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