Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

You think you own whatever land you land on

 the earth is just a dead thing can claim

 but i know every rock and tree and creature

 has a life, has a spirit, has a name.

 You think the only people who are people

 are the people who look and think like you

 but if you walk the footsteps of a stranger

 you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.

Chorus

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

 Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?

 Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?

 Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

 Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Verse 2

 Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest

 Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth

 Come roll in all the riches all around you

 And for once never wonder what they're worth.

 The rainstorm and the river are my brothers

 The heron and the otter are my friends

 And we are all connected to each other

 In a circle in a hoop that never ends.

Chorus

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

 or let the eagle tell you where he's been?

 Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?

 Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

 Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

How high does the sickamore grow?

 If you cut it down then you'll never know.

And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

 For whether we are white or copper skinned

 We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains

 We need to paint with all the colors of the wind.

 You can own the Earth and still

 All you'll own is earth until

 You can paint with all the colors of the wind