Took The Children Away - Archie Roach Chords
Chords: Away, Archie, G, C, D
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Genre: australian indie folk, blues, world music
Took The Children Away - Archie Roach (Charcoal Lane, 1990)
[Verse 1]
G
This story's right, this story's true. I would not tell lies to you.
C G
Like the promises they did not keep, and how they fenced us in like sheep.
Said to us come take our hand, set us up on mission land.
C
Taught us to read, to write and pray.
D
Then they took the children away.
[Chorus]
G C
Took the children away, the children away.
G D
Snatched from their mother's breast, said this is for the best.
G
Took them away.
[Verse 2]
G
The welfare man, the police man, said you've got to understand.
C G
We'll give to them what you can't give, teach them how to really live.
Teach them how to live they said, humiliated them instead.
C D
Taught them that and taught them this and others taught them predjudice.
[Chorus]
G C
They took the children away, the children away.
G D G
Breaking their mother's heart, tearing us all apart, took them away.
[Verse 3]
G
One dark day on Framlingham, came and didn't give a damn.
C G
My mother cried go get their dad, he came running, fighting mad.
Mother's tears were falling down, my dad shaped up and stood his ground.
C
He said "You touch my kids and you fight me".
D
Then they took us from our family.
[Chorus]
G C
Took us away, they took us away.
G D G
Snatched from our mother's breast, said this was for the best, took us away.
[Instrumental]
| G | G | G | G |
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