Took The Children Away

G
This story's right, this story's 
true. I would not tell lies to you.
         C                         
Like the promises they did not 
  G
keep, and how they fenced us in like
 sheep.

Said to us come take our hand, set 
us up on mission land.
C
Taught us to read, to write and 
pray.
D                                 
Then they took the children away. 
         G                  C
Took the children away, the children
 away.
D                                 
Snatched from their Mothers 
  C
breast, said this is for the best.
G
Took them away.

G
The welfare man, the police man, 
said you've got to understand.
      C                          
We'll give to them what you can't 
       G
give, teach them how to really live.

Teach them how to live they said, 
humiliated them instead.
C                              
Taught them that and taught them 
       D
this and others taught them 
predjudice.
            G                 
Oh took the children away, the 
 C
children away.
D                           
Breaking their Mothers heart, 
  C                     G
tearing us all apart, took them 
away.

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G
One dark day on Framlingham, came 
and didn't give a damn.
   C                              
My Mother cried go get their Dad, he
G
 came running, fighting mad.

Mothers tears were falling down, my 
Dad shaped up and stood his ground.
             C
He said "You touch my kids and you 
fight me".
D                                  
Then they took us from our family. 
G                  C
Took us away, they took us away.
D                                 
Snatched from our Mothers breast, 
C                           G
said this was for the best, took us 
away.


Instumental:

G
Told us what to do and say, taught 
us all the white mans ways.
C                            G
Then they split us up again, gave us
 gifts to ease the pain.

Sent us off to foster homes, as we 
grew up we felt alone.
              C
Cause we were acting white, yet 
feeling black.
D
One sweet day all the children came 
back.

    G                       C
The children came back, the children
 came back.
D                                 
Back where their hearts grow 
   C
strong, back where they all belong.
    G
The children came back, said the 
children came back.
       C                   D
Oh the children came back, back 
where they understand.
C                             
back to their Mothers land, the 
  G
children came back.


G                                 
Back to their Mother, back to 
  C
their Father.
              G                    
Back to their Sister, back to their
 D
 Brother.
              G                    
Back to their People, back to THEIR
 C
 A ND.
                      G     C 
All the children came back, the 
                G
children came back.
C                      G     D  
Yeah the children came back, yes
        G
 I came back.