Colors of the Wind
Pocahontas, Judy Kuhn, 1995
Composer: Alan Menken
Lyricist: Stephen Schwartz
Producers: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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D
Bm
Gadd2
F#m7
Bm
A
Gmaj7
Gmaj7/A
Aadd2
D
Bm
D
Bm
You
D
think you own whatever land you
Bm
land
on
The
D
Earth is just a dead thing you can
F#m
claim
But
Bm
I know every
F#m
rock and tree and
G6
creature
D/F#
Has a
Em
life, has a
A6
spirit, has a
Bm
name
A
You
D
think the only people who are
Bm
people
Are the
D
people who look and think like
F#m
you
But
Bm
if you walk the
F#m
footsteps of a
G6
stranger
D/F#
You’ll learn
Em
things you never
A
knew,
you
G/A
never
D
knew.
F#m/C#
Have you
Bm
ever heard the wolf cry to the
F#m
blue corn
G
moon?
Or
Bm
asked the grinning bobcat why he
F#m
grinned?
Can you
G
sing with all the
A7/G
voices of the
F#m
mountain?
Bm7
Can you
G6
paint with all the
D/F#
colors of the
Bm7(add4)
wind?
Can you
Em7
paint with all the
G/A
colors of the
D
wind?
Bm
A6
G
G/A
Come
D
run the hidden
A
pine trails of the
Bm
forest
Gadd2
Come
D
taste the sun sweet berries of the
F#m7
Earth
Come
Bm
roll in all the
A6
riches all ar
G6
ound you
D/F#
And for
Em7
once,
never
D/A
wonder
A
what they’re
Bm
worth
A(add2)/C#
The
D
rainstorm and the
A
river are my
Bm
brothers
Gadd2
The
D
heron and the otter are my
F#m7
friends
And
Bm
we are all con
A6
nected to each
G6
other
D/F#
In a
Em7
circle, in a
G/A
hoop that never
D
ends
F#m7
How
A/G
high does the
F#m7
sycamore
Bm7
grow?
If you
C(add2)
cut it down,
then you’ll
G/A
never
A6
know
G/A
A
And you’ll
Bm
never hear the wolf cry to the
F#m7
blue corn
G
moon
A
For
Bm
whether we are white or copper
F#m7
skinned
We need to
G
sing with all the
Asus2/C#
voices of the
F#m7
mountain
Bm7
We need to
Em7
paint with all the
F#m7
colors of the
Bm7(add4)
wind
You can
Em7
own the Earth and still
All you’ll
F#m7
own is Earth un
G(add2)
til
You
A
can
Bm7
paint with
F#m7
all the
G(add2)
colors
G/A
of the
D
wind
Bm
Gmaj7
Bm
A
G
G/A
Dadd2