Ralph Mctell - England

artist : ralph mctell
song : england
capo : optional
tuning : standard
pattern : finger picking
tablature by : keiren A . w . scott

C F C
what is it about you , makes me feel this way?
C Am
when i’m leaving you , when i’m coming home
F G
i’m lost for words to say .
C
and i know your faults and failures ,
F C
and the troubles that you’ve been through .
A# Dm
but it’s more about what happens now
Dm7 G
and what were coming to .

C F
and the echo from the green hills
C F
runs through her city streets ,
Dm F
and the sun that shines on england
G C
well it lifts the heart in me .
C F C F C F Am Dm G
england , oh england
C F C F Dm F G C
england , oh england

C F C
what is it about you , that took men into war?
C Am
rows and rows of crosses : who remembers why what for?
F G
the corners of these foreign fields ,
C
the dust in them concealed .
F C
out of sight but not out of mind ,
Dm7 G
don’t you know that england feels?

C F
and the echo from the green hills
C F
runs through her city streets ,
Dm F
the rain that falls on england
G C
well it washes care from me .

C F C F C F Am Dm G
england , oh england
C F C F Dm F G C
england , oh england

C F C
don’t make this out a battle hymn or a song of victory .
C Am
it’s just a way to try to say what england means to me .
F G
and our accents and our colours change
C
from the city to the farmland
F C
from the moor – land to the mountain ,
Dm G
from the river to the sea .

C F
and the echo from the green hills
C F
runs through her city streets ,
Dm F
the rain that falls on england
G C
well it washes care from me .

C F C F C F Am Dm G
england , oh england
C F C F Dm F G C
england , oh england

C F C
from the rolling road to the winding lane ,
C Am
from the field to factory ,
F G
from summer’s haze to winter’s glaze ,
C
and all the colours in between .
F C
it’s a stillness in the evening .
A# Dm
it’s the heartbeat that i’m feeling .
Dm7 G
from cornwall to northumberland ,
F C
from the pennines to the sea .

C F
and the echo from the green hills
C F
runs through her city streets ,
Dm F
the rain that falls on england
G C
well it washes care from me .

C F C F C F Am Dm G
england , oh england
C F C F Dm F G C
england , oh england