A Child Was Born Here - Archie Roach Chords
Chords: G, C, Am, D, Em
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Genre: folk, blues, australian aboriginal
[Intro]
|G |C |G |C |
|G |C |G |C |
Oh-oh-oh-oh Yeaaaaaahhhh Oh-oh-oh-oh
|G |C |
Yeaaaaaahhhh
[Chorus]
G C
Be careful when you walk through this land
G
Because a child was born here
C G
And a child was born there
C G
Oh-oh-oh-oh Yeaaaaaahhhh
C G C
Oh-oh-oh-oh Yeaaaaaahhhh
[Verse]
Am G
Here lies stains of blood and water
Am C
Come from the mothers for their sons
G C G C
And their daugh - ters, and their daughters
D C
On a mountain and the valley down below
G D
Across the open plain to the sea
C G
The rivers and desert and the rainforest so green
D C
I can see nativity
[Chorus]
G C
Baby girl rubbed in the ashes by the billabong
G
Where she was born
C G
So that she will return
C G
Oh-oh-oh-oh Yeaaaaaahhhh
C G C
Oh-oh-oh-oh Yeaaaaaahhhh
[Bridge]
Em D
Should I walk softly in the garden of children?
C G D
Or scream like a madman and go rushing in?
Em D
No, I'll remember all the mothers that lay here
C Em
And went through the suffering when new life begins
[Chorus]
G C
So now, be careful when you walk through this land
G
Because a child was born here
C G
And a child was born there
C G
Oh-oh-oh-oh Yeaaaaaahhhh
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