Land of the Living Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Late afternoon back
in New York town
[Em]Waking up as the wheels touch down
[G]Pick up my gui[D]tar and walk [G]away[D][G]
[Csus2]Wish I wa[C]s going home to st[Csus2]ay

[Verse 2]
[G]Line of taxis I wait my turn
[Em]Tar and asphalt, exhaust and fumes
Be[D]side the road on a
patch of [G]ground
[Csus2]Taxi drivers ar[C]e kneeling
[Csus2]down

[Verse 3]
Beneath [G]the concrete sky
I watch them pray
While [Em]the people of the world
hurry on their way
[D]I think they're praying for
us all today
[Csus2]The stories that fell [C]from the sky
that [Em]day

[Verse 4]
Chorus: This is [C]the
land of [G]the living[D][Em]
This is the [C]land that's [D]mine
[Em]She still watches over[C] Manhatt[G]an[D]
She's still [Em]holding onto
that [C]torch for [D]life

[Verse 5]
[D]
Back home [G]fire's still burning
I can see it in the air
[Em]Pictures of faces posted everywhere
They say [D]hazel eyes, chestnut hair
[C]Mother of two missing down there

[Verse 6]
I pass the [G]firemen on duty tonight
Car[Em]pets of flowers in candlelight
And [D]thank you in a child's scrawl
[C]Taped to the Third street
firehouse wall

[Verse 7]
There's [G]shadows of the lost
on the faces I see
[Em]Brothers and strangers on
this island of grief
There's [D]death in the air
But there's life on the [C]street
There's life on [Em]the street[C][G][D][Em]
[C][D][Em][C][G][D]
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[Verse 8]
Then I [G]got in a taxi,
said Hudson Street please
He [Em]started the meter and he looked at me
I [D]glanced at the name on
the back of his [G]seat
And [C]looked out the window
at the ghost filled streets

[Verse 9]
I [G]no ticed the cuts on his
hand and his face
[Em]And I said You're bleeding, are you okay?
He said "I'm [D]not so good
got beat up today
[G]And I'm [C]not one of them no
matter what they say

[Verse 10]
I'm just [G]worried about my family
My [Em]wife's in the house and
she's scared to leave"
[D]And I didn't know what to say
I didn't know what to [C]say
I said a prayer for [D]him anyway

[Outro 1]
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