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Thou Shalt Not Steal Chords

Music by: John Butler
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[Intro 1]
[G][A][Bm][G][D][A][Bm]
[G][D][A][Asus4][Bm][G]
[D][A]
[Asus4][Bm][G]
1788 [D]down Sydney cove

[Verse 1]
[A]The first boat people [Bm]land
[G]Sorry boys our gains[D]
you loss
[G]We're gonna [A]steal your land
[Bm]And if you b[G]reak our new B[D]ritish law
[A]Be sure your gonna [Bm]hang [G]or work
your lives like our con[D]victs
With a [A]chain on your neck and hand
[Bm]And they told us

[Verse 2]
[G]
woah black man thou shalt
[D]not [Em]steal[Asus4]
[G]woah black man not shalt
not [Em]steal[G][A]

[Verse 3]
With your [G]science and your technology
You going [A]make a nuclear bom[Bm]b
A [G]population has in[D]creased
they are [G]go ing make
A [A]three million mega [Bm]ton
And [G]if you think that's pro[D]gress
I suggest your [A]reason is un[Bm]sound
You [G]should have found out [D]long ago
[G]You [Asus4]better keep it in the ground
[Bm]And they

[Verse 4]
[G]
Woah blak man [D]thou shalt not [Em]steal
[A]And [Asus4]black man[G]
[D]thou shalt [G]not [Em]steal[G]
We're gonna civilize your
black bar[D]baric lives
[G]And we'll tea[Em]ch you how[Bm] to kneel

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][G]
[D][A][Bm][G]
[D][G][D][A][Asus4][Bm]
[G]Job and me

[Verse 5]
and Je[D]sus Sittin [A]underneath
that Indooroopilly bridge
[Bm]Watc[G]hin "that blazin"
[D]sun [Dm]go down
Behind [A]a tall tree'd mountain [Bm]ridge
The land's [G]of heritage
and spir[D]its here
[A]The rightful culture's
[Bm]black
[G]And we're Sitting here just won[D]dering
[A]When we gonna get our lan[Bm]d back

[Verse 6]
[G]And they
Woah black man [D]thou shalt [G]not [A]steal
[G]Woah black man thou shalt not steal
[A]We're gonna [G]civilize your
black barbaric lives
And we'll teach you how to [Asus4]kneel
[A]But your his[G]tory couldn't
hide the genocide
The hy[Em]pocrisy that was real
[Asus4]For your Jesus[G] said
you're supposed to give
The op[Em]pressed a better [Bm]deal

[Interlude 2]
[Bm][G][D]
[A][Bm][G][D][G][A][Bm]

[Verse 7]
When you [G]talk of conserva[D]tion
Keep [A]the forest pristine [Bm]green
[G]But in 200 years your
mater[D]ialism
[A]Has stripped the forest [Bm]clean
And a [G]racist contradic[D]tion
That's understood [A]by [Bm]none
[G]Left hand hold [D]the bible
[A]And the right hand hold's
[Bm]the gun

[Verse 8]
[G]And they
Woah black man [D]thou shalt [G]not [Em]steal[A]
[G]Woah [Gm]black man [G]thou shalt
not [Em]steal[G]
We're gonna civilize your
black bar[D]baric lives
And we'll [G]teach you how to [A]kneel
[Asus4]But your history c[G]ouldn't
hide the gen[D]ocide
The hy[Em]pocrisy that was real
[A]For [G]your Jusus said
you're supposed to give
The op[Em]pressed a better deal
[Asus4]We say to yo[G]u
Yes our land [D]thou shalt [G]not [Em]steal[G][A]
[G]Woah our land you better [Em]heal[A][G]
Yes our land [D]thou shalt not [Em]steal[A]
[G]Woah yes [D]our land you [G]better [Em]heal[G]
Woah our land thou shalt [G]not steal
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