Refugees (Rod Clements)   from: Blues from the Bothy
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Intro:  F

1.)
We are from the borderlands just behind the rising sun
Am						    F
driven from our villages at the battle of the gun
 Am					       F
soldiers tramp on the land of our birth
  Gm       Bb			    F
while we wander the face of the earth.
  Gm	   Bb			  C	F


2.)
We are from the desert and we go in search of rain
Am					       F
movin' like a shadow as we drift across the plains
 Am					       F
winds are howlin' thru the bones of our land
 Gm	    Bb				 F
while our footprints get lost in the sand.
 Gm	    Bb			      C


Chorus:
And we're calling across the sea
	     F		      Bb
there's more like us every day
	 F		    Bb
you call us refugees
     Dm		Bb
but we show you the way.
		     C


And we're calling across the sea
	     F		      Bb
there's more like us every day
	 F		    Bb
you call us refugees
     Dm		Bb
but we show you the way
		     C
we show you the way.
		 F


Instrumental:	Dm, F	2 x
		Dm, G
		Dm


3.) 
We are from the future from the famine and the flood
Am					        F
bring us to your city and you show us fire and blood
 Am						F
and what a strange land this land of your birth
 Gm	     Bb				    F
and what would you give for a handful of earth.
 Gm		Bb			  C



Chorus:
And we're calling across the sea
	     F		      Bb
there's more like us every day
	 F		    Bb
you call us refugees
     Dm		Bb
but we show you the way.
		     C


And we're calling across the sea
	     F		      Bb
there's more like us every day
	 F		    Bb
you call us refugees
     Dm		Bb
but we show you the way.
		     C


And we're calling across the sea
	     F		      Bb
there's more like us every day
	 F		    Bb
you call us refugees
     Dm		Bb
but we show you the way
		     C
we show you the way.
		 F	F