Native Son Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Asus2 F♯m7 E Dsus2

Verse 1

AI've seen many moons through these wrinkled eF♯m7yes

 The years have made me old, but they made me wiEse

 Now the white man lives where our Drivers run

AFor now better days have paF♯m7ssed

 We walk the streets of broken gElass

 Our people vanished as Dsnow before the summer sun

Bridge

ELike dogs we were dF♯mriven from this Dsus2place

 Such injustice time will not erEase

 All these cF♯mhanges cannot be unBm7done

Verse 2

AWhen you feel the anger inside of F♯m7you

 Hold your head high, let your aim be Etrue

 Though your heart beats likeD a drum

AMy nF♯m7ative sEon D

Verse 3

AOnce there was a time, my littF♯m7le one,

 Before the wagons - before the soldiersE' guns

 When this land was ours as far as the Deagle flies

Verse 4

ANo white flag - no broken truce F♯m7

 With few words one can speak the truth; E

 I don't hear it, time won't heal it Dnow

Bridge

EWith each new day F♯mthat comes to paDsus2ss

 Will the great spirit free us allE at last?

 He said weF♯m were the chosen oneBm7s

Verse 5

AFor all we had there's nothingF♯m7 left

 We won't forgive - we can't forgEet

 You know that your day will comDe

AMy nF♯m7ative sEon D

Solo

(same chords as verse)

Bridge

EWith each new daF♯my that comes to paDsus2ss

 Will the great spirit free us alEl at last?

 What has happeneF♯md can never been uBm7ndone

Verse 6

AWhen I was young - not yet a manF♯m7

 The sun rose and set upon our land E

 We were the cDhosen ones

AMy nF♯m7ative sEon D

Repeat A - F#m7 - E - D until end