G              D      G            C 
		Hold back the ocean, hold back the sea
		 G              D7                            G
		Hold back the whitecaps which fight to break free
		 G            D          Em            C
		Build up the sea walls, build them up high
		 G            D                      G
		Keep all the lowlands protected and dry
		       Em             D           Em          A
		These walls are our fortress against nature's siege
		         Em                           A             D
		For our homes and our lives, we must tend them and keep them
		 G              D    Em          C
		Hold back the ocean, if mortals can
		 G           D                             G
		Hold to our homes, and our lives, and our land


		 G         D           G              C
		Find me a guardian to watch o'er the wall
		 G         D7                  G
		Find me a keeper to answer my call
		 G           D          Em          C
		Choose me a brave man, choose me a true
		 Em          D                             G
		Choose me a man who will watch the night through
		          Em          D              Dm              A
		When the feasting is done, then the false guardian sleeps
		        Em                     Am       D
		With a tankard in hand, and a smile so peaceful
		 Em          D         Em        Am
		Wake up the lowlands, sound the alarm!
		 Em          D          B7         Em
		Keep all my people in safety from harm


		 Em             D       Em             Am
		See the clouds gather, hear the storm break
		 Em             D       B7          Em
		Watch for the walls to tremble and quake
		 Em             D    Em          Am
		Flee from the ocean, fly to the hills
		Em             D          B7         Em
		As the walls shatter, as cruel sea spills
		        Em         D          Em         A
		Now my people are exiled, or scattered afar
		         Em                    A             D
		And the whole of my land is a single salmon weir
		 G            D            Em        C
		Weep for the drowned land, never to rise
		 G            D              B7            Em
		Weep for our homeland which under the sea lies


		Music


		GdgADBgbC+
		BagDf#aagf#aG
		(Repeat first two lines)
		gaBc+bAgf#GegA
		gaBagEgbbagbAD
		(Repeat first two lines)