Tjapwurrung country Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F][C][G][F][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[F]I've been
around [C]a lot of p[G]laces
[F]But now I'm back [C]where I started [G]from
[F]Back to a lake [C]in Japorong [G]country
[F]Where the sunlight [C]shines on fresh wa[G]ter
[F]And green rolling [C]plain
s meet the moun[G]tain
[F]Make you catch your breath
[C]any time of [G]year
[F]But why [C]does this place seem so [G]empty?
[F]Home of my spirit [C]but pain in my hea[D]rt
Pain in my heart
[F]I want to tell you one[G] thing,
sing for my [F]home in Jeppurong [C]country
I [G]for the [F]people to come back [C]there
[G]I sing to b[F]e healed in Jeppurong c[C]ountry
[G]I'll keep on [F]singing till my people come
[C]I s[F]ee a lot [C]of farms and hous[G]es
[F]And I see a lot of [C]damage on that [G]land
An[F]d there's not many
[C]know what I [G]sing for
[F]They must be liv[C]in' some place [D]else
Some place [F]else,
somewhere different to me
[G]I sing for my home in [F]Jakarta cou[C]ntry
Sing for my [G]home
I'll sing for [F]the people that
come back [C]there
People on the black[G]list
I'll sing to [F]be healed in
death for all [C]the country
Sing to be healed
[G]I'll keep on sin[F]ging till the people com[C]e
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[G]
[F]The light still [C]shines on that wa[G]ter
[F]Movin' through gre[C]en country out the[G]re
An[F]d there in the west,
those [C]same old [G]mountains
[F]They keep on [C]pullin' me back here
[D]Pullin' me back her[F]e
So I always want to [G]be,
I sing for [F]my home,
in Jaffa, home [C]country
I sing for my [G]home,
I sing for [F]the people, to come [C]back there
[G]I sing to b[F]e healed,
in Jaffa, home [C]country
[G]I'll keep [F]on singing till the people [C]come
[G]I'll keep on singing [F]till the people [C]come
In Jackborough coun[G]try,
I sing to be healed
[F]I sing to be made w[C]hole a[G]gain[F][C]
I think for my home
[G]Keep on [F]singin' till my people com[C]e
You're Joplin,
I'm [F]coun[C]try[G][F][C][G]
[F]you[C][G]