Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE BB C majorC C# minorC#m
Verse 1 Nahko Bear:
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE
I'm cutting the bad fruit off of my tree to
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
Lighten my load and grow me tall
A augmentedA E MajorE
Just like my dogma, this fire pit mantra
BB (C majorC)C#m
Covered in ashes no take me home
A augmentedA E MajorE
Shedding my antlers and making up answers
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
To the mystery of nature, so reach for the sun
A augmentedA E MajorE
Spruce tips and cedars now free up them rivers
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
The salmon will run, no dam can hold
A augmentedA E MajorE
Uniting the nations, it's gonna take some patience
BB (C majorC) (C# minorC#m)
So unzip your sheepskin, the wolves have returned
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Ah-ooooooo
C# minorC#m
The wolves have returned
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Ah-oooooooo
Verse 2 Trevor Hall:
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE
I call to the spirit, brother I hear it
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
Union of all things, like words on the sky
A augmentedA E MajorE
I read the totems, my ancestors wrote 'em
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
Now I sit patient, as I wait on the tribe
A augmentedA E MajorE
This runs through all things, like thunder and lightning
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
Song everlasging, well always I learn
A augmentedA E MajorE
Pull off the old skin, now we are kindred
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
Open and listen, the wolves have returned
A augmentedA BB
Ah-oooooooooo
C# minorC#m
The wolves have returned
A augmentedA BB C# minorC#m
Ah-ooooooooooo
[Verse 3 Xavier Rudd)
A augmentedA E MajorE
So channel the old ones, with each waking new sun
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
Walk with your totem, conditions unsaid
A augmentedA E MajorE
Walk from the mystery, a love where you feeling
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
Myrrh for protection, a spear in your hand
A augmentedA E MajorE
In light of our dreaming, never meant to be easy
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
Sometimes there'll be water, sometimes you'll be dry
A augmentedA E MajorE
Footprints in tandem, in this ancient sandstone
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE
Grandmothers reside, and I'll be by your side
BB C# minorC#m A augmentedA
Oh, I will be by your side
E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
Grandmother, I will be by your side, oh
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE
Part of creation is making a statement
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
You can't escape it, she's coming for you
A augmentedA E MajorE
If it was up to me, I'd teach that the lonely
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
This is just part of the courage it takes
A augmentedA E MajorE
Maybe its the music, its moving right through us
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
All of the songs that will outlive me
A augmentedA E MajorE
I'm running the song lines, I'm wrapping my prayer ties
BB (C majorC) C# minorC#m
Preserving the old ways, my wolf has returned
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Ah-ooooooooo
C# minorC#m
My wolf has returned
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Ah-oooooooooo
Bridge: Nahko Bear:
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Go on and carry your flag, carry your flag, I got your back
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Go on and carry your flag, carry your flag, I got your back
Outro: All:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag