Leaving Strathconon
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
4th traste
[Capo 4]
[Verse 1]
G D G
We're the emigrant ones, not the last in the line
G C G
You're your father's son. and I am mine
G C G
And all of our northwords turn distant and small
C G D G
In the end they mean nothing, no. nothing at all
G D G
Right here's the river's source, and it flows out to the world
G C G
And the heart of Caledonia is drowning in its flood
G C G
Was there hunger in our striving, did the light shine in our dark
C G D G
Was everything we ever needed always right here from the start
[Chorus]
Em G
Please believe me
C G
Something in me died
C G
Leaving Strathconon
D F C G F C G
And your mountains behind
[Verse 2]
G D G
We stood on a hundred gangways. that's the way it's always been
G C G
I walked out beyond Calvary with all my kith and kin
G C G
In the war of the worlds we conquer and roam
C G D G
Lie the wounds that stay bleeding and raw in the soul
[Chorus]
Em G
Please believe me
C G
Something in me died
C G
Leaving Strathconon
D G
And your mountains behind
Em G
Please believe me
C G
Something in me died
C G
Leaving Strathconon
D G
And your mountains behind
[Solo]
C G C G C G D G
C G C G C G D G
[Verse 3]
G D G
After the raging flame, the embers burn slow
G C G
We're leaving. leaving. leaving, till there's nowhere left to go
G C G
The seas. the slums the battlefields. the shipyards. the tides
C G D G
The straths, the glens. the drove roads. all the prairies and the mines
G D G
It's a still. autumn morning, and it covers Loch Meig
G C G
And all the trees across the valley in a blaze of dying green
G C G
I've seen too many tail-lights, didn't need to say goodbye
C G D G
We're just souls across a shrinking world in a distant starlit night
[Chorus]
Em G
Please believe me
C G
Something in me died
C G
Leaving Strathconon
D G
And your mountains behind
Em G
Please believe me
C G
Something in me died
C G
Leaving Strathconon
D G
And your father's home behind
How to play Leaving Strathconon
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.