Chorus Riff : 
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Intro: F/A 

F/A 
The plaza in the village 
      G      
Where mission bells used to ring 
   F                                    F/A 
Is now crumbled to a pile of stench and ruin 

Even the swallows have vanished 
    G 
no longer return in the spring 
        F                               F/A 
All the blossoms are buried ,'neath the waste 

G 
Out of the shadows grow hatred 
          F 
Along the corridor crawls fear 
G 
Crushed by the promise of hope 
             F/A 
That never returned   

Bm/D           A# 
Watched with a hawk's trained eye 

 
[Refrão]

Am    Em   C  G   Dm 
Trees grow silent fruit 
Am    Em C   G     Dm 
'neath a suffering sky 

F/A 
Those who have stayed, keep a flame 
In memory of the fallen 
And pass on the old rites despite the risk 
But many more have left here 
On mended broken wings 

F/A 
Turning to see your reaction 
  G 
A tear drop fills your eye 
    F 
But you protest not to give up as give in 
F/A 
Heading straight for the wreckage 
G 
Picking up a shovel and a hoe 
      F                              F/A 
Start putting back the bricks one by one 

G 
Numbers come out of the woodwork 
F 
Curious to see the rebirth 
Bm/D      A# 
Above the swollen clouds 


   Am     Em    C     G   Dm  
A strange sound fills the air 
  Am Em   C  G  Dm 
A silence never heard  
Am  Em  C    G       Dm 
Falling like blessed rain 
F/A 
And the swallows return