Another Country

© 1991 Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa.

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	C\addG	F	C	G	G7
	When I was a child I	used	to wan	der

	F	C	G	C	F
	In a world of ma	gic	all	my	own

	C	G
Where the	beasts had funny	names

	C	F
And their	shapes were wild and	strange

	C	G	C	G	G7
And all of them would answ	er	when	I	spoke.

	Am	Asus4	Am	F
	And in the darkness	I wo	uld go	there

	Dm	Dsus2	Am	Esus4
	As I lay in	my bed	alo	ne.

	Dm	Dsus2
I'd	close my eyes	and see

	Am	Asus4	Am
The	place I longed	to b	e

	Dm	Dsus2	Am	G	G7
	And gladly stay	until	the	dawn	.

C F C G

I'd travel to an oth er coun try

F C G C G G7

Oh, what a love ly place to be.

C G

Where the creatures all were tame,

C F

And the echo knew my name,

G F C G C

When in my dreams it called to me.

Am G G7 C

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	But I forgot,	when	I grew ol	der	,

	F	C	G	C	F
	About the coun	try	in	my	mind;

	C	G
The	beasts with funny	names

	C	F
And	moonlit circle	games

	C	G	C	G	G7
With childhood toys	were	left	be	hind;

	Am	Asus4	Am	F
	But sometimes starlight	would	remind	me

	Dm	Dsus2	Am	Esus4
	Of places where	I used	to	go,

	Dm	Dsus2
And	every now	and then

	Am	Asus4	Am
When	talking with	a	friend

	Dm	Dsus2	Am	G	G7
	I'd ask if they'd	been there	als	o	...

C F C G

Do you recall an oth er coun try?

F C G C G G7

I used to think that it could be;

C G

Where the creatures all were tame,

C F

And the echo knew my name,

G F C G C

When in my dreams it called to me.

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	But now I've recent	ly	disco	vered

	F	C	G	C	F
	The way back to pla	ces	I	re	call

	C	G
The	creatures I knew	then

	C	F
Are	with me once ag	ain

	C	G	C	G	G7
And there is ma	gic	aft	er	all;

	Am	Asus4	Am	F
	And I may sing to	you	by star	light,

	Dm	Dsus2	Am	Esus4
	Or trace a	shadow	on your	screen,

	Dm	Dsus2
Or t	ake you by	the hand

	Am	Asus4	Am
Acro	ss a moon	lit	land

	Dm	Dsus2	Am	G	G7
	To places on	ly I	have	seen	...

C F C G

So come with me to another country

F C G C G G7

Oh, what a love ly place to be.

C G

Where the creatures all are tame,

C F

And the echo knows your name,

G F C G C

When you come s hare the dream with me.

This started out trying to be a song about Cyberia, the country inside computers and networks, but it sort of got away from me. It still fits but it got bigger, somehow. Songs are like that.