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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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NOTES:
1.  This song is actually played with a capo on the 3rd fret.  I have written the tab. with the chord shapes (rather than the actual chords played.)  In other words, if you play the chords as written, without a capo, you will be playing in the wrong key.
2.  The best part of this song is its VERY COOL strumming pattern.   I tried to TAB it, but I have not been successful... try to get it in your head off the CD.

intro:
open->Em       D   open->C       D        (hammer on the Em and C chords)
open->Em       D   open->C       D

Verse 1:
Em       D       C            D       G             D       C
Down the Buckney den the burn crahses down from the Autnumn spate.
C*         D      G              D        C            D     C
The gentle hazels rustle as they bend and sway as they laden wait.
G                    D           G               C
My fathers they have walked this road, and now I know.
C                      D
And yes didn't they know?
G                     D     G               C
There is no great and heavy load, and now I know.
C                      D
And yes didn't they know?

Chorus:
G          D     G
Fa la-a la la la-a
G           D     Em         D     C     D
We stand on Solid Ground, on Solid Ground.
G          D     G
Fa la-a la la la-a
G           D     Em         D     C
We stand on Solid Ground, on Solid Ground.

Verse 2:
Em         D      C              D         G                 D     C
Across the Arlick face the amber sun beats down to tinge the vivid green.
C*        D        G             D        C                   D      C
I hear it wide and loud, Feel it wild and proud, the way it's always been.
G                    D           G              C
My fathers they have looked this way, and now I know.
C                      D
And yes didn't they know?
G                  D       G              C
No clever words we have to say, and now I know.
C                      D
And yes didn't they know?

Chorus:
G          D     G
Fa la-a la la la-a
G           D     Em         D     C     D
We stand on Solid Ground, on Solid Ground.
G          D     G
Fa la-a la la la-a
G           D     Em         D     C
We stand on Solid Ground, on Solid Ground.

Bridge:
Em                 C      D
It's the land.  It is our wisdom.
Em                 C         D
It's the land.  It shines us through.
Em                 C         D
It's the land.  It feeds our children.
Em                  C              D                  Em
It's the land.  You cannot own the land the land owns you.

Em                 C      D
It's the land.  It is our wisdom.
Em                 C         D
It's the land.  It shines us through.
Em                 C         D
It's the land.  It feeds our children.
Em                  C              D                  Em
It's the land.  You cannot own the land the land owns you.

Verse 3:
Em           D      C                    D    G                   D      C
Where is the honest truth?  Where is the open soul?  Where is the simple smile?
C*        D       G           D       C                D      C
A couthie word or two for the passing stranger who may rest a while.
G                    D          G                 C
My fathers they have said these things, and now I know.
C                      D
And yes didn't they know?
G                   D          G                 C
The joy that shared friendship brings, and now I know.
C                      D
And yes didn't they know?

Chorus:
G          D     G
Fa la-a la la la-a
G           D     Em         D     C     D
We stand on Solid Ground, on Solid Ground.
G          D     G
Fa la-a la la la-a
G           D     Em         D     C
We stand on Solid Ground, on Solid Ground.

Bridge:
Em                 C      D
It's the land.  It is our wisdom.
Em                 C         D
It's the land.  It shines us through.
Em                 C         D
It's the land.  It feeds our children.
Em                  C              D                  Em
It's the land.  You cannot own the land the land owns you.

Em                 C      D
It's the land.  It is our wisdom.
Em                 C         D
It's the land.  It shines us through.
Em                 C         D
It's the land.  It feeds our children.
Em                  C              D                  Em
It's the land.  You cannot own the land the land owns you.

Chord fingerings relative to capo:

Em       C       D       G        C*:  hammer on C
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