By Your Side


This is heavily borrowing from the other tab on this site, but I think that the chord forms sound much better with the capo on 3(I also did some other cleaning up) Capo 3 C F Dm C G C Born in the plains a farmer’s sons and brothers the same F Dm C G Am E G F G raised on promises we’d stay that way C F Dm C G C As boys we believed summers at the sea we were free F Dm C G Am E G F G to become men of good will side by side F G Am C F And we were children then, foot prints in the sand F G Am C F C Am G And where the ocean bends we made our promises. He knows. C F Dm C G C F Dm C G Am E Duty soon called, nineteen forty three we enrolled together we would be G G F G our family’s pride. F G Am C F And we were soldiers then, our bodies in the sand. F G Am C F And like that sand through our hands, go our grandest plans. F G Am G F And just to see your face for one moment I’d cross the ocean again C F G F G C F G the end is not th e end. F C G F F C G F And I’ll be by your side on the other side F C G F F C G F G I’ll be by your side on the other side. F G Am C F And through the cloud of death we find our way back home F G Am C F And though I hold your hand all must go alone F G Am G And when you see the face of our maker you don’t have to be F C F G F G C F G ashamed He knows the promises we made. F C G F F C G F And I’ll be by your side on the other side F C G F F C G F I’ll be by your side on the other side.