For the rhythm, think Native American: Heya hona, heya hona, with the emphasis on the 1
[Intro]
Bm//// //// F#m//// //// Bm//// //// F#m//// ////
Bm//// F#m////
You think I'm an ignorant savage,
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and you've been so many places I guess it must be so
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But still I can not see if the savage one is me
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How can there be so much that you don't know,
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You don't know...
[Verse 1]
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You think you own whatever land you land on
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The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
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But I know every rock and tree and creature
C#m//// F#//// G#m//// ////
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
B G#m
You think the only people who are people
B G#m
Are the people who look and think like you
C#m G#m C#m
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
C#m F# B
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew
[Chorus]
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Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
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Or asked the grinning bob cat why he grins
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Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains
E//// F#//// C#//// ////
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
E//// F#//// //// B//// //// //// ////
Can you paint with all the colors of... the... wind?
[Verse 2]
B G#m
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
B G#m
Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth
C#m G#m C#m
Come roll in all the riches all around you
C#m F#m B
And for once never wonder what they're worth
B G#m
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
B G#m
The heron and the otter are my friends
C#m G#m C#m
And we are all connected to each other
C#m F# B
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
[Bridge]
F#//// E//// F#//// B////
How high will a Sycamore grow?
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If you cut it down, you will never know
[Chorus]
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And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
G#m//// //// D#m//// ////
For whether we are white or copper skinned
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We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
E//// F#//// C#//// ////
Need to paint with all the colors of the wind
Outro: (Slower tempo, sustained notes on the 1)
E//// F#//// B//// E//// ////
You can own the earth and still, all you'll own is earth until
G#m//// F#//// E//// F#//// B//// //// //// /(ends on the 1)
You can paint with all the colors...of... the... wind!
My first tab, thanks!
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