This Barren Land

C  F  C  Dm  (4x)

[Verse 1]
N.C.       F        G      C
I took the children by the hand
F           Em        Dm        
Promised to show them all that 
      F
we had planned
     Am      F          G     Am
It's sad but true, this moral maze
  Em            C               G
Betrays the innocence of bygone days


[Chorus]
               Dm       G        
You can't hold back the march of 
Dm
time, I said
              F        G        F
We can't hold back the march of time
                   G             
This blood stained desert road on 
          C
which we stand
   F    Em      Dm        G      
Is testament to man, this barren 
C
land


[Interlude]
C  F  C  F  C  F  C


[Verse 2]
Continues after the ad
N.C.        F        G      C    F  
C
Our song of joy, the countryside
F       Em         Dm           
Radiant fields, forever glowed 
    F
with pride
     Am        F          G      
That once were blessed as golden 
Am
shires
    Em             C              
Now bear the sad remains of 
  G
funeral pyres


[Chorus]
              Dm       G        
We can't hold back the march of 
Dm
time, I said
               F        G        
You can't hold back the march of 
F    C  Dm
time
            G                      
This wicked wilderness in which we 
C
stand
   F    Em      Dm        G      
Is testament to man, this barren 
C
land


[Lead Break]


[Chorus]
              Am       D        
We can't hold back the march of 
Am
time, I said
               C        D        
You can't hold back the march of 
C
time
            D                     
This way of no return on which we 
G
stand
   C    Bm      Am        D      
Is testament to man, this barren 
G
land


[Verse 3]
N.C.      C         D        G
On sullen shores we make our peace
   C             Bm      Am      
We pray that the howling wind 
          C
will someday cease
    Em       C         D     Em
The waves of power can never bend
     Bm              G            
They ever take their course until 
    D
the end


[Chorus]
              Am       D        
We can't hold back the march of 
Am
time, I said
               C        D        
You can't hold back the march of 
C    G  Am
time
     D                          
This crumbling cliff-top path on 
          G
which we stand
   C    Bm      Am        D      
Is testament to man, this barren 
G
land
   C    Bm      Am        D      
Is testament to man, this barren 
G
land