Land of the Living chords by
Lucy Kaplansky

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Key: A major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
A A 
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Late afternoon back
in New York town
F#m F#m 2
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Waking up as the wheels touch down
A A 
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E E 
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A A 
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E E 
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A A 
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Pick up my guitar and walk away
Dsus2 Dsus2 
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D D 
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Dsus2 Dsus2 
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Wish     I  was going home to stay

Verse 2
A A 
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Line of taxis I wait my turn
F#m F#m 2
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Tar   and asphalt, exhaust and fumes
E E 
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Beside the road on a
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patch of ground
Dsus2 Dsus2 
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D D 
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Taxi     drivers  are kneeling
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down

Verse 3
A A 
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Beneath the concrete sky
I watch them pray
F#m F#m 2
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While the people of the world
hurry on their way
E E 
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I think they're praying for
us all today
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D D 
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The stories that fell from the sky
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that day

Verse 4
D D 
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Chorus: This is the
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E E 
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F#m F#m 2
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land of the living
D D 
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E E 
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This is the land that's mine
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D D 
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A A 
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E E 
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She still watches over Manhattan
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She's still holding onto
D D 
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E E 
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that torch for life

Verse 5
E E 
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A A 
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Back home fire's still burning
I can see it in the air
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Pictures of faces posted everywhere
E E 
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They say hazel eyes, chestnut hair
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Mother of two missing down there

Verse 6
A A 
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I pass the firemen on duty tonight
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Carpets  of flowers in candlelight
E E 
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And thank you in a child's scrawl
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Taped to the Third street
firehouse wall

Verse 7
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There's shadows of the lost
on the faces I see
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Brothers and strangers on
this island of grief
E E 
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There's death in the air
D D 
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But there's life on the street
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D D 
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A A 
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E E 
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F#m F#m 2
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There's life on the street
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E E 
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F#m F#m 2
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D D 
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A A 
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E E 
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F#m F#m 2
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D D 
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E E 
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(chorus)

Verse 8
A A 
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Then I got in a taxi,
said Hudson Street please
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He started the meter and he looked at me
E E 
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I glanced at the name on
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the back of his seat
D D 
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And looked out the window
at the ghost filled streets

Verse 9
A A 
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I no ticed the cuts on his
hand and his face
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And I said You're bleeding, are you okay?
E E 
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He said "I'm not so good
got beat up today
A A 
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D D 
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And I'm not one of them no
matter what they say

Verse 10
A A 
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I'm just worried about my family
F#m F#m 2
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My wife's in the house and
she's scared to leave"
E E 
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And I didn't know what to say
D D 
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I didn't know what to say
E E 
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I said a prayer for him anyway