[D]In the burning light of [G]dawn
[Em]In the stillness of the m[D]orning
[G]He held her close he [G]kissed her[D] eyes
[C]Under a blanket of l[G]iving sk[D]ies.
[D]They were lovers all through [G]school
[Em]They always were to[D]gether
[G]And on her hand a g[G]olden r[D]ing
[C]Within which s[G]at fo[D]rever.
[D]But a young man's heart is [G]brave
[D]The same brave boy she [G]wed
[Em]Has gone away in [D]uniform
[G]Sleeps in a soldier?s [C]bed.
[D]In the colors of the [G]East
[Em]In the blazing light of m[C]orning
[G]She dreamed of lands in a s[G]weet su[D]nrise
[C]Here in a land of li[G]ving sk[D]ies.
[D]So when the reverend came to c[G]all
[Em]She did not need to an[D]swer
[G]She knew he'd met with h[G]is de[D]mise
[C]Gone to the land of the li[G]ving sk[D]ies.
[D]She put on her good cl[G]othes
[D]She stood out on the r[G]ise
[Em]She called his name al[D]oud
[G]And these were his rep[C]lies.
[D]There is no more anger h[G]ere
[Em]Nor is there cause for m[D]ourning
[G]In the untamed wheat and the fe[G]ral r[D]ise
[C]Here in the land of the li[G]ving sk[D]ies.
[D]Grieve not for we who l[G]ive
[Em]In the amber dawn of mo[D]rning
[G]In the untamed wheat and the fe[G]ral r[D]ise
[C]Here in the land of the li[G]ving sk[D]ies
[C]Here in the land of the li[G]ving sk[D]ies
[C]Here in the land of the li[D]ving sk[G]ies
Official Nathan Rogers website: http://www.nathanrogers.ca/home.html
[Em]In the stillness of the m[D]orning
[G]He held her close he [G]kissed her[D] eyes
[C]Under a blanket of l[G]iving sk[D]ies.
[D]They were lovers all through [G]school
[Em]They always were to[D]gether
[G]And on her hand a g[G]olden r[D]ing
[C]Within which s[G]at fo[D]rever.
[D]But a young man's heart is [G]brave
[D]The same brave boy she [G]wed
[Em]Has gone away in [D]uniform
[G]Sleeps in a soldier?s [C]bed.
[D]In the colors of the [G]East
[Em]In the blazing light of m[C]orning
[G]She dreamed of lands in a s[G]weet su[D]nrise
[C]Here in a land of li[G]ving sk[D]ies.
[D]So when the reverend came to c[G]all
[Em]She did not need to an[D]swer
[G]She knew he'd met with h[G]is de[D]mise
[C]Gone to the land of the li[G]ving sk[D]ies.
[D]She put on her good cl[G]othes
[D]She stood out on the r[G]ise
[Em]She called his name al[D]oud
[G]And these were his rep[C]lies.
[D]There is no more anger h[G]ere
[Em]Nor is there cause for m[D]ourning
[G]In the untamed wheat and the fe[G]ral r[D]ise
[C]Here in the land of the li[G]ving sk[D]ies.
[D]Grieve not for we who l[G]ive
[Em]In the amber dawn of mo[D]rning
[G]In the untamed wheat and the fe[G]ral r[D]ise
[C]Here in the land of the li[G]ving sk[D]ies
[C]Here in the land of the li[G]ving sk[D]ies
[C]Here in the land of the li[D]ving sk[G]ies
Official Nathan Rogers website: http://www.nathanrogers.ca/home.html
