Verse
Am
I want you to imagine that you’re a child again, small and black
B7 A
Frightened, bewildered and alone
Am
Because yesterday an alien race to your childhood dreamtime place
B7 A
Took you from the only life you’ve ever known
[Pre-chorus]
D E A
And your ears still ring to the sound of your mother’s cries
D E A
As they tore you from her helpless arms
D E A
And your scared and angry father shouting "why, why, why?"
D E A
Imagine that – if you can
[Chorus]
Am B7 A
It’s the shame – shame – of a nation
Am B7 A
And it’s time – time – for reconciliation
[Verse II]
Am
I want you to imagine this – the mission’s school with alien fists
B7 A
Is clothed by the Christian’s velvet glove
Am
Where they preach about sin and teach you shame, steal your past and change your name
B7 A
And all they claim in the name of their God’s love
[Pre-chorus]
D E A
So, when they tell you you’re an orphan you believe it to be true
D E A
For they’re the ones with the bibles in their hands
D E A
And the last small hope dies deep inside of you
D E A
Imagine that – if you can
[Chorus]
Am B7 A
It’s the shame – shame – of a nation
Am B7 A
And it’s time – time – for reconciliation
[Verse III]
Am
Imagine people so advanced in their pride and arrogance
B7 A
No culture has value but their own
Am
And only they, the just and strong, can judge what’s right and right what’s wrong
B7 A
What truth shines on them and them alone
[Pre-chorus]
D E A
So, when the light of their truth falls on you one day
D E A
And all that you are is judged and damned
D E A
When for their own good they take your children away
D E A
Imagine that – if you can
[Chorus]
Am B7 A
It’s the shame – shame – of a nation
Am B7 A
And it’s time – time – for reconciliation
- 1. Chord Gitar Eric Bogle - Reconciliation Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Eric Bogle - Reconciliation Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan