Verse 1
D A C#m F#m
What have we lost, poisoned, or crushed
D A C#m F#m
What highest hopes, were stolen, from us
D A C#m F#m
Holy rolling hills, were carded to dust
D A C#m F#m
What voices were staffled, slienced, scared, and carried off
Pre Chorus 1
D A E
You think we can hide, No
D A E
With your head in the sand
D A E
You think we can write it, Ah
D A
well some of us can’t
Verse 2
D A C#m F#m
Who’s after taken, Our wages, and our trust
D A C#m F#m
Our women forsaken, forgotten, and lost
D A C#m F#m
Our Holy rollin hills, our waters, our crops
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Are hid in their bills, Pushed through, hushed up, sold off like pawns
Pre Chorus 2
D A E
Do they think they can hide them, No
D A E
Keep our heads in the sand
D A E
Do they think they can ride it out
D E
Well we say they can’t
Chorus 1
D E
There is a time
D E
When a change has to come
D A E
For you to speak your mind
D A
For you to fight for the land
E
You love
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Verse 3
D A C#m F#m
When i was a child, I sang the anthem with pride
D A C#m F#m
It stood for justice, for peace, and human rights
D A C#m
It stood for Holy rollin hills, and a home for
F#m
all walks of life
D A C#m F#m
and it must again, for my children, and theirs
Pre chorus 3
D A E
Do they think they can hide, No
D A E
Put their heads in the sand
D A E
Do they think they can ride it out
D E
Well some of them can’t
Chorus 2
D E
Now is the time
D E
A change has to come
D E
For you to draw the line
D A
For you to fight for the land
E
You love
D A E X3