Chords for Archie Roach - Old Mission Road (Previously Unrecorded) Live!!

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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_ It _ was good to see that young rugby [Em] _ _ league player, that played a stand [C] against racism
when _ [G] the New South Wales [Em] coach at the time _ called the indigenous players black seeds.
_ Bring it down and [C#] hurt them [C] black seeds. _
_ And Ty we said no, blow that [E] man, that's enough.
I'm walking off.
He walked off the team.
[F] I saw him, he was there last [C] night at _ _ the ball
and got a standing ovation for his stand _ [F] against racism. _ _
_ _ [N] I'm talking about the state of Oregon,
New South Wales [C] and Queensland, that's what I'm talking about, not the last game of the
game before.
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And it's good because _ [N] injustice and [G] racism and all those rotten things will
continue to persist but if good men remain silent, _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] as long as you make a stand, I mean
that's right, _ that's just _ _ [G] scumbag stuff.
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_ _ We're all _ _ _ in [Gm] this great country, [Em] this beautiful
country that we call mother.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ This song, _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] a recent song I wrote, it's not recorded but
it's about mission _ days, [E] it's about history days, _ [Em] the mission and [Gm] settlements. _
[Em] _ _ And this
[G] song about _ walking down Mission Road with mum and folks and [Em] whoever.
Because I never
got a [A#] chance to write [G] a song about it and that sort of [C] helps.
_ But we got stories, that's
why we're storytellers.
_ _ _ [E] Because [Gm] through that story you get to know your [C] people. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ That [Em] story
is good, _ _
[C] we're storytellers.
_ [G] I'll write a song about the old Mission Road, right.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I wish I had grown _ [F] with my mother [C] back home.
_ [Em] We'd have missed her [C] sweet kisses _ [G] and her smile. _ _ _
_ _ [C] When _ I'm alone, _ [F] I wish I had [C] love. _
_ My _ [G] mother's just _ _ [C] a wife.
_ _ Would _ _ [F] you walk with me darling, _ just a couple [C] of miles.
Won't you tell me the stories of when I was [G] a child. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I'd be so happy, as the stories [C] are told.
_ Won't you walk with me darling, _ [G] down that old Mission [C]
Road. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ But I wish I'd gone fishing, _ with [F] my father I'm [C] still missing. _
The touch of his strong gentle [G] hands.
_ _ _ Now [C] I'm gone from the mission, [F] on _ someone's [C] decision. _ _
Get me [G] away _ from that [C] man.
_ _ _ _ _ Would [F] you walk with me darling, _ just a couple _ [C] of miles.
_ Won't you tell me the stories of when I [G] was a child. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] I'd be so happy, _ as the stories [C] are told. _
Won't you walk with me darling, _ [Em] down that [G] old [C] Mission Road. _
_ _ Who [F] is this, this, this, this, this. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ It's your partner. _
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_ _ So kiss your mother _ goodnight.
_ _ [F] Hold your _ [C] father tight.
And _ keep your _ _ family [G] dear. _ _ _
_ _ [C] Half a day they might, _ [F] smile and fade [C] out of sight.
Child's reflection _ [G] in _ _ [C] those tears. _ _ _
_ [F] Would you walk with me darling, _ just a couple of [C] miles. _
_ Won't you tell me the stories _ of when I [G] was a child.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] I'd be so happy, _ as the stories [C] are told.
Won't you walk with me darling, _ [G] down that old [C] Mission Road.
_ _ _ Won't you walk with me darling, down [G] that old Mission [C] Road. _ _
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