Took the Children Away chords by
Archie Roach
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
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This story's right, this story's true
I would not tell lies to you
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Like the promises they did not keep
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And how they fenced us in like sheep.
Said to us come take our hand
Sent us off to mission land.
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Taught us to read, to write and pray
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Then they took the children away,
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Took the children away,
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The children away.
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Snatched from their mother's breast
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Said this is for the best
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Took them away.
Verse 2
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The welfare and the policeman
Said you've got to understand
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We'll give them what
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you can't give
Teach them how to really live.
Teach them how to live they said
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Humiliated them instead
Taught them that and taught them this
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And others taught them prejudice.
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You took the children away
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The children away
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Breaking their mothers heart
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Tearing us all apart
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Took them away
Verse 3
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One dark day on Framingham
Come and didn't give a damn
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My mother cried go get their dad
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He came running, fighting mad
Mother's tears were falling down
Dad shaped up and stood his ground.
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He said 'You touch my kids
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and you fight me'
Verse 4
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And they took us from our family.
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Took us away
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They took us away
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Snatched from our mother's breast
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Said this was for the best
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Took us away.
Interlude 1
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C
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D
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C
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Verse 5
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Told us what to do and say
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Told us all the white man's ways
Then they split us up again
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And gave us gifts to ease the pain
Sent us off to foster homes
As we grew up we felt alone
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Cause we were acting white
Verse 6
Yet feeling black
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One sweet day all the children came back
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The children come back
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The children come back
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Back where their hearts grow strong
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Back where they all belong
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The children came back
Said the children come back
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The children come back
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Back where they understand
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Back to their mother's land
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The children come back
Verse 7
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Back to their mother
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Back to their father
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Back to their sister
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Back to their brother
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Back to their people
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Back to their land
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C
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All the children come back
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C
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The children come back
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C
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The children come back
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Yes I came back.
Outro 1
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