[F]Give it time and wonder why d[Am]do what we can laugh and we cry
[C]and we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all b[G]before.
[F]Culture fades with tears and grace l[Am]leaving us stunned hollow with shame we
have [C]seen this all, seen this all befor[G]before.
[F]Many tribes of a modern kind, doing [Am]brand new work, same spirit by side,
joining h[C]hearts and hand and ancestral twine, anc[G]ancestral twine.
[F]Many tribes of a modern kind, doing [Am]brand new work, same spirit by side,
joining h[C]hearts and hand and ancestral twine, ance[G]ancestral twine.
Slow[F]ly it fad[Am]es……..[C] Slowly we [G]fade
Slow[F]ly it faa[Am]aaades…….. S[C]lowly we [G]fade
[F]Emanayo yo yo yo……..[Am]yo…….. Emanayo yo yo yo
[C]Emanayo yo yo yo…...[G]yo…... Emanayo yo yo yo
[F]Emanayo yo yo yo……..[Am]yo…….. Emanayo yo yo yo
[C]Emanayo yo yo yo…...[G]yo…... Emanayo yo yo yo
[F]Spirit bird she creaks and groans she kn[Am]knows she has, seen this all be[C]before she
has, seen this all b[G]before she has
[F]Spirit bird she creaks and groans she kn[Am]knows she has, seen this all bef[C]before she
has, seen this all bef[G]before she has
[F]Slowly it[Am]it fades…….. [C]Slowly it f[G]fades
Slow[F]ly we[Am] faaaaade…….[C]. Slowly we fa[G]aaaaaa[F]aaaaaaa[Am]de
Slowly it faaa[C]faaaaaaaaa[G]aaaaaaaaaaaades
Em[F]Emanayo yo yo yo…….. E[Am]Emanayo yo yo yo
Em[C]Emanayo yo yo yo…... E[G]Emanayo yo yo yo
Em[F]Emanayo yo yo yo…….. E[Am]Emanayo yo yo yo
Em[C]Emanayo yo yo yo…... E[G]Emanayo yo yo yo
[F]Soldier on soldier on my good c[Am]country man. Keep fighting for your [C]culture now,
keep fighting for your laaa[G]laaaaand.
I know it’s been thousands of y[F]years and I feel your hurt and I know it’s w[Am]wrong
and you feel youve been chained and broken a[C]and burned and those beautiful old
people those wise old s[G]souls have been ground down for far too long by that
[F]spineless man that greedy man that [Am]heartless man deceiving man go[C]government hand
taking blood and land taking bl[G]blood and land and still they can but your
[F]dreaming and your warrior spirit lives [Am]on and it is so so so strong [C]in the
earth in the trees in the rocks in the w[G]water in your blood and in the air we
breath
[F]Soldier on soldier on my good [Am]country man, keep fighting for your c[C]children
now keep fighting for your l[G]laaaaaaaaaaand[F]aaaaaaaaaaand
[F]Slowly i[Am]t faaaaaaaaaaaaaa[C]des slowly it fa[G]aaaaaaaaaaaa[F]des slowly it[Am] faaaaaaaaaaaades
[C]slowly it [G]faaaaaaaaaaaaaades
Em[F]Emanayo yo yo yo…….. E[Am]Emanayo yo yo yo
Em[C]Emanayo yo yo yo…... E[G]Emanayo yo yo yo
[F]Give it time and we wonder why [Am]do what we can laugh and we cry [C]and we sleep
in your dust because weve [F]seen it all befo[G]before
