to be
For the the thisle and the maple leaf
Are the emblems of the free
CHORUS
CHORUS
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«Don’t dwell on what has passed away
Or what is yet to be.»
-L. Cohen
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452327,Lord it’s so hot and I ain’t got a lot
Don’t need much but I ain’t satisfied right now
I just want water I just want an ocean
An endless river to wash away all of my tears
Lord it’s so hot and my heart’s bleeding
Ain’t been with you but it’s you I’m needing right now
I just want water I just want an ocean
An endless river to wash away all of my tears
When your hot and lord how it’s steaminh
You gotta go back to the river babe
I just want water I just want an ocean
An endless river to take me back to my shame»