The Sunken Lands.
Rosanne Cash.
Album: The River & The Thread.
Capo 2.
Am G C
Five cans of paint,
G
And the empty fields,
Dm Am
And the dust reveals.
Am G C
The children cry,
G
The work never ends,
Dm Am
There's not a single friend.
F6 G
Who will hold her hand,
C Dm Am G C G Dm7 Am
In the sunken lands?
Am G C
The mud and tears,
G
Melt the cotton balls,
Dm Am
It's a heavy toll.
Am G C
His words are cruel,
G
And they sting like fire,
Dm Am
Like the devil's choir.
F6 G
But who will hold her hand,
C Dm
In the sunken lands?
Am G C G Dm Am G C G Gm Am
Am G C
The river rises,
G
And she sails away,
Dm Am
She could never stay.
Am G C
Now her work is done,
G
In the sunken lands,
Am G C G Dm F Am Am7 A Am
There's five empty cans.