Key: A
Introduction:
A# Gm
You think you own what ever land you land on
A# Dm
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
Gm D#
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Cm F Gm
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
A# Gm
You think the only people who are people
A# Dm
Are the people who look and think like you
Gm D#
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
Cm F A#
You'll learn things you never knew never knew
Gm Dm D#
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Gm D
Or ask the grinning bobcat why he grins
D# F Gm
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
D# F
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
D# F A#
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Verse
A# Gm
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
A# Dm
Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth
Gm D#
Come roll in all the riches all around you
Cm F Gm
And for once never wonder what they're worth
A# Gm
The rain storm and the river are my brothers
A# Dm
The heron and the otter are my friends
Gm D#
And we are all connected to each other
Cm F Gm
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
Gm Dm D#
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Gm D
Or let the eagle tell you where he's been?
D# F Gm
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
D# F
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
D# F A#
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Bridge
A# D# Dm Gm
How high does the Sycamore grow?
Cm F
If you cut it down then you'll never know
Gm Dm D#
You'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Gm D
Or whether we are white or copper skin
D# F Gm
You need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
D# F
You need to paint with all the colors of the wind
Gm Dm
You can own the earth and still all you'll own is earth until
D# F A#
You can paint with all the colors of the wind