Eric Bogle – Singing The Spirit Home chords

[Verse 1]
     D                   Bm          G           DThey came for him in the morning, an hour before dawning
    D                   Bm            G       AThe pale white moon was waning in the African sky
    D                   Bm         G             DThe cell door flew wide open, they stood looking at him
   D                     Bm         G    A        DHe saw no mercy in their hearts, no pity in their eyes

[Verse 2]
        D                 Bm                  G                 DAs they took him and they bound him, tied his trembling hands behind him
   D                Bm             G           AHe felt his courage leave him, his manhood disappear
    D                 Bm           G                  DHis legs would not support him, so from the cell they dragged him
   D                       Bm                 G     A        DHe sobbed and screamed and cursed them in his loneliness and fear

[Chorus]
D       A       DChains, chains, chains
    G               A                 DHow many souls have died in freedom's name
   G            A               D             BmTo some it is a way of life, to others just a word
   G            A                   D             BmTo some it is a snow-white dove, to some a bloody sword
      G       A           Bm    G                 A            DBut until the last chains fall, freedom will make slaves of us all

[Verse 3]
     D                Bm         G                     DWith faces closed and hidden the white guards walked beside him
  D                Bm                     G                AIndifferent to his pleading - they'd been down this path before
    D               Bm        G               DBut other eyes were watching, other ears were listening
D                 Bm              G     A         DOther hearts beat with him in his final desperate hour

[Verse 4]
         D                Bm              G                     DFrom the darkness of that prison came the sound of his brothers singing
 D                    Bm            G            ACourage, their voices told him, you do not walk alone
           D                Bm        G                  DFrom their cells beyond the shadow he heard their voices echo
      D                  Bm          G        A      DAs in love and pride and sorrow they sang his spirit home

[Chorus]
D       A       DChains, chains, chains
    G               A                 DHow many souls have died in freedom's name
   G            A               D             BmTo some it is a way of life, to others just a word
   G            A                   D             BmTo some it is a snow-white dove, to some a bloody sword
      G       A           Bm    G                 A            DBut until the last chains fall, freedom will make slaves of us all

[Verse 5]
          D                Bm          G                DAnd their song of hope and freedom, it rang inside that prison
   D                Bm            G                   AIt beat against the iron bars and crashed against the stone
            D                  Bm                 G                     DAs in their fear and hate they hung him, the last sound that filled his being
        D        Bm       G           A      DWas his brothers singing, singing his spirit home

[Outro]
D                     A            DCourage, brother, you do not walk alone
D                          A         DWe shall walk with you and sing your spirit home


Ends with singing of SHOSHOLOSA