Colors of the Wind
Judy Kuhn, Pocahontas, 1995
Composer: Alan Menken
Lyricist: Stephen Schwartz
Producers: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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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
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
DYou’ll learn Emthings you never Aknew,
you G7never Dknew. F#m
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 A7voices of the F#mmountain? Bm7
Can you G6paint with all the Dcolors of the Bm7wind?
Can you Em7paint with all the G7colors of the Dwind?
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Come Drun the hidden Apine trails of the Bmforest G9
Come Dtaste the sun sweet berries of the F#m7Earth
Come Bmroll in all the A6riches all arG6ound you D
And for Em7once,
never Dwonder Awhat they’re Bmworth
A9The Drainstorm and the Ariver are my Bmbrothers G9
The Dheron and the otter are my F#m7friends
And Bmwe are all conA6nected to each G6other D
In a Em7circle, in a G7hoop that never Dends
F#m7How A7high does the F#m7sycamore Bm7grow?
If you C9cut it down,
then you’ll G7never A6know G7 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 Asusvoices of the F#m7mountain Bm7
We need to Em7paint with all the F#m7colors of the Bm7wind
You can Em7own the Earth and still
All you’ll F#m7own is Earth unG9til
You Acan Bm7paint with F#m7all the G9colors G7of the Dwind
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