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beetlebug – An Ode To L Manburg Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
          D         Em  
It all started on a day 
      G
like any other
         D          E   
All the salmon had swum 
        G
to the sea
          D         G
When my lover she darted, 
away down the stream
        D               
With a heart that she'd 
 G         D
taken from me

[Instrumental]
Em G D G

[Continuing Verse 1]
         G               C    
And my chest though it ached, 
       G
there was hope
    D      Em       G
A little beacon of light
             D      Em       
Though my sunniest days were 
      G     D
now stolen away
                 A       D
I still had our son by my side
            G             
And as he looked up at me, 
               A       Am
with those wondering eyes
        Em          G
I just knew that I must 
protect him with my life
             D           Em
And make a land that is good
                    G
And a land that is free
          Em       A         D
For the better of you and of me

[Chorus]
        G               
We'll build these walls, 
           D
with our own fair hands
              G         
Through the wind and the 
               D
rain and the snow
       Em               
And I swear on my life, 
           G
that I'll stay by your side
          Em           G   
Through whatever the world 
        D
has to throw

[Instrumental]
Em D Em D

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[Verse 2]
                 Em     G
So I summoned my men to my side
         D       C       G
And we sung a familiar tune
       D        Em           
As a final goodbye, with our 
              G
fists to the sky
        D           G      D
To our past as we started anew

[Chorus]
     G                    
We built these walls, with 
      D
our own fair hands
Through the wind and the 
rain and the snow
        Em                  
And we swore that we'd keep 
     G
an unwavering faith
To the land that we carved 
       D
for a home

[Instrumental]
Em Bm G A D Em A7 A Bm D 
E D G A D G Gm Edim Bm

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[Verse 3]
         D               G  
Oh, the dawn of the day set 
              D
our country aflame
                  A         Bm
As the sun rose bloody and true
         A                  D    
Arrows burned through the skies, 
        G
as we swallowed our pride
                      A   
And we ran with our backs 
     D B
to the moon
To our demise...
          D
From a friend full of lies...
          D          Em  
Oh, the break of the day 
     G
shed it's light
         D           E     
On our hearts left battered
 Gm
 and bruised
         D               Gm  
All the hopes that we'd laid, 
         G
on the home that we made
         D          G      
Torn to pieces and left in 
     D
the blue...
             C           G
But my friend with an angry cry
        D               G
Held the weight of our world 
at his side
        D          G            
Took a trembling stand, with an 
 D        G
arrow in hand
                         D
As he muttered a final goodbye...

[Ending Notes]
Em C G D G A D

How to play An Ode To L Manburg: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of An Ode To L Manburg by beetlebug on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

An Ode To L Manburg by beetlebug is built around D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), with 12 chords in all: D, Em, G, E, C, A, Am, Bm, A7, Gm, Edim and B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – Em – G – D (I – ii – IV – I in D major). In solfa, that is doh – reh – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm, Gm, Edim and B are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.