Em C G D
We're a part of something special
Em C G D
We're a part of something special
Em C G D
We’re a part of something special
Em C
It’s a crack in time
G D
A wrinkle
Em C G D
Fallen from the nest, young eagle
Em C
I will pull my feathers out
G D
Stay humble
Em C G D
Stay humble
Em C G D
Stay humble
Em C G D
Stay humble
Em C G D
Stay humble
Em C G D
Uncle Mana taught us like an elder
Em C G D
Took asunder older brother
He said
Em C G D
This is powerful country
Em C G D
This is powerful country
Em C G D
We felt like we were returning
Em C
To our land rebels
G D
And the shepherds in the sea
Em C G D
Takers are taking what the leavers will leave
Em C G D
So grieve me the black prince cicada
Em C G D
Such a loud voice for a tiny creature
Em C G D
Teach me to let go of all of my pain
Em C G D
I do forgive, I don't forget these things
Em C G D
I do forgive, I don't forget these things
Em C G D
We burn the bluegum for a safe passageway
Em C G D
Drink of the earth smoke of the dirt and my warpaint was red
Em C G D
Ochre clay Hoka hey Red ochre clay
Em C G D
Hoka hey Red ochre clay
Em C G D
Our prayers igniting, cast out into the shire
Em C G D
And the song of our struggle came straight from the fire
It goes
C D Bm
Holy holy grandmother
C D Bm
We sing wash us clean of our pain and suffering
C D Bm
Give us strength for our new beginnings
C
In my deepest grace I sing
Em C G D
It'll wash away, it will wash away lift ‘em up
Em C G D
It'll wash away, it will wash away lift ‘em up
Em C G D
It'll wash away, it will wash away lift ‘em up
Em C G D
It'll wash away, it will wash away lift ‘em up
Em C G D
Ooh lift ‘em up ooh lift ‘em up
( Em C G D )
Em C G D
In my dreams a you were aboriginal man
Em C G D
Gave me your hat and your past in one hand and said
Em C G D
You've come to be with rainbow serpent
Em C G D
Red hands red land red worship
Em C G D
Red hands red land red worship
Em C G D
Just then I heard bush mama crying in the chasms
Em C G D
For the stolen generation and the children who haven't
Em C G D
Come home come home stay home
Em C G D
Come home come home stay home
Em C G D
My bullets are my words and my words are my weapons
Em C G D
So chain me to the pipeline for our rivers and mountains
Em C G D
We sing today's a good day for my ego to die
Em C G D
Today's a good day for my ego to die
Em C G D
Spirit live on in my heart, in my body, my mind
Em C G D
Then sister crow came with the murder that day
Em C G D
So we tattoed the bird nation onto our faces
Em C G D
She said we sing to let go of all of our pain
Em C G D
We dance the story to remember when things changed
Em C G D
Remember when things changed
Em C G D
Remember when things changed
C D Bm
Holy holy grandmother
C D Bm
We sing wash us clean of our pain and suffering
C D Bm
Give us strength for our new beginnings
C
In my deepest thanks I sing
Em C G D
It'll wash away, it will wash away lift ‘em up
Em C G D
It'll wash away, it will wash away lift ‘em up
Em C G D
It'll wash away, it will wash away lift ‘em up
Em C G D
It'll wash away, it will wash away lift ‘em up
Em C G D
Ooh lift ‘em up ohh ohhh
Em C G D
Ooh lift ‘em up
Em C G D
Ooh lift ‘em up ohh ohhh
Em C G D
Ooh lift ‘em up
( Em C G D )
Em C G D
We danced the ghost dance in two separate countries
Em C G D
To this old song so familiar to memory
Em C G D
The road will teach you how to love and let go
Em C G D
It can be lonely but it's the only thing that we've ever known
Em C G D
It can be lonely but it's the only thing that we've ever known
Em C G D
Our mommas told us let go of jealousy
Em C G D
And for vagabonds and vagrants, that won't come so easy
Em C G D
We've come from nothing, nothing
Em C G D
We have come from nothing, nothing
Em C G D
Teach me to love you in a different way
Em C G D
Same cuts same guts same crazy
Em C G D
Same cuts same guts same crazy
Em C G D
I traveled halfway across the country and back
Em C G D
Only to find love undefined and I'm OK with that
Em C G D
Cause I'm gonna be a guardian be a man among men
Em C G D
Be a guardian be a man among men
Em C G D
Or be a woman among women be a guardian
Em C G D
Be my friend ooh be my friend
Em C G D
We're a part of something special
Em C G D
We're a part of something special
Em C G D
We’re a part of something special
Em C
It’s a crack in time
G D
A wrinkle
Em C G D
Fallen from the nest, young eagle
Em C
I will pull my feathers out
G D
Stay humble
Em C G D
Stay humble
Em C G D
Stay humble
Em C G D
Stay humble
Em C G D
Stay humble
