Xavier Rudd - My own eyes

^DSince I was just a little boy, I^A’ve been wondering why ^BmThis great old culture we should be helping to heal is so^G often pushed aside ^DSo many children taken away, ^Aso much abuse and rape ^BmWhen will it be high priority to e^Gducate and make some real change? I’ve seen it in ^Dcommunities, so many that it’s ^Ahard to believe Elders speakin^Bmg wisdom, far ^Gbeyond what they choose to teach in h^Disto^Ary And young hearts just ^Ddrinking it away, understanding why their ^Aculture was so shamed Waiting for a ^Bmreason, what was ^Gtaken off still h^Dasn’t been ^Areplaced

My own ^Deyes... I saw it with my ^Aown eyes ^BmI did, I did (y^Geah, I did) That’s why I ^Dknow this is t^Arue (yeah, it’s t^Drue) ^{A D}

^AI’ve seen it down in ^Dsacred Tassie Where they’re cutting all those ^Abig old trees Forty-fo^Bmur football fields a ^Gday is what they clear and ain’t that ^Dhard to believe?^A But all for the ^Deconomy, raping country that our ^Achildren won’t see And even Peter ^BmGarrett is lying ^Gdown when we thought that ^Dhe might be the ^Akey

Yeah, well, my own ^Deyes... I saw it with my ^Aown eyes ^BmI did, I did (^Gyeah, I did) That’s why I ^Dknow this is ^Atrue (yeah, it's ^Dtrue) ^{A D}

^AI’ve seen it up in ^DNhulunbuy, bringing alcohol to ^Asacred soil A place still t^Bmhriving with language and c^Gulture by now should j^Dust fucken’ be ^Apreserved People climbing up on ^DUluru, behind those fences are the ^Apeople who know While Q^Bmantas is still flying to A^Gyers Rock, despite ye^Dars and years of t^Aruth

Yeah, well, my own ^Deyes... I saw it with my ^Aown eyes ^BmI did, I did (^Gyeah, I did) That’s why I ^Dknow this is ^Atrue (yeah, it's ^Dtrue) ^{A D A}

^DHe^Ayy^Bmy O^Ghhh ^DHe^Ayy^Bmy O^Ghhh

^AAnd I’ve seen it in the K^Dimberley, part of the key to human h^Aistory See there’s ^Bmrock art as old as the ^Ggreat ice age, still ^Dthere for the world to ^Asee Demolish it for ^Dindustry. We’ll create so many ^Ajobs you see In a c^Bmountry so wealthy, still ^Gburning coal for ^Delectricity^A

Yeah, well, my own ^Deyes... I saw it with my ^Aown eyes ^BmI did, I did (^Gyeah, I did) That’s why I ^Dknow this is ^Atrue (yeah, it's ^Dtrue) ^{A D}

^ASame old things we ^Dalways hear Lies to fill the ^Apockets of the rich No respect for ^Bmculture, the animals, the ^Genvironment Our future or ^Djust the air we ^Abreathe ^DMmmmmmmm aaaaaa^Aaa nananaa nananaaa ^Bmoooooo aaa^Gaaaaa

Yeah, our own ^Deyes... We’ve seen this with our ^Aown eyes For ^Bmyears we did, for ^Gcenturies we did That’s ^Dwhy we know this is ^Atrue Yeah, well, my own ^Deyes... I saw it with my ^Aown eyes ^BmI did, I did (^Gyeah, I did) That’s why I ^Dknow this is ^Atrue (yeah, it's ^Dtrue)