The Old Sod Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

INTRO & FILLS: G D G D G D Bm A G D G D Bm D A D

>From theG old sod to theD new land

We came Gover by the Dscore

We Gcut the ties and Dsaid goodbye

And Bmclosed the old world Adoor

We Gsettled on your Dpraries

In your Gcities and your Dtowns

There's anBmother oatmeal Dsavage

EveryAtime you turn aDround

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There's Dnone Amore DScots

Than the GScots aDbroad

There's a Bmplace in our Dhearts

For the Aold Dsod

There's Dnone Amore DScots

Than the GScots aDbroad

There's a Bmplace in our Dhearts

For the Aold Dsod

FILL (same as intro)

We soon found our own kind

Formed clubs and social nights

And we practised on each other

Just to keep our accents right

For there's more tartan here

Than in all the motherland

We came 5000 miles

To the gathering of the clans

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There's a bar in the rec room

In the basement of our house

A little shrine to Ballantynes

Haig and famous Grouse

There's a sprig of purple heather

>From the land that once was mine

And Robbie's on the t-towel

With the words to Auld Lang Syne

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Canada's been good to us

We've a living and a home

We've all got central heating here

And most are on the phone

I'm a citizen of both countries

And very proud to be

For the the thisle and the maple leaf

Are the emblems of the free

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