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The Wolves Have Returned by Nahko and Medicine for the People feat. Trevor Hall, Xavier Rudd, Leah Song & Joseph
The Wolves Have Returned
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
C#m A E B C C#m
[Verse 1 Nahko Bear]
C#m A E
I'm cutting the bad fruit off of my tree to
B (C) C#m
Lighten my load and grow me tall
A E
Just like my dogma, this fire pit mantra
B (C)C#m
Covered in ashes no take me home
A E
Shedding my antlers and making up answers
B (C) C#m
To the mystery of nature, so reach for the sun
A E
Spruce tips and cedars now free up them rivers
B (C) C#m
The salmon will run, no dam can hold
A E
Uniting the nations, it's gonna take some patience
B (C) (C#m)
So unzip your sheepskin, the wolves have returned
A E B
Ah-ooooooo
C#m
The wolves have returned
A E B
Ah-oooooooo
[Verse 2 Trevor Hall]
C#m A E
I call to the spirit, brother I hear it
B (C) C#m
Union of all things, like words on the sky
A E
I read the totems, my ancestors wrote 'em
B (C) C#m
Now I sit patient, as I wait on the tribe
A E
This runs through all things, like thunder and lightning
B (C) C#m
Song everlasging, well always I learn
A E
Pull off the old skin, now we are kindred
B (C) C#m
Open and listen, the wolves have returned
A B
Ah-oooooooooo
C#m
The wolves have returned
A B C#m
Ah-ooooooooooo
[Verse 3 Xavier Rudd)
A E
So channel the old ones, with each waking new sun
B (C) C#m
Walk with your totem, conditions unsaid
A E
Walk from the mystery, a love where you feeling
B (C) C#m
Myrrh for protection, a spear in your hand
A E
In light of our dreaming, never meant to be easy
B (C) C#m
Sometimes there'll be water, sometimes you'll be dry
A E
Footprints in tandem, in this ancient sandstone
B (C) C#m A E
Grandmothers reside, and I'll be by your side
B C#m A
Oh, I will be by your side
E B C#m
Grandmother, I will be by your side, oh
[Verse 4 Leah Song]
C#m A E
Part of creation is making a statement
B (C) C#m
You can't escape it, she's coming for you
A E
If it was up to me, I'd teach that the lonely
B (C) C#m
This is just part of the courage it takes
A E
Maybe its the music, its moving right through us
B (C) C#m
All of the songs that will outlive me
A E
I'm running the song lines, I'm wrapping my prayer ties
B (C) C#m
Preserving the old ways, my wolf has returned
A E B
Ah-ooooooooo
C#m
My wolf has returned
A E B
Ah-oooooooooo
[Bridge: Nahko Bear]
C#m A E B
Go on and carry your flag, carry your flag, I got your back
C#m A E B
Go on and carry your flag, carry your flag, I got your back
[Outro: All]
E A
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag, carry your flag
Carry your flag
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