David Francey - Flowers Of Saskatchewan Chords

CAPO: 4th Fret




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The sun was shining on the English Channel
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On a ferry off the coast of France
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And it was summer and a pleasant morning
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And high above gulls wheeled and danced


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And high above the cliffs of morning
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The gun emplacements had stood in ranks
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And I walked over to the railing
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And I heard the ghosts of the Calgary Tanks


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And I remembered pictures I'd seen
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In history books and magazines
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Of three men standing, smoking, staring
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Among the dead men on a rocky beach


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And in the light of that pleasant morning
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As we sailed under the cliffs above
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I thought of all their silent prayers
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And the final thoughts of the ones they loved


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That they left behind at prairie stations
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Waving to their pride and joy
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Waving to the smiling faces
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Smiling faces on the soldier boys


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No waves of grain will claim the fallen
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Just the channel cold and grey as steel
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And no return to the rolling prairie
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And a silent cross on a lonely field


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Oh, the sun was shining on the rolling prairie
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Far from the channel, cold and grey
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Shone on the families, friends and lovers
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Of the prairie boys who fell that day


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But they could not know on that sunny morning
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The future held for them no joy
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They'd wait in vain at prairie stations
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Wait in vain for their soldier boys


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