Alyandabu chords by Ted Egan
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Verse 1
(C major) Straight out of a Drysdale
canvas you walked
Down Vestey's Hill
(G major) Across the (C major) government gardens
Right on into (G major) town
Straight (D major) (G major) as a spear shaft
Wide -brimmed hat
Tall and proud and black
It's one of the many roads
that you've walked down (C major)
And I (F major) wonder what you're thinking about
As you walk on through your life (C major)
Are you (F major) thinking about the Irishman
who took (F sharpdim) you (D major) as his wife? (G major)
Or the kids (C major) you bore, the (A minor) things you saw,
(D major) the (D minor) hard times you were
made to en (G major) dure?
It's your (C major) story, (G major) ull and (C major) aboo
When (G major) you were (C major) young you
saw your tribe wiped out,
all your people killed
Pois (A minor) on, (C major)
flour and bullets were their (G major) fate
But you survived and in your life
a laughing Irish man arrived
You both shared a life that you know hate (C major)
Oh, you found the famous Lucy Mine,
worked it with your man
Raised five kids,
but then disaster came (G major)
McGuinness died,
officials tried to take your children from you
They wanted both your family
and your claim (C major)
And I wonder (F major) what you're (Fsus4) think (F major) ing about
As you walk on through your life (C major)
Are you (F major) thinking about the Irishman
Who took (D major) you as his wife? (G major)
Or the (C major) kids you bore, the (A minor) things you saw
The (D minor) hard times you were made to endure
(G major) What's your (C major) story?
(G major) Aliyah (C major) daboo
Into Darwin town you came
Fightin' for your rights,
battlin' to keep your
family by your side (G major)
Today you'd be so fond of them,
descendants by the score
You taught them all about a thing called pride (C major)
If you were white,
they'd call you a pioneer,
name a suburb after you
You're forgotten by the
ones who took your land (G major)
But those who knew you knew your worth
and cherished private thoughts
And memories strangers
wouldn't understand (C major)
And I (F major) wonder what you're thinking about
as you walk on through your life
(C major) Are you thinking (F major) about the Irishman
who took (F sharpdim) you (D major) as his wife? (G major)
Or the (C major) kids you bore, the (A minor) things you saw
The (D major) (D minor) hard times you were
made to en (G major) dure
What's your (C major) story, (G major) Ali and (C major) Abu?
I (F major) wonder what you're thinking about
As you (C major) walk on through your life
Are you (F major) thinking about the Irishman
Who took (G major) you (D major) as his wife? (G major)
Or the (C major) kids you bore, the (A minor) things you saw
The (D major) (D minor) hard times you were
made to en (G major) dure
What's your (C major) story, what's your story,
(G major) Ali and (C major) Abu?
What's your story, what's your story,
(G major) Ali and (C major) Abu?
Alyandabu
Ted Egan
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