Wash It All Away

Em C G D We're a part of something special Em C G D We're a part of something special Em C G D We're a part of something special Em C It's a crack in time G D A wrinkle Em C G D Fallen from the nest, young eagle Em C I will pull my feathers out G D Stay humble Em C G D Stay humble Em C G D Stay humble Em C G D Stay humble Em C G D Stay humble Em C G D Uncle Mana taught us like an elder Em C G D Took asunder older brother He said Em C G D This is powerful country Em C G D This is powerful country Em C G D We felt like we were returning Em C To our land rebels G D And the shepherds in the sea Em C G D Takers are taking what the leavers will leave Em C G D So grieve me the black prince cicada Em C G D Such a loud voice for a tiny creature Em C G D Teach me to let go of all of my pain Em C G D I do forgive, I don't forget these things Em C G D I do forgive, I don't forget these things Em C G D We burn the bluegum for a safe passageway Em C G D Drink of the earth smoke of the dirt and my warpaint was red Em C G D Ochre clay Hoka hey Red ochre clay Em C G D Hoka hey Red ochre clay Em C G D Our prayers igniting, cast out into the shire Em C G D And the song of our struggle came straight from the fire It goes C D Bm Holy holy grandmother C D Bm We sing wash us clean of our pain and suffering C D Bm Give us strength for our new beginnings C In my deepest grace I sing Em C G D It'll wash away, it will wash away lift 'em up Em C G D It'll wash away, it will wash away lift 'em up Em C G D It'll wash away, it will wash away lift 'em up Em C G D It'll wash away, it will wash away lift 'em up Em C G D Ooh lift 'em up ooh lift 'em up ( Em C G D ) Em C G D In my dreams a you were aboriginal man Em C G D Gave me your hat and your past in one hand and said Em C G D You've come to be with rainbow serpent Em C G D Red hands red land red worship Em C G D Red hands red land red worship Em C G D Just then I heard bush mama crying in the chasms Em C G D For the stolen generation and the children who haven't Em C G D Come home come home stay home Em C G D Come home come home stay home Em C G D My bullets are my words and my words are my weapons Em C G D So chain me to the pipeline for our rivers and mountains Em C G D We sing today's a good day for my ego to die Em C G D Today's a good day for my ego to die Em C G D Spirit live on in my heart, in my body, my mind Em C G D Then sister crow came with the murder that day Em C G D So we tattoed the bird nation onto our faces Em C G D She said we sing to let go of all of our pain Em C G D We dance the story to remember when things changed Em C G D Remember when things changed Em C G D Remember when things changed C D Bm Holy holy grandmother C D Bm We sing wash us clean of our pain and suffering C D Bm Give us strength for our new beginnings C In my deepest thanks I sing Em C G D It'll wash away, it will wash away lift 'em up Em C G D It'll wash away, it will wash away lift 'em up Em C G D It'll wash away, it will wash away lift 'em up Em C G D It'll wash away, it will wash away lift 'em up Em C G D Ooh lift 'em up ohh ohhh Em C G D Ooh lift 'em up Em C G D Ooh lift 'em up ohh ohhh Em C G D Ooh lift 'em up ( Em C G D ) Em C G D We danced the ghost dance in two separate countries Em C G D To this old song so familiar to memory Em C G D The road will teach you how to love and let go Em C G D It can be lonely but it's the only thing that we've ever known Em C G D It can be lonely but it's the only thing that we've ever known Em C G D Our mommas told us let go of jealousy Em C G D And for vagabonds and vagrants, that won't come so easy Em C G D We've come from nothing, nothing Em C G D We have come from nothing, nothing Em C G D Teach me to love you in a different way Em C G D Same cuts same guts same crazy Em C G D Same cuts same guts same crazy Em C G D I traveled halfway across the country and back Em C G D Only to find love undefined and I'm OK with that Em C G D Cause I'm gonna be a guardian be a man among men Em C G D Be a guardian be a man among men Em C G D Or be a woman among women be a guardian Em C G D Be my friend ooh be my friend Em C G D We're a part of something special Em C G D We're a part of something special Em C G D We're a part of something special Em C It's a crack in time G D A wrinkle Em C G D Fallen from the nest, young eagle Em C I will pull my feathers out G D Stay humble Em C G D Stay humble Em C G D Stay humble Em C G D Stay humble Em C G D Stay humble