Chords for Bob Randall: "Brown Skin Baby (They Took Me Away)"

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This next song is the story of our experiences of the stolen generation.
The system came into my life
Just _ [C#] 150 K's from here
to where the Sun rises in the East
Policeman arrived on his camel
saw me there with my family _ and
[F#] Because I was who I was I was stolen
This [C#] is a song I composed for that time _ _ _
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What are _ _ you
[F#] Diggy ob [C#] arcana, [G#] boy
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ The _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ My _ [F#]
brush [C#] gay baby [G#] they take him [C#] away _ _ [G#] As
_ _ [F#] [C#] As a young creature [F#] I used to [C#] ride A quiet pony [G#] round the countryside
[C#] In a native cap [F#] I'll never forget [C#] A young black [G#] mother her cheeks [C#] all wet _
_ _ _ _ Yaa _ _ -wee, _ yaa _ _ -wee [F#] My brown skin [C#] [G#] baby they take him [C#] away
_ [F#] _ [G#] Between _
_ [C#] her [F#] sobs I heard her say [C#] Police been taking [G#] my baby away
[C#] From white man boss [F#] that baby I have [C#] Why [G#] he let him take baby _
[C#] away _ _ _ _ _ _
Yaa _ _ -wee, _ _ yaa _ _ -wee [F#] My brown [C#] skin baby [G#] they take him [C#] away _
_ [G#] To _ [C#] a children's home [F#] a baby came [C#] With new clothes on [G#] and a new name
[C#] Day and night [F#] he would always say [C#] Oh mummy, [G#]
mummy why they take me _ [C#] away _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Waa _ _ _ _ -wa-ra _ _ -jo [F#]-ti-ji-a-ba-ga [C#]-ja-nga-yo [G#]-bo-ya-ga [C#]-den-go The _ _ _ _ child grew up [F#] and had to go
[C#] From a mission home [G#] that he loved [C#] so To find his [F#] mother he tried in vain
[C#] Upon [D#] this [G#] earth they never _ met [C#] _ again _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Waa _ _ _ -wa-ra _ -jo _ [F#]-ti-ji-a-ba-ga [C#]-ja-nga-yo [G#]-bo-ya-ga [C#]-den-go _ _ _ _ _ _
Yaa _ _ -wee, _ yaa _ _ _ -wee [F#] My brown [C#] skin baby [F#] they [G#] take him [C#] away
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