Tom Russell
Manzanar
Composição de (Tom Russell)
CAPO: 3 Intro: G verse 1 He said, my name is Nakashima C G And I'm a proud American C G I came here in '24 Am D From my homeland in Japan verse 2 G And I picked your grapes and oranges C G Saved some money, bought a store C G Until Nineteen Forty-Two Am D Pearl Harbour and the war verse 3 G Came those relocation orders C G They took our house, the store, the car C G Then they drove us to the desert Am D To a place called Manzanar verse 4 G The Spanish word for "apple orchard" C G Though we saw no apple trees C G Only rows of prison barracks Am D With barbed wire boundaries
[Refrão]
N.C. C G And we dream of apple blossoms C D Waving free beneath the stars C G Till we wake up in the desert Am D The prisoners of Manzanar G Manzanar Verse 5 Fifty years, they've all but vanished C G And now I am an old man C G And I don't regret the day Am D That I came here from Japan Verse 6 G But on moonlit winter nights C G I often wish upon a star C G That I'd forget the shame and sorrow Am D That I felt at Manzanar
[Refrão]
N.C. C G And we dream of apple blossoms C D Waving free beneath the stars C G Till we wake up in the desert Am D The prisoners of Manzanar G Manzanar Outro C G C D C G Am D Manzanar G Manzanar
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