Tom: G
C
Am
You think you own what ever land you land on
C
Am
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
F
C
Dm7
But I know every rock and tree and creature
F
G
Am
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
C
Am
You think the only people who are people
C
Am
Are the people who look and think like you
F
C
Dm7
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
F
G
C
You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew
Chorus
Am
F
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Am
Em
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grins
F
G
C
Am
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Dm7
Em
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
F
G
C
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
VERSE
C
Am
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
C
Am
Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth
F
C
Dm7
Come roll in all the riches all around you
Am
G
And for once never wonder what they're worth
C
Am
The rain storm and the river are my brothers
C
Am
The herron and the otter are my friends
F
C
Dm7
And we are all connected to each other
F
G
C
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
F
How high does the Sickamore grow?
Bb7
G
G7
if you cut it down then you'll never know
Chorus
Am
Em
F
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Am
Em
For whether we are white or copper skinned
F
G
C
Can we sing with all the voices of the mountains
Dm7
Em
Can we paint with all the colors of the wind
F
G
You can own the earth and still
C
Am
All you'll own is earth until
Dm7
G
C
You can paint with all the colors of the wind