Come Away In - Karine Polwart
A E A
Welcome into the house
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where we have bread to eat
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and room at the table
A E A
Welcome into the house
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where we sit down to meet
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with stranger and neighbour
A E A
Welcome into the house
|[Chorus]
|A D E A
|Come a-way, come away in
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
|F#m D
|the storm it is rising
| A E
|but we’ll hold back the wind
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
[Verse 2]
A E A
Welcome into the house
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where there’s an open door
F#m D
and the fire is burning
A E A
Welcome into the house
E
where you can rest a while
D A
from the world and its turning
A E A
Welcome into the house
|[Chorus]
|A D E A
|Come a-way, come away in
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
|F#m D
|the storm it is rising
| A E
|but we’ll hold back the wind
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
A D
all you sisters and mothers
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(come away in)
A D
all you fathers and brothers
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(come away in)
A D E A
all the widows lamenting (...)
A D E A
all the exiles dissenting (...)
A D E A
all the lost and forgotten (...)
A D E A
and the battered and broken (...)
A D E A
all the motherless children (...)
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we welcome you all
A D
(into the house)
|[Chorus]
|A D E A
|Come a-way, come away in
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
|F#m D
|the storm it is rising
| A E
|but we’ll hold back the wind
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in