Open Arms chords by Patty Larkin and Bruce Cockburn

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
You're born
into a stranger's world
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Em 
You learn the language word by word
You take a step and then you turn
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Em 
And you don't explain
D 
Mama holds her arms out too long
Daddy makes his arms look strong
Em 
Take another step and then you're gone
D 
And you don't explain
G 
And when the rain comes down
D 
You feel like a waste of time
Em 
Fall into those open arms
D 
You don't explain
Em 
The river runs along the road
D 
and  that's the story you get told
Em 
They tore the mountain down
for gold
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and they don't explain it
Em 
The teacher learned the truth from books
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The preacher did all that he could
Em 
Reaching for you but it does no good
D 
And you don't explain
G 
And when the rain comes down
D 
It's like a waste of time
Em 
Fall into the zone with the lights
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Em 
D 
Em 
Don't explain
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Em 
A dollar patchwork from above
D 
It's all that you've been dreaming of
Em 
When you land, you kiss your love
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Em 
and you don't explain
D 
Love that holds you when others go
Covers you with another's soul
Em 
Stands behind you and you stand alone
D 
and you don't explain
G 
And when the rain comes down,
D 
be like a waste of time
Em 
Fall into those open eyes,
D 
don't explain
G 
And when the rain comes down,
D 
you feel like a waste of time
Em 
Fall into those open arms,
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Em 
blood splashed
We're born into a stranger's world,
D 
we learn the language word by word
Em 
You take a step and then you turn
and you don't explain