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Intro: Asus2   F#m7   E  Dsus2  
Verse 1:
AI've seen many moons through these wrinkled eF#m7yes
The years have made me old, but they made me wiEse
Now the white man lives where our Drivers run
AFor now better days have paF#m7ssed
We walk the streets of broken gElass
Our people vanished as Dsnow before the summer sun
Bridge:
ELike dogs we were dF#mriven from this Dsus2place
Such injustice time will not erEase
All these cF#mhanges cannot be unBm7done
Verse 2:
AWhen you feel the anger inside of F#m7you
Hold your head high, let your aim be Etrue
Though your heart beats like Da drum
A- F#m7- E- D  
My native son
Verse 3:
AOnce there was a time, my littF#m7le one,
Before the wagons - before the soldiersE' guns
When this land was ours as far as the Deagle flies
Verse 4:
ANo white flag - no broken truceF#m7  
With few words one can speak the truth;E  
I don't hear it, time won't heal it Dnow
Bridge:
EWith each new day F#mthat comes to paDsus2ss
Will the great spirit free us all Eat last?
He said we F#mwere the chosen oneBm7s
Verse 5:
AFor all we had there's nothing F#m7left
We won't forgive - we can't forgEet
You know that your day will comDe
A- F#m7- E- D  
My native son
Solo:(same chords as verse)
BRIDGE:
EWith each new daF#my that comes to paDsus2ss
Will the great spirit free us alEl at last?
What has happeneF#md can never been uBm7ndone
Verse 6:
AWhen I was young - not yet a manF#m7  
The sun rose and set upon our landE  
We were the cDhosen ones
A- F#m7- E- D  
My native son
Repeat A - F#m7 - E - D until end

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