"Gladys Ridge"
James Keelaghan
From: "Small Rebellions" (1989)
Published by Tranquilla Music (1988)
Transcribed: Jen Mikita
(Capo 3rd fret - this puts it in F major without having to play all
those pesky bar chords)
INTRO: (3x)
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From Gladys Ridge I made my way[/tab]
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Across the valleys, hills and plains[/tab]
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Across the fields all coloured dun[/tab]
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Once more to Saskatchewan[/tab]
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Time to get back to mother land[/tab]
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Better a good run than a bad stand[/tab]
Chorus:
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again.[/tab]
Northward now I turn my gaze
A ribbon coloured asphalt gray
My mind returned to different days
Distances I d travelled
The miles like an hourglass s sand
Better a good run than a bad stand
Chorus:
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again.[/tab]
Underneath the star-filled skies
We run our course and live our lives
Throw down roots in a spinning ball
Live one life as if that s all
Things might not work out as we had planned
Better a good run than a bad stand
Chorus:
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again.[/tab]
Well, Gladys Ridge, she rises gray
As homeward now I make my way
An icon clothed in prairie scrub
The world a wheel and I its hub
A dormant fire waiting to be fanned
Better a good run than a bad stand
Chorus:
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Oh, I may never leave again,[/tab]
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Ohhhhhh[/tab]