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Colors Of The Wind by Vanessa Williams - Guitar Chords
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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3
Movie is 2 semitones lower than written here...
This version has a key change, however the movie does not. :)
NOTE: I actually play piano, so guitarists might want to revise the chords and eliminate
"passing notes" as appropriate. I have put most in square brackets [].
I've checked it many times, but there may still be mistakes. Sorry, hope it is good
though.
[Intro]
Cm (G-C quaver bassline)
Cm
You think I'm an ignorant savage
And you've been so many places
Gm
I guess it must be so
Cm Gm
But still I cannot see
Cm Gm
If the savage one is me
Cm Eb Gm
How can there be so much that you don't know?
Cm Gm C Am C Am
You don't know ...
[Verse 1]
C Am
You think you own whatever land you land on
C Em
the earth is just a dead thing can claim
Am Em F C
but I know every rock and tree and creature
Dm G Am
has a life, has a spirit, has a name.
C Am
You think the only people who are people
C Em
are the people who look and think like you
Am Em F C
but if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
Dm G C
you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.
[Chorus]
Em Am Em F
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Am Em
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
F Dm Em Am
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Dm G Am (?)
Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?
Dm G C Am C Am
Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?
[Verse 2]
C C/G Am
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
C Em
Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth
Am C/G F C
Come roll in all the riches all around you
Dm G Am Am7
And for once never wonder what they're worth.
C C/G Am
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
C Em [Em D/F# G]
The heron and the otter are my friends
Am G F C
And we are all connected to each other
Dm G C
In a circle in a hoop that never ends.
(Optional Repeat Chorus)
Em G7 Em Am
How high does the sickamore grow?
Dm C G [rit. cres.]
Bm
If you cut it down then you'll never know.
F#m/C# Bm F#m G
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Bm F#m
For whether we are white or copper skinned
G A F#m Bm
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
Em A Bm
We need to paint with all the colours of the wind.
Em7 A
You can own the Earth and still
F#m G
All you'll own is earth until
Bm [F#m] Gmaj7 A D
Bm D Bm/A D
You can paint with all the colours of the wind.
I am going to record it, or midi it and post on my website... i will comment the link
i have set it up if you want to hear rhythms. :)
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