[Intro]D G Em A D G [Verse 1]D Vineland, New Jersey, farm land stretchingG Far as the eye can seeEm A Not much down there, but sun-scorched pastures inD G Nineteen-fifty-threeD The war is over, they came searchingG For a place to beEm A They left the Rhineland, they lost their homeland, andD G All their family [Chorus]A G Like feathers on the ocean breezeBm A D They went spinning and tumbling 'cross the seaEm G A Never known where they'd come downD Or who they'd beA G Like heather on the hillsideBm A D They were bruised and they were battered by the breezeEm G A Searching for a placeD To be free [Instrumental]D G Em A D G [Verse 2]D Sun burn summers and frostbite winterG Kids were plainly dressedEm A Left the farmhouse when he was old enough, andD G Headed out westD From California to Southern AfricaG And all the way to FranceEm A And on to England to meet my mother inD G Nineteen-eighty-one [Chorus]A G a feather on the ocean breezeBm A D He went spinning and tumbling 'cross the seaEm G A Never known where he'd come downD Or who he'd beA G Like heather on the hillsideBm A D He was bruised and he was battered by the breezeEm G A Searching for a placeD To be free [Bridge]G Oh, and like a seedA# That is flying in the windD A Bm In search of water, soil, and sunEm E And the birds and the beesA Asus4 A To have it all along [Verse 3]D Now here I am, thirty-three years downG Two-thousand-seventeenEm A D I've seen the Rhineland, I've been to Vineland, I'mG a feather on the breeze
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