Natives

               C         G        
For all of our languages we can't 
   C
communicate
               G                   
For all of our native tongues we're
     Am
 all natives here
              Em        Am     
Sons of their fathers' dream the 
       C
same dream
                  G            Am
The sound of forbidden words becomes
 a scream
          F                 G
Voices in anger, victims of history
              Am          G       
Plundered and set aside, grown fat
    F                 G   C
 on swallowed pride.


                  C       G       
With promises of paradise and 
     C
gifts of beads and knives
Continúa después del anuncio
                 G           
Missionaries and pioneers are 
          Am
soldiers in disguise
             Em          Am       
Saviours and conquerors they make 
   C
us wait
               G                   
The fishers of men they wave their 
Am
truth like bait
                    F              
With the touch of a stranger's hand
           G
 innocence turns to shame
                Am          G  
The spirit that dwelt within now 
             F             G   C
sleeps out in the rain.


                C        G        
For all of our languages we can't 
   C
communicate
               G                   
For all of our native tongues we're
     Am
 all natives here
                 Em        Am     
The scars of the past are slow to 
   C
disappear
                 G               
The cries of the dead are always in 
Am
our ears
         F                        
Only the very safe can talk about 
G
wrong or right
                 Am              G
Of those who are forced to choose 
         F                G   C
some will choose to fight

                C       G         
For all of our languages we can't 
  C
communicate