Searching For Abegweit Chords by Lennie Gallant

_ _ _ Naa wegi ulaliek, dandel [B] naawaliek, dandel ji ulamu gwano sitabo.
_ _ [Bm] Naa wegi ulaliek, [G] dandel naawaliek, [D] dandel ji ulamu gwano [A] sitabo.
[F#m] _ [Bm] Named by the people of the dawn, [G] the Wabanaki and Mekong,
[D] the great spirit painted you [A] red and in your [F#m] meadow,
lay his [Bm] head in forest deep.
From the [G] sea the hunter moves so silently,
[D] to the rhythm of your breath,
[A] feel him [F#m] moving out there yet.
[B] _ [Bm] Searching for Abergriff, _ [G] searching for Abergriff,
_ [D] great army in your arms,
keep my [A] family free from [F#m] harm.
[Bm] Searching for Abergriff, _ [G] searching for Abergriff,
_ [D] shelter us from the storm,
[A] keep us all safe and [F#m] warm.
_ [B] We have learned to tame the tides,
[D] but like the waters were denied,
to return to the homes we'd made,
[A] and so we came [F#m] here and we prayed.
[Bm] Pour la gâte, nous on était [G] venus nous y cacher,
en pleine vue après la gare,
auprès des bois, [A] encore on chante [F#m] dans une voix. _
[B] Searching for [Bm] _ Abergriff, [G] searching for Abergriff,
great [D] army in your arms,
keep my [A] family free from [F#m] harm.
[Bm] Searching for Abergriff, [G] searching for Abergriff,
shelter [D] us from the storm,
keep [A] us all safe and [F#m] warm.
[Bm] From wax, the tyron and armor,
[G] we came here to escape the laws,
[D] that held us down due to our faith,
[A] so to this place [F#m] we cast our [Bm] faith.
The pipes cried from the isle of [G] Skye,
as we set sail and said goodbye.
[D] Songs from Argyle and [A] Kintyre would follow us [F#m] here,
and keep the fires burning.
_ [Bm] Searching for _ Abergriff, [G] searching for _ Abergriff,
great [D] army in your arms,
keep my [A] family free from [F#m] harm.
[Bm] Searching for Abergriff, _ [G] searching for Abergriff,
shelter [D] us from the storm,
[A] keep us all [F#m] safe and warm.
_ [G] This strip of land, this [Bm] windy place,
this isle of refuge and [A] of grace,
we came and hoped to start [G] again,
we came to find our journey's end,
we didn't know or comprehend.
We were [Bm] searching for Abergriff, _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] from Africa, Asia, Lebanon, [G] Central America and beyond,
[D] we all came here to start again,
[A] to find new [F#m] hope on this island.
[Bm] Let the tides take away [G] all the pain and the tears of yesterday,
_ [D] we'll remember where we're from,
[A] but here a new [F#m] life has begun,
[B] in paintings, [Bm] books and poetry,
[G] in sky space, play and ailing,
[D] we look for ways to show our love,
[A] for this place [F#m] we were in search of,
[Bm] the red soil running through my hands,
[G] the wind in my hair, I walk this land,
[D] salt on my toe, and in my soul,
[A] we're of this [F#m] place, we belong.
_ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] Abergriff, _ [G] searching for Abergriff, _
[D] freedom in your arms,
keep my [A] family free from [F#m] harm,
[Bm] searching for Abergriff,
searching [G] for Abergriff,
shelter [D] us from the storm,
keep [A] us all safe and [F#m] warm,
[Bm] searching for Abergriff,
searching [G] for Abergriff,
freedom [D] in your arms,
keep my [A] family free from [F#m] harm,
searching [Bm] for Abergriff,
searching [G] for Abergriff,
shelter [D] us from the storm,
keep [A] us all safe and [F#m] warm,
I'm searching [Bm] for Abergriff,
I'm searching [G] for Abergriff,
I'm searching [D] for Abergriff,
_ [A] freedom in [F#m] your arms,
I'm searching [Bm] for Abergriff,
I'm searching [G] for Abergriff,
shelter [D] us from the storm,
keep [A] us all safe and [F#m] warm,
I'm searching [Bm] for Abergriff.
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