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More informatiomn has come to light about 3 year old 
Syrian boy Alan Kurdi whose body was found recently washed  
up on a beach in Turkey. Refugee advocates now say his 
families ultimate goal was to reach asylum in Canada. 


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He was carried from the water by a soldier 
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And the picture screams a thousand different words 
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He was running from the terror with his father 
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Who once believed that nothing could be worse 


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So he’d handed a man two thousand precious dollars 
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The way you’d rest a bird in a lion’s open jaw 
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And he told the boys that Canada was waiting 

                B                     C# 
That there was hope upon her golden shores 
        B                                     C# 
But at night he said a quiet prayer into the wind 


[Refrão]

    B  F#              C#     D#m 
Oh Canada, if you can hear me now 
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Won’t you open up your arms towards the sea? 
F#  B  F#              C#     D#m 
Oh Canada, if you can help me out 
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All I ever wanted was a safe place for my fam-i-ly 


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Well the days were long but the nights were even longer 
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And the baby boys never left their mothers’ side 
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But the boat was small and the waves were getting stronger 
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And they began to fear they’d not survive 

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So the father said “We gotta hold each other tighter 
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I’m not losing everything I love tonight 
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And we’ve come so far I know that out there somewhere 
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There’s a place where we won't have to fear for our lives” 
           B                                 F#               C# 
But as he held onto the side of the boat he looked up at the sky 


[Refrão]
 
F#  B  F#              C#     D#m 
Oh Canada, if you can hear me now 
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Won’t you open up your arms towards the sea 
F#     B  F#              C#     D#m 
Oh my Canada, if you can help me out 
    F#       B                     F#    C# B  F#  C#  D#m  B  F# C# 
The sea is churning I think we’re going doooooooooooooooown 


F#  B  F#              C#     D#m 
Oh Canada, if you can hear me now 
          B             F#          C# 
Won’t you open up your arms towards me 
    B  F#          C#     D#m 
Oh, anyone please help me out 
            B                 F#           C#   B  F#  C#  D#m   B  F# C# 
All I ever wanted was a safe place for my familyyyyyyyyyyy 


OUTRO: 
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There’s a million ways to justify your fear 
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There’s a million ways to measure out your words 
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But the body of Alan being laid upon the sand 
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Tell me how do you live with that?