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Ruled By The Tide

from Life, Life (Full Album) by Keith Christmas

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RULED BY THE TIDE Capo 0 Strings (6-1) E F# B F# B D

I’m going to tell you a story about the place where I was born
On a cold autumn morning in the hour before dawn
No sound, no light, no movement in the street outside
In that place by the river, ruled by the tide

The scars of war were everywhere In the eyes of the men
Things were only just starting to get back to normal way back then
And I ran and I played under a wide open empty sky
In that place by the river, ruled by the tide

There was a dry dock and a customs post and a shipbuilding yard
And old wooden crab boats pulled up on the hard
There was a Nottage Institute that taught young men how knots should be tied
For the day when they would make their living, ruled by the tide

There was a Baptist Church and a crazy preacher that the kids all knew
He wore a hand knitted hat that said ‘God Loves You’
But on Sunday he would take it off and put his his books to one side
And preach fire, hell and redemption to men ruled by the tide

I went back there one beautiful day a couple of years ago
And walked along the towpath with the river in full flow
My dog hunted in the reeds doing what he does
Making the best of every moment, maybe there’s a lesson there for us

And I wondered why I never saw the beauty of that place all those years ago
But you can only see what you see through the eyes of what you know
And like a spark from a fire into the night sky one day I will ride
To join with forever, ruled by the tide

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from Life, Life (Full Album), released September 17, 2019

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Keith Christmas UK

In a career spanning over 50 years Keith has recorded multiple albums, played acoustic guitar on Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ album, appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970 and gigged solo all over the UK and Europe.
A legendary live performer he has had a resurgence in popularity since ‘Crazy Dancing Days’ was released in December 2016 and ‘Life,Life’ in 2019
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