[Chorus]
D Em C D Am D
So, here's to the people, a long way they come
Em C D G
The emigrant races from merciless places are run
D Em C D Am D
So, here's to the people, a long way they come
Em C D G
The emigrant races from merciless places are run
[Verse 1]
Em C D
They don't believe what gouvernment said
Em C D
They don't like to wait until they're dead
Em C D
For thousands of reasons many have fled
Em C D
From animosity and bloodshed
[Verse 2]
Em C D
Fathers and mothers, young and old
Em C D
Children and grannies along they strolled
Em C D
You don't know the stories they were told
Em C D
Of the land they will behold
[Chorus]
D Em C D Am D
So, here's to the people, a long way they come
Em C D G
The emigrant races from merciless places are run
D Em C D Am D
So, here's to the people, a long way they come
Em C D G
The emigrant races from merciless places are run
[Solo]
Em C D D(4x)
[Verse 3]
Em C D
You don't believe what gouvernment said
Em C D
Do you like to wait until your're dead
Em C D
For thousands of reasons many have fled
Em C D
From animosity and bloodshed
[Chorus]
D Em C D Am D
So, here's to the people, a long way they come
Em C D G
The emigrant races from merciless places are run
D Em C D Am D
So, here's to the people, a long way they come
Em C D G
The emigrant races from merciless places are run
[Bridge]
N.C.
(So, here's to the people, a long way they come
N.C.
The emigrant races from merciless places are run)