NATIVES (CHRISTY MOORE)
(starting in C)
B F# B
For all of our languages we can't communicate
F# G#m
For all of our native tongues we're all natives here
D#m G#m B
Sons of their fathers' dream the same dream
F# G#m
The sound of forbidden words becomes a scream
E F#
Voices in anger, victims of history
G#m F# E F# B
Plundered and set aside, grown fat on swallowed pride.
B F# B
With promises of paradise and gifts of beads and knives
F# G#m
Missionaries and pioneers are soldiers in disguise
D#m G#m B
Saviours and conquerors they make us wait
F# G#m
The fishers of men they wave their truth like bait
E F#
With the touch of a stranger's hand innocence turns to shame
G#m F# E F# B
The spirit that dwelt within now sleeps out in the rain.
B F# B
For all of our languages we can't communicate
F# G#m
For all of our native tongues we're all natives here
D#m G#m B
The scars of the past are slow to disappear
F# G#m
The cries of the dead are always in our ears
E F#
Only the very safe can talk about wrong or right
G#m F# E F# B
Of those who are forced to choose some will choose to fight
B F# B
For all of our languages we can't communicate
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