Em D Cadd9 B7 Em D Cadd9 Em E|---0---------3p2-----------------------------------| B|-------0---------2-------3-------3-----------------| G|-------------------3---------0-----------2---------| D|---2-----2---0-------0-----2-------2-----1---------| A|-----2-------------------3-----3-------2---2-0-----| E|-0---------------------------------------------3-2-| E|---0---------3p2-----------------------------------| B|-------0---------2-------3-------3-----------------| G|-------------------3---------0-----------0---------| D|---2-----2---0-------0-----2-------2-----2---------| A|-----2-------------------3-----3-------------------| E|-0-------------------------------------0-----------| [Verse 1] Em D When the valleys roared with engines Em D And they cried with hymns of light Em D Disciples with canaries Em D Dug dark deeper than the night Em D/F# Now a fiery cloudy pillar Em D/F# Hovers over business parks Em D/F# As the lungs of emphysemic men C D* Em Sing as rising larks C D* Em Sing as rising larks [Chorus] Em D/F# G But Auld Lang Syne holds little comfort D/F# In history’s disarray B5 B5/A The stolen land, the blazing croft Em The past won’t go away Em D/F# G The boats were banished from Fort William D/F# The pregnant chambermaid B5 B5/A Justice has a memory Em Some memories will not fade E|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|-0h2--------| A|------0h2---| E|------------| Em D Cadd9 B7 Em D Cadd9 Em E|---0---------3p2-----------------------------------| B|-------0---------2-------3-------3-----------------| G|-------------------3---------0-----------2---------| D|---2-----2---0-------0-----2-------2-----1---------| A|-----2-------------------3-----3-------2---2-0-----| E|-0---------------------------------------------3-2-| E|---0---------3p2-----------------------------------| B|-------0---------2-------3-------3-----------------| G|-------------------3---------0-----------0---------| D|---2-----2---0-------0-----2-------2-----2---------| A|-----2-------------------3-----3-------------------| E|-0-------------------------------------0-----------| [Verse 2] Em D From the woods of Nova Scotia Em D To Vancouver Islands waves Em D A burnt-out clan converses Em D And counts the unmarked graves Em D/F# Of a nation and a language Em D/F# Expelled from hill and glen Em D/F# Meanwhile in the pubs of Partick C D* Em Their tongue speaks free again C D* Em Speaks free again [Chorus] Em D/F# G But Auld Lang Syne holds little comfort D/F# In history’s disarray B5 B5/A The stolen land, the blazing croft Em The past won’t go away Em D/F# G The boats were banished from Fort William D/F# The pregnant chambermaid B5 B5/A Justice has a memory Em Some memories will not fade E|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|-0h2--------| A|------0h2---| E|------------| Em D Cadd9 B7 Em D Cadd9 Em E|---0---------3p2-----------------------------------| B|-------0---------2-------3-------3-----------------| G|-------------------3---------0-----------2---------| D|---2-----2---0-------0-----2-------2-----1---------| A|-----2-------------------3-----3-------2---2-0-----| E|-0---------------------------------------------3-2-| E|---0---------3p2---------3-------3---2-------2---------------------| B|-------0---------2-------------------------------0-------0---------| G|-------------------3---------0-----------0-----------2-----------2-| D|---2-----2---0-------0-----2-----------2-----------0-------0-----1-| A|-----2-------------------3-----3-----3-----3-----2-----2-------2---| E|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse 3] Em D And what to sing of Ireland Em D That will not burst the breast Em D From Coleraine down to Fermanagh Em D The fields yearn and pray for rest Em D/F# Sweet holy land of magic Em D/F# Still sending out your fleece Em D/F# Well may it come back to you ten fold C D* Em With an armistice of peace C D* Em An armistice of peace [Chorus] Em D/F# G But Auld Lang Syne holds little comfort D/F# In history’s disarray B5 B5/A The stolen land, the blazing croft Em The past won’t go away Em D/F# G The boats were banished from Fort William D/F# The pregnant chambermaid B5 B5/A Justice has a memory Em Some memories will not fade Em D/F# G Auld Lang Syne holds little comfort D/F# In history’s disarray B5 B5/A The stolen land, the blazing croft Em The past won’t go away Em D/F# G The boats were banished from Fort William D/F# The pregnant chambermaid B5 B5/A Justice has a memory Em Some memories will not fade ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off Special Chords D* x54030 B5 x2440x B5/A x0440x