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Xavier Rudd

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Key: Db major•

Verse 1

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So now come sit down

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Will you talk with me now

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Let me see through your eyes

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Where there is so much light

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We are biding our time

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For these myths to unwind

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All these changes we will confront

Verse 2

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So please beware

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With every place that you head

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Look to your soul

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For these things that you know

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For the trees that we see

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Cannot forever breathe

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C

C

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With the changes they will confront

Chorus 1

C

C

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You know some people

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C

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they just won't understand

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F

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C

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No they just won't understand

G

G

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These things

C

C

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Thank you for your message

F

F

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C

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but I don't understand

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F

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No I just won't understand

C

C

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These things

Interlude 1

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Verse 3

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And this sacred land

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It has seen many hands

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C

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It has wealth and gold

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Yet it is fragile and old

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And all the greedy souls

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Just don't care to know

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G

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C

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All the changes it will confront

Verse 4

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So speak out loud

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Of the things you are proud

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C

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And if you love this coast

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Then keep it clean as it hopes

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'Cause the way that it shines

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May just dwindle with time

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With the changes it will confront

Chorus 2

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You know some people

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they just won't understand

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No they just won't understand

G

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These things

C

C

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Thank you for your message

F

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but I don't understand

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No I just won't understand

C

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These things

Chorus 3

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You know some people

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they just won't understand

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These things

C

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Thank you for your message

F

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but I don't understand

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No I just won't understand

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These things

Interlude 2

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Verse 5

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So hold nice and close

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I want to get to your soul

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So that when it is cold

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You won't feel so alone

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'Cause the roads that you take

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May just crack and break

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C

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With the changes you will confront

Verse 6

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With each gift that you share

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You may heal and repair

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With each choice you make

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You may help someone's day

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Well I know you are strong

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May your journey be long

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C

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And now I wish you the best of luck

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Well I know you are strong

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May your journey be long

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C

C

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And now I wish you the best of luck

Chorus 4

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Well I you know some people

F

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C

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they just won't understand

F

F

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C

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No they just won't understand

G

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These things

C

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Thank you for your message

F

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but I don't understand

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No I just won't understand

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These things

Outro 1

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Chords

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