Hold On To Your Property chords by Arrow

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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When  (D major) 
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the  (A major)  (D major) settlers came to this island
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About  (F sharp major) four centuries  (B major) ago
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 (E major) They  (E minor)  (E major) worked them
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car (B major) rots and  (E major) arrow -wax
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Till they couldn't  (A major) take it no  (D major) more
Then they sent for us from Africa
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To do the bulwark down  (G major) here
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An (B major) d exploit the land  (Fdim) and we labor
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 (E major) Fill  (F sharp major)  (E major) the pockets an (A major) d  disappear
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 (D major) Now they coming back for
the beads and clothes
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 (B major) And they need the  (E minor) money
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And they  (G major) want  (E minor) to  buy all
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 (E major) the land by the shores
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Hold  (A major)  (D major) on  (A major) to your  (D major) property
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And you'll  (F sharp major) long  (B minor) enough
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I'm  (E minor) warning you my friend
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Hold  (D major) on to your  (G major) property
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And  (E minor) we'll  (A major) live for your children  (D major)  (F sharp major) 
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 (B minor)  (D major)  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) They  (D major) used to dress in the scissors,
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and the crock  (F sharp major) of  color on toy,  (E major)  (E minor) 
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 (E major) and you never could  (B major) see the woman's  (E major) 
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 (G major)  (E major) no  (A major) matter how you try,  (D major) 
they ride in the big -time buggy,
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and with the snake in  (G major) hat,
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now the boxing check  (E major) done by Esso,  (F sharp major)  (B major) 
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that thing  (E major) almost  (A major) break
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Now  (D major) they say the weather
too hot for clothes
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That  (B major) is big  (E minor) story
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So they  (E major) want to buy all  (A major) the
land by the shores
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Hold  (D major) on to  (A major) your  (D major) property
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A new day  (F sharp major) is  (B minor) dawning
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I am  (E minor) warning you my friend
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Hold  (D major) on to your  (G major) property
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And  (E minor) we'll  (A major) live for your children  (B minor)  (B major) 
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 (F sharp major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) They used  (D major) to own big plantations,
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10 ,000 acres  (B minor) of  (E major) land
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And if your  (E minor) cow just  (B major) bite a blade,
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 (E major) a  grass straight  (A major) in the pong gone
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 (D major) But when they start to feel retribution,
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they had to pack up and run (G major) 
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Now  (B major) they come  (G major) in looking for sug (F sharp major) ar  mill,
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 (B major) they set a  (E major) blasted  (A major) son of a  (D major) gun
All those sand flies have their footing
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so  (F sharp major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (B major)  (E major)  (A major) 
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Hold  (D major) on to  (A major) your  (D major) property,
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a new day  (F sharp major) is  (B minor) dawning,
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I am  (E minor) warning you my friend,
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hold  (D major) on to your  (G major) property
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and  (E minor)  (E major) we'll  (A major) live for your  (D major) children.
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A new day is  (B minor) dawning,
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I am  (E minor) warning you  (E major) my  (E minor) friend,  (E major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major) hold on to your  (G major) property an (E minor)  (E major) d  we'll
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 (A major) For your children,  (D major) 
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a new day  (B minor) is  dawning
I am warning you, my friends