Neil Murray — Tears Of Wybalenna

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
     C
Truganini went to save the last of the clans
       Em
From exterminating guns in Van Dieman's land
    C
She brought 'em into Hobart with the white man she trusted
Em
Robinson it was who never got flustered
             Am
He said I'll take you all over to Flinders Island
   C
To civilize and Christianise you
          G
You'll be safe
       D
At Wybalenna

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
        C
Well he promised them they'd all return some day
         Em
To their homelands that lay beyond the waves
           C
But in the cold and the damp people started dying
Em
Robinson kept his journal tidy
   Am
He tried to replace their cultural ways
    C
But all they had to show they'd been betrayed
     G
Were tears
             D
Tears of Wybalenna
C
Tears
             Em
Tears of Wybalenna

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
   C
In 13 years a hundred of them died
     Em
Only 47 made it out alive
C
Robinson moved on to further his career
             Em
Leaving Truganini and her mob in constant fear
          Am
They were cast off down in Oyster Cove
C
Haunted by memoies they'll always own
       G
Of the tears
             D
Tears of Wybalenna
       C
Oh the tears
             Em
Tears of Wybalenna

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
C
Colonisation spreads like a disease
      Em
The Imperial flag flaps lazy in the breeze
C
Horse sweat and leather, clink of iron and steel
       Em
Native people in chains, the suffering they still feel
        Am
All the sorrow in the world can be traced right back
        C
To an invading force and the humanity they lack
         G
It's the same
             D
Tears of Wybalenna
         C
It's the same
             Em
Tears of Wybalenna

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
C
Governments don't learn from their mistakes
        Em
They're still locking asylum seekers away
C
Desperate poor souls just wanna be safe
     Em
To escape from war and the misery it makes
         Am
And they languish in detention for many a long year
          C
And their cries for justice fall on deaf ears
         G
Like the tears
             D
Tears of Wybalenna
         C
Like the tears
             Em
Tears of Wybalenna

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 6]
C
Flinders Island is a jewel in Bass Strait
Em
Hard to believe it was such a sad place
       C
But to stand in the ruins of that lonely graveyard
      Em
Is to know where old people did it so hard
        Am
And the ground still holds their dear bones
     C
Only wallabies and wombats over it roam
            G
And you can feel
             D
Tears of Wybalenna
        C
You can feel
             Em
Tears of Wybalenna

[Outro]
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