It was told chords by Neil murray

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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When the first tall ship came
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We were scared, we were afraid
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For it was told in the stars
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Strangers would come from afar
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To our land, once they had seen
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They would return and
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never leave
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What kind of men would believe
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Their way of life was so supreme
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That they must take another's home
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For their king to call his own
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Even though, people lived there
They could not see,
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we were like them
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They could not see, we were like them
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With the power of a gun
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They would take and we would run
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Of our ways and our sacred land
They didn't understand,
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they thought their way of life was better, but it was right
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But we be dispossessed
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To make way for progress
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To make way for progress
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And now,
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here we are
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Livin' together, and apart
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As one nation in the modern world
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With all its wonders and its cures
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Lest we forget our own past
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And the people who were here first
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Who lost their freedom
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but shared their land
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To the newcomers, lent a hand
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For it was taught in the stars
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Strangers would come from afar
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And they would surf the southern sea
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Just to meet our destiny
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Just to meet our destiny
You
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