I Belong Live chords by Nancy Bates

Performance: Blak & Deadly: The First Nations Gala Concert 2025

Key: G

Intro:

Arpeggio
G G C C
G G C C

Verse 1:
       G
As I’m walking my country,
         C
feel the spirit of the trees
         Em                    C
Hear our stories upon the wind
         G
Feel the power of this place,
          C
speak our language speak our name
        Em                          C
We come together, as we have always.

Chorus:
  G         C
I belong, I belong
        Em      D                C
Let the love of country make you strong
      G         C
I am free, I am free
Em      D                         C
Part of everything that lives and breathes,
     G
I am free

INSTR:
G G C C
G G C C

Verse 2:
         G
When our bodies return to the land,
        C
back to dust to soil and to sand
          Em             C
I’ll be ready, I’ll understand
          G
Ancestors there in the sky,
             C
will lead us all through the long dark night
              Em             C
Through their love, into the light

Chorus:
  G         C
I belong, I belong
        Em       D               C
Let the love of country make you strong
     G          C
I am free, I am free
Em      D                         C
Part of everything that lives and breathes,
        G (Strumming)
I am free

[INSTR}
C G C

Outro:
G                             C
Kirra-yi-ri, kirra-yi-ri thik-aapa
(I am returning to my country)
G                             C
Kirra-yi-ri, kirra-yi-ri thik-aapa
(I am returning to my country)
G                             C
Kirra-yi-ri, kirra-yi-ri thik-aapa
(I am returning to my country)