Old People Singing Chords by Archie Roach

_ Old people singing _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
Come _ _ _ [G] _ a [C] long way from Fitzroy crossing
[G] _ _ _ [C] _
Way up the track
_ [G] _
to [C] a place called
_ Lumpalumpa
[G]
where the making [C] artists _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Nighttime call
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] And they all gather around
_ _ _ [G] _ The [C]
fire the high
_ _ [G] On [C] the ground _ _ _ _
I
[G] can't see _ _ _
My [C] spirit rising _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] With a voice in
_ _ _ In [C] my soul _ _ _ _ _
[F] Oh
When the wind blows _ _ _
On [C] the horizon _ _ _ _
Across the desert _ _ _
[G] _ And the water
[C] _
People _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ singing
_ [G] _ _
[C] Here old people _ singing
_ [G] _
_ [C] Them old people singing
In [G] their ancient
[C] _ _ _ Young _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ men tell me
_ [G] Wow
_ [C]
Young men tell me
[G] _ _ _
[C] That I
_ _ _ [G]
May [C] understand _ _ _ _ _
But I [G] can't feel _
_ _ My [C] spirit rising
_ _ _ _ _ [G] With a voice in
_ _ _ In _
[C] my soul _ _ _ _
When [F] the wind blows _ _
From the horizon _ _ _
_ _ Across the desert _ _
_ [G] _ And the [C] water _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] Old people mourning
_ _ [G] _
Here [C] old people mourning _ _
[G] _ _ [C] Them old people mourning
_ [G] For the desert [C] sand _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Young men tell me
[G] How _ [C] they know that a painting
_ _ _ [G] _
Of [C] their water _ _ _ _
_ And
[C] They're _ _ _ about _ [G] I can't be
_ _ _ _ My [C] spirit _
_ _ _ _ _ _ With [G] a voice _ _ _ _
In [C] my _ soul _ _
_ _ [F] When the wind _ _ _
_ From [C] the horizon _
_ _ _ Across the desert
_ _ _ [G] _ And the [C] water
_ Old _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ people _ singing
[G] _ _ [C] Here old people singing
_ _ [G] Them _ [C] old people singing
_ [G] In a fire
_ [C] _
_ The _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] young men tell me
_ [G] _
_ [C] Oh young men tell _ me
[G] _ _ [C] What they're singing
_ _ [G] About [C] tonight _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I [G] can't be
_ _ _ _ My [C] spirit _ _ _ _ _ _ _
With [G] a voice _ _ _
In _ [C] my _ _ _ _ soul
_ [F] When the wind blows
_ _ From [C] the horizon
_ _ _ _ Across the desert
_ _ [G] And the water
[C] _ Goodnight _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] old people _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _