American Townland

Intro:
C   C/B   F   G x2

 C          C/B
American townland
F         G
Snow in Iceland
Russian farmland
And the sword of Islam
The state of new Israel
Remembers Belsen
Now there's sand for Palestine
And grass for Israel

                  F                
Won't you settle down, stop 
                Am7  G
fighting for your gods...
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Oh, settle down, stop fighting for 
your gods.
They can't hear you now, not with 
the noise of your guns.


C                            C/B
Once were towering steeples
F                        G
Now there's a soaring eagle
A crescent moon and a rising sun
Our prayers ascending, but what good
 will they bring?
If all that's willin' is more and 
more killin'
Won't you settle down, stop fighting
 for your gods...


F                                 
Oh, settle down, stop fighting for
         Am7  G
 your gods.
They can't hear you now, not with 
the noise of your guns.


C                        C/B
The mountains of Mourne
F                        G
The county Cork I was born in
This dirty old town
Where the rain's always fallin'..
Our prayers ascending, but what good
 will they bring?
When all that's willin' is more and 
more killin'