A5                  D5
Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
     G5                   A5
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi
     A5                  D5
Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
     G5                   A5
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi

       C5            D5
Mahmpi wah hoka yee nonk
  F5      G5    E5
Tahond tani kiyee tiyee
       C5      D5
Gee we-me eetiyee
      F5      G5          A5
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse
      F5      G5          A5
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse

A5
  Hey ya hey ya - ya
D5
  Hey ya away ya
G5
  hey ya hey ya hey ya
 A5
away away away

A5
  Hey ya hey ya - ya
D5
  Hey ya away ya
G5
  hey ya hey ya hey ya
 A5
away away away

[as a round]
Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi
Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi

Mahmpi wah hoka yee nonk
Tahond tani kiyee tiyee
Gee we-me eetiyee
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse
[slowing]
Nanka yaht yamoon - ieah wa - jit - se


English Translation:
A hundred years have passed
Yet I hear the distant beat of my father's drums.
I hear his drums throughout the land.
His beat I feel within my heart.
The drum shall beat
so my heart shall beat.
And I shall live a hundred thousand years.