NATIVES (CHRISTY MOORE) (starting in C) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CFor (x32010@1)all of our languages we can't communicate G (320003@1) AmFor (x02210@1)all of our native tongues we're all natives here Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) CSons (x32010@1)of their fathers' dream the same dream G (320003@1) AmThe (x02210@1)sound of forbidden words becomes a scream F (133211@1) GVoices (320003@1)in anger, victims of history Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CPlundered (x32010@1)and set aside, grown fat on swallowed pride. C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWith (x32010@1)promises of paradise and gifts of beads and knives G (320003@1) AmMissionaries (x02210@1)and pioneers are soldiers in disguise Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) CSaviours (x32010@1)and conquerors they make us wait G (320003@1) AmThe (x02210@1)fishers of men they wave their truth like bait F (133211@1) GWith (320003@1)the touch of a stranger's hand innocence turns to shame Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CThe (x32010@1)spirit that dwelt within now sleeps out in the rain. C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CFor (x32010@1)all of our languages we can't communicate G (320003@1) AmFor (x02210@1)all of our native tongues we're all natives here Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) CThe (x32010@1)scars of the past are slow to disappear G (320003@1) AmThe (x02210@1)cries of the dead are always in our ears F (133211@1) GOnly (320003@1)the very safe can talk about wrong or right Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) COf (x32010@1)those who are forced to choose some will choose to fight C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CFor (x32010@1)all of our languages we can't communicate