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Introduction: Am C G D Am Em F F
Am G
The home of our mothers
D
Our fathers
F
Brothers and sisters
Am C
Was taken from our hands
G
On a day
D
They called Easter
Am
They came
Em
From a distance
F
For our land
Am C
In the name of God
G D
It was death or our submission
Am
Few
Em Am
Had a fighting chance
Am G
They came in numbers
D
Greater
F
Than our resistance
Am
Some begged
C
Some followed
G
Many fought
D
And many did run
Am
And tears
Em
Filled the rivers
F
Of our lands
Am
Still today
G
Our fathers
D
Our brothers
F
Mothers and sisters
Am
Are crying
C
In their hands
G
With no hope
D
Of restitution
Am
While blood
Em
Still flows
F
On this land
Am
While blood
Em
Still flows
Am
On this land