Flesh and Blood
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Australia
Flesh and Blood - Shane Howard
Transcribed by Mark Finlayson (finny@nor.com.au)
E A D
If we leave here today
A D
we could be a thousand miles away
A E D E
Take to that road see how far it goes
A D
And on that great ocean road
A D
Oh the country's in our bones
A E
All the trouble that you know
D E
empties out as you go
Chorus:
A E
Oh come on walk with me, talk with me,
A D
tell me your stories
A E F#m D
I'll do my best to understand you
A D
You're flesh and blood, flesh and blood
A D
Don't refuse me your love
A (Amaj7)
More than words can express
D E
More than wealth or success
A D
Oh there's a thousand things to do
A D
So let's start here with me and you
A Amaj7
All the pain that you feel
D (Bm7) (D)
All the hurt that seems so real
A E
Oh come on walk with me, talk with me,
A D
tell me your stories
A E F#m D
I'll do my very best to understand you
A
You're flesh and blood
Break
C Em C G
You can't go on holding back
the flooding river
C G
Keeping all that fear inside
Bm D
I understand how trouble haunts you
B E
Yes and 1 do know how you feel
A D
There's a thousand things to do
A D
So let's start here with me and you
A Amaj7
Gonna take a little time
D
Let's see what we can find
Oh come on walk with me.... .
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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