let the canefields burn Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
There's a [D]painting of my [F#m]grandfather,
[G]on my mother's [D]side
In the [Em]hallway of our [Bm]homestead,
in [G]a special place of [A]pride
With his [D]bulldogs and kana[F#m]kas,
back in [G]eighteen ninety- [D]three
In a [G]linen suit and a [D]panama,
they [Em]say he [A]looked like me
[D]

[Verse 2]
And the story goes he [F#m]came out,
[G]to make a brand new [D]start
In an [Em]effort to forget,
[Bm]a sad affair[G] of the hear[A]t
So with [D]these romantic no[F#m]tions,
to the [G]colonies, [D]he came
Where [G]he settled in the trop[D]ics and
made his for[Em]tune [A]growing cane
[D]

[Verse 3]
Well let the canefields burn,
let the flames rise
Let the politi[G]cians and the
bankers in the city look- up
In wonder at the glow in [D]the sky
Let [A]the canefields

[Verse 4]
[D]burn,
let me feel no pain
When [G]I drown my soul in [D]whisky,
and [A]dance in the flames

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
There's a [D]photo of my par[F#m]ents,
taken [G]in between the [D]wars
In [Em]London, Rome or Par[Bm]is,
[G]I don't know f[A]or sure
But it [D]hangs there in the [F#m]hall way and
there's [G]one for every [D]year
[G]Fortunes made, and [D]fortunes paid,
[Em]for champagne [A]sou[D]veniers

[Verse 6]
So let the canefields [D]burn,
let the flames rise
Let the politi[G]cians and
the bankers in the city look- up
In wonder at the glow in [D]the sky
Let the [A]canefields

[Verse 7]
[D]burn,
let me feel no pain
When I [G]drown my soul in [D]whisky,
and [A]dance in the flames
[Bm]

[Verse 8]
And now, they say they're gonna
take this [D]all away from me
[Bm]The cars, the cane, the homestead,
all my [D]family history
Well to[Bm]morrow, when the bankers
come [D]to settle all their [G]claims
Let the [D]auctioneer open... with a
[A]price for charred remain[D]s!

[Verse 9]
Then let the canefields [D]burn,
let the flames rise
Let the politi[G]cians and the
bankers in the city look- up
In wonder at the glow in [D]the sky
Let the [A]canefields

[Verse 10]
[D]burn,
let me feel no pain
When I [G]drown my [D]soul [G]in [D]whisky,
and [A]dance [D]in the flames

[Outro 1]
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