Nahko & Medicine for the People- Wash it Away
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We're a part of something special
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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
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took asunder older brother
he said
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this is powerful country
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this is powerful country
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we felt like we were returning
Em C
to our land rebels
G D
and the shepherds in the sea
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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
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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
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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:
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holy holy grandmother,
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we sing wash us clean of our pain and suffering
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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 whirling aboriginal man
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gave me your hat and your past in one hand he 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
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come home come home stay home
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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
