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Treaty

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The verses that are sung in Aboriginal are over an F# digeridoo drone, 
but on guitar, you can play an F#5 or F#m. 
Also, in the chorus, a rhythm guitar moves from an F#m to an F#m6. 
You can also play the F#madd9 chord like it is in the intro during the first verse.
ALTERNATE CHORUS:
F#mTreaty yeah, F#m6treaty now 
F#m7Treaty yeah, F#m6treaty now
----
[Intro]
    F#m   F#madd9x4
[Verse]
Well I F#mheard it on the radio 
And I F#msaw it on the televisionD  
DBack in 1988, all those talking poF#mliticians
F#mWords are easy, words are cheap
F#mMuch cheaper than our priceless landD  
But prDomises can disappear
Just like writF#ming in the sand
[Chorus]
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now 
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now
[Verse]
F#mNhima djat’pangarri nhima walangwalang
F#mNhe djat’payatpa nhima gaya nhe
F#mMatjini ... Yakarray
F#mNhe djat’pa nhe walang gumurrt jararrk gutjuk
[Verse]
F#mThis land was never given upF#madd9  
F#mThis land was never bought and soldF#madd9  D  
                    D(Dadd9) D  
The planting of the union jack
Never F#mchanged our law at allF#madd9  
F#mNow two river run their courseF#madd9  
F#mSeparated for so longF#madd9  D  
                        D(Dadd9)D  
I’m dreaming of a brighter day
When the F#mwaters will be one. C’mon!
[Chorus]
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now
[Verse]
F#mNhema gayakaya nhe gayanhe
F#mNhe gayanhe matjini walangwalang nheya
F#mNhimadjatpanhe walang
F#mGumurrtjararrk yawirriny
F#mNhe gaya nhe matjini
F#mGaya gaya nhe gaya nhe
F#mMatjini walangwalang
F#mNhema djat’pa nhe walang
F#mNhe gumurrtjarrk nhe ya
[Bridge]
APromises disappear - priceless land – destiny
[Solo]
F#m
[Chorus]
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now
[Verse]
Well I F#mheard it on the radio 
And I F#msaw it on the televisionD  
But prDomises can disappear
Just like writF#ming in the sand
[Chorus]
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now 
F#mtreaty yeah, treaty now
F#mTreaty yeah, treaty now 
F#mtreaty yeah, treaty now
[Outro]
DTreaty ma, treaty ma
DTreaty ma, treaty ma
F#mTreaty ma
CHORDS:
     F#m244222
    F#m6244242
    F#m7244252
 F#madd9244224
       Dxx0232 OR x57775
   Dadd9x77775   
       Ax02220 OR 577655

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Treaty

by Yothu Yindi

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

F#m6

F#m7

F#madd9

Dadd9

The verses that are sung in Aboriginal are over an F# digeridoo drone,

but on guitar, you can play an F#5 or F#m.

Also, in the chorus, a rhythm guitar moves from an F#m to an F#m6.

You can also play the F#madd9 chord like it is in the intro during the first verse.

ALTERNATE CHORUS:

F#m F#m6

Treaty yeah, treaty now

F#m7 F#m6

Treaty yeah, treaty now

----

[Intro]

F#m F#madd9

[Verse]

F#m

Well I heard it on the radio

F#m D

And I saw it on the television

D F#m

Back in 1988, all those talking politicians

F#m

Words are easy, words are cheap

F#m D

Much cheaper than our priceless land

But promises can disappear

F#m

Just like writing in the sand

[Chorus]

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

[Verse]

F#m

Nhima djat’pangarri nhima walangwalang

F#m

Nhe djat’payatpa nhima gaya nhe

F#m

Matjini ... Yakarray

F#m

Nhe djat’pa nhe walang gumurrt jararrk gutjuk

[Verse]

F#m F#madd9

This land was never given up

F#m F#madd9 D

This land was never bought and sold

D Dadd9 D

()

The planting of the union jack

F#m F#madd9

Never changed our law at all

F#m F#madd9

Now two river run their course

F#m F#madd9 D

Separated for so long

D Dadd9 D

()

I’m dreaming of a brighter day

F#m

When the waters will be one. C’mon!

[Chorus]

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

[Verse]

F#m

Nhema gayakaya nhe gayanhe

F#m

Nhe gayanhe matjini walangwalang nheya

F#m

Nhimadjatpanhe walang

F#m

Gumurrtjararrk yawirriny

F#m

Nhe gaya nhe matjini

F#m

Gaya gaya nhe gaya nhe

F#m

Matjini walangwalang

F#m

Nhema djat’pa nhe walang

F#m

Nhe gumurrtjarrk nhe ya

[Bridge]

Promises disappear - priceless land – destiny

[Solo]

F#m

[Chorus]

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

[Verse]

F#m

Well I heard it on the radio

F#m D

And I saw it on the television

But promises can disappear

F#m

Just like writing in the sand

[Chorus]

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

F#m

treaty yeah, treaty now

F#m

Treaty yeah, treaty now

F#m

treaty yeah, treaty now

[Outro]

Treaty ma, treaty ma

F#m

Treaty ma

CHORDS:

F#m

244222

F#m6

244242

F#m7

244252

F#madd9

244224

xx0232 OR x57775

Dadd9

x77775

x02220 OR 577655

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