Colors of the Wind
Pocahontas, Judy Kuhn, 1995
Composer: Alan Menken
Lyricist: Stephen Schwartz
Hop to Another SongProducers: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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D Bm
Gadd2 F#m7 Bm A
Gmaj7 Gmaj7/A Aadd2
D Bm
D Bm
You Dthink you own whatever land you Bmland on
The DEarth is just a dead thing you can F#mclaim
But BmI know every F#mrock and tree and G6creature D/F#
Has a Emlife, has a A6spirit, has a Bmname A
You Dthink the only people who are Bmpeople
Are the Dpeople who look and think like F#myou
But Bmif you walk the F#mfootsteps of a G6stranger
D/F#You’ll learn Emthings you never Aknew,
you G/Anever Dknew. F#m/C#
Have you Bmever heard the wolf cry to the F#mblue corn Gmoon?
Or Bmasked the grinning bobcat why he F#mgrinned?
Can you Gsing with all the A7/Gvoices of the F#mmountain? Bm7
Can you G6paint with all the D/F#colors of the Bm7(add4)wind?
Can you Em7paint with all the G/Acolors of the Dwind?
Bm A6 G G/A
Come Drun the hidden Apine trails of the Bmforest Gadd2
Come Dtaste the sun sweet berries of the F#m7Earth
Come Bmroll in all the A6riches all arG6ound you D/F#
And for Em7once,
never D/Awonder Awhat they’re Bmworth
A(add2)/C#The Drainstorm and the Ariver are my Bmbrothers Gadd2
The Dheron and the otter are my F#m7friends
And Bmwe are all conA6nected to each G6other D/F#
In a Em7circle, in a G/Ahoop that never Dends
F#m7How A/Ghigh does the F#m7sycamore Bm7grow?
If you C(add2)cut it down,
then you’ll G/Anever A6know G/A A
And you’ll Bmnever hear the wolf cry to the F#m7blue corn Gmoon A
For Bmwhether we are white or copper F#m7skinned
We need to Gsing with all the Asus2/C#voices of the F#m7mountain Bm7
We need to Em7paint with all the F#m7colors of the Bm7(add4)wind
You can Em7own the Earth and still
All you’ll F#m7own is Earth unG(add2)til
You Acan Bm7paint with F#m7all the G(add2)colors G/Aof the Dwind
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Gmaj7 Bm
A G G/A
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