Chords for Nahko and Medicine for the People - Wash It Away (Official Audio)

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[G] We're a part [C] of [G] something _ [D] special [G] We're a part [C] of [Gm] something _ [D] special
[G] We're a part [C] of [G] something _ [D] special [G] It's a cracking [C] [G] time, a [D] wrinkle
[G] Falling from [C] the [Gm] honest young [D] eagle I [G] will pull my [C] feathers [Gm] out, stay [D] humble
[G] Stay [C] humble, [G] _ _ [D] _ stay [G] _ [C] humble, _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[G] stay [C] humble, _ [Gm] _ [D] _ stay [G] _ [C] humble
_ [G] [D] Uncle _ _
[B] _ [C] Munna [G] taught us like an [D] elder _
[Em] _ Lucas [D] Thunder, [Gm] older [D] brother
He [G] said, this is powerful _ [D] country _
[G] This is powerful _ [D] country
[G] And we felt like we were _ [D] returning [G] To our land rebels and the shepherds of this
sea The takers are taking what the [D] leavers will
leave [Em] So greet me the [G] black prince _ [D] Cicada
[G] Such a loud voice for a [D] tiny creature [G] _
Teach me to let go of all [D] of my pain
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I do forgive, I don't forget [D] these things [Em] I do forgive, I don't forget [D] these things
[Em] We burned the blue [G] gum for a [D] safe passageway [G] Drink of the earth, smoke of the dirt
And my war [D] paint was red ochre [Em] clay, ochre [C] hay [G] My war [D] paint was red ochre [G] clay, ochre hay
Red ochre [D] clay, oh [Em] Our prayers [G] ignited, cast out [D] into the shire
[Em] And the song of our [Am] [G] struggle Came straight [D] from the fire, it [C] goes
[D] Holy, holy [Bm] grandmother we [C] sing Wash [D] us clean of [Bm] our pain and [C]
suffering
Give [D] us strength for [Bm] our new _ [C] beginnings _ And [Em] my deepest thanks I sing
[C] It'll wash away, [G] it will [D] wash away Lift [Em] em up, [C] it'll wash away, it [G] will [D] wash away
Lift em [Em] up, [C] oh _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
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_ [C] _ _ [G] lift [D] _ em [Em] up, [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] oh lift em [Em] up
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[Em] In my dreams [G] you were an aboriginal [D] man _
[G] Gave me your hat and your past [D] in one hand
You said, [Em] you've come to be [G] with the rainbow _ [D] serpent
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Red hands, red land, red [D] worship [Em] Red hands, red land, red _ [D] worship
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Just sitting in our bush mama, [G] crying in the chasm [D] For [G] a stolen generation and the children [D] that have been
[G] Come home, come home, stay _ [D] home Come [Em] home, come home, stay _ [D] home _
[G] My bullets are my words and my words [D] are my [Em] weapons Chained me to the [C] [G] pipeline
Where our rivers and mountains we scream Today's a good [Em] day for my ego to die _
_ Today's a good day for my ego to die Spirit live on in my [G] heart, in my [D] body, my [G] mind
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mind
Then sister Crow came with the murder [D] that day [Em] So we died to the bird nation [G] all through [D] our faces
[Em] She said, we sing to let [G] go of all of [D] our pain [Em]
We dance the [G] story to remember [D] when things [Em] _
change
_ [G] Remember [D] when things [G] _
change _ Remember [D] when things [C]
change
[Bm] Holy, holy, grandmother [C] we sing [D] Wash us clean [Bm] of our pain and [C] suffering
[D] Give us strength [Bm] for our new _ [C]
beginnings _ In my [F] deepest [Em] thanks I'll sing
[C] It will wash away, [G] it will [D] wash away [Em] Lift them up, it [C] will wash away
[G] _ _ [D] Lift [Em] them up
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_ [C] Whoa, [G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] lift them up, [C] _ _ [G] yeah [D] Whoa, [Em] lift them up, [C] yeah, yeah
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] Lift them up
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We dance the ghost dance in two separate [D] countries [Em] To this old song so familiar [D] to memory
[Em]
The [G] road will teach you how to love and [D] let go [Em] It can be lonely [G] but it's the only thing that we've [D] ever known
[Em] It can be lonely but it's the only [G] thing that we've [D] ever known
[Em]
Our [G] mamas told us let go of [G] jealousy [D] [Em] And for [G] vagabonds and vagrants that won't come so [Bm] easy
[Em] We've come from nothing, [G] nothing [D] _ [Em] We have come [G] from nothing, nothing
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Teach me to love you in a different [D] way [G] Same cut, same gut, same [D] crazy
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I've [G] traveled halfway across this country [D] and back [Em] Only to find love [C] undefined
[G] And I'm okay [D] with that cause [Em] I'm gonna be a [C] guardian [G] Be a man [D] among men, [Em] be a [C] guardian
[G] Be a man among [D] men, [Em] or be a woman [G] among women Be a [D] guardian, be [Em] my friend
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] Be [Em] my friend
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] We're a part [C] of [G] something [D] special [Em] We're a part [C] of [G] something _ [D] special
[G] We're a part of something [D] special [Em] It's a cracking [C] time [G] of [D] recall
[Em] Falling from [C] the [G] hardest challenge, [D] I [Em] will pull my [C] feathers [G] out Stay [D] humble, [G] stay humble
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humble, _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] stay _ [C] humble [G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] Stay [C] humble
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