Spirit Bird Chords by Xavier Rudd

[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [F] _ Give it time and we wonder why, [Am] do what we can, laugh and [C] we cry, and we sleep in your
dust because we've [F] seen this all [G] before.
_ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ [E] _ [F] _ Culture fades with tears and grace, [Am] leaving us [D] stunned, hollow with shame, [C] we have seen
this all, _ seen this [G] all before.
_ [C] So _ [G] _ _ [F] _ many tribes of a modern kind [Am] doing brand new [D] work same [Am] spirit by [C] side, joining hearts
and hands in ancestral twine [G] ancestral _ [C] twine.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ Many tribes of a modern kind [Am] doing brand new [D] work same [Am] spirit by side, [C] joining hearts and
hands in ancestral [Em] twine ancestral [G] _ _ [C]
twine.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ Slowly [Am] it fades, _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] slowly we fade, _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
slowly [Am] we _ _ [D] fade, _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
slowly _ [G] we fade _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ Emanayo, yo [G] yo [Am] yo
_ Emanayo, yo yo
[C] _ _ _ _ Emanayo, yo yo
[F] _ [Em] _ _ _ Emanayo, [G] yo yo [F] yo
_ _ Emanayo, yo yo [Am] yo _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] Yo [F] yo yo
_ Spirit bird, she creaks [D] and groans, [Am] she knows, she has
Seen this [C] all before, she has
Seen this [G] all before, she has
_ _ [F] _ _ Spirit bird, she creaks and [Am] groans, she knows, she [D] has
[F] Seen this all [C] before, she has
Seen this [G] all before, _ she [C]
[G] has
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Slowly [Am] it fades, _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ slowly [Em] it _ _ [C] fades, _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
slowly _ [Am] we fade, _ [D] _
[B] _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
slowly [Em] we _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] fade _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ Slowly [C] it _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ fades, _ _ _ [F] _ slowly we fade _
Emanayo, yo [Am] yo yo
_ Emanayo, yo yo [C] yo
_ Emanayo, yo yo [G] yo
_ Emanayo, yo yo [F] yo
_ Emanayo, yo [Am] yo yo
_ Emanayo, yo yo [C] yo
_ Emanayo, yo yo [G] yo
_ Emanayo, yo yo yo [Dm] _ [F] Sojourn _ _
Sojourn my good [Am] _ countryman
Keep fighting for your [C] culture now
Keep fighting for [G] your land
I know it's been thousands [F] of years
And I feel your hurt
And I know it's [Am] wrong
And you feel you're being chained and broken [C] and burned
And those beautiful old people
Those wise [Em] old souls
Are being [G] ground down for far too long
[F] By that spineless man
That greedy man
[Am] That heartless man
That stinging man
[C] That government hand
Taking blood and [G] land
Taking blood and land
And still they can't
[F] But you're dreaming
And your warrior spirit lives [Am] on
And it is so, so, so [C] strong in the air
In the trees, in the rocks, [G] in the water, in your blood
In the air we breathe [F] Sojourn
_ _ _ Sojourn my good _ [Am] countryman
Keep fighting for [C] your children now
Keep fighting for [Em] your _ [G] _ _ _ _
land
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
Slowly _ _ [Am] fade _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Slowly _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ fade
[Am] _ _ _ _ _
[C] Slowly _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ fade _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ Give it time and we wonder why
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ Laugh and we [C] cry and we sleep in your dust
[F] Because we've seen this all [Dm] before _ _ _ _ _