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along the western seaboard chords by
Declan O'rourke
Declan O'rourke

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Intro 1
Am
A
Asus4
Am

F
Am
G
Am

F
Am
F
G
F

Am
F
G
F

C
G
C
G

Verse 1
C

Heavenly Father,

could you hear the prayers I offer You today?
G

Some of the people in the parish have been

asking me to pray for them
Am

They have no strength to help themselves,

they need help fending for themselves
F

And we do all we can do,

but there's so little that we can do
Verse 2
C

And this is the worst winter I know of,

even worse than last
G

The snow has stayed for too long on the ground,

and for the second year around now
Am

All across our little island,

we give all our sweat and toil
F

And still, the crops,

they have all rotted in the soil
Verse 3
G

And all along the western seaboard,

they await with open hands
F

For something to feed their children

or a ship to foreign lands
G

But there's nothing here to give them,

except for chicken feed and sand
Am

While Britannia rules the roost
F

with Ireland hands
Verse 4
Dm

Lord, what can we do now? Oh, good Lord,

what can we do
D
G

When we need to feed so many,

and there's not even for the few?
Dm

Lord, what can we do now? Lord,

what can we do?
D
G

They are starving, they are freezing

And their clothes have all worn
Am

through
Interlude 1
Am
F
G
Am

F
G

F

Verse 5
C

Heavenly Father,

Your people need You more than ever now
G

It's such a desperate situation that

the nation's in somehow
Am

I can't see many pulling through,

'cause even if we had the food to feed them
F

Many have disease, Lord,

I hope You hear our pleas
Verse 6
C

They are scattered by the roadside,

in the towns and in the fields
G

And there's not even food to work for,

never mind beg, lend or steal
Am

And if we go by the predictions,

with starvation and eviction
F

Some two million will be dead

before we're through
Verse 7
G

Still, all along the western seaboard,

they all wait with open hands
F

For something to feed their children or

a ship to foreign lands
G

But there's nothing here to give them,

except for chicken feed and sand
Am

While Britannia rules the roost
F

with Ireland hands
Verse 8
Dm

Lord, what can we do now? Oh, good Lord,

what can we do
G

When we need to feed so many,

and there's not even for the few?
Dm

Lord, what can we do now? Lord,

what can we do?
D
G

They are starving, they are freezing

And their clothes have all
Dm

worn through
D
G
Verse 9

Dm

They have no one now but You
Outro 1
Dm
G
Am

F
G
Am

F

G

F
G

Am
F
G

F
G

Am
F
Am
F

C

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Chords
  • Am

  • A

  • Asus4

  • F

  • G

  • C

  • Dm

  • D

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