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?

Break: 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.

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