You think I'm an ignorant savage c B
And you've been so many places, I guess it must be so c g
But still i cannot see, if the savage one is me c g c B
How can there be so much that you don't know? c B G
You don't know... g C

You think you own whatever land you land on C a
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim C a
But I know every rock, and tree, and creature F e d
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name. d e a

You think the only people who are poeple C a
Are the people who look and think like you C a G
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger F e d
You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew. d G C

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon a e F
Or ask the grinning bob cat why he grinned a e
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain F G C
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind d F G
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind d F C

Come run the hidden pine trials of the forest C a
Come taste the sun - sweet berries of the earth C a
Come roll in all the riches all around you F e d
And for once never wonder what they're worth d e a

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers C a
The heron and the otter are my friends C a G
And we are all connected to each other F e d
In a circle in a hoop that never ends d G C

How high does that sycamore grow F e a
If you cut it down and you'll never know d G

And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon a e F
For wheter we are white or copper skinned a e
We need sing with all the voices of a mountain F G C
We need paint with all the colors of the wind d F G

You can own the earth and still d G
All you'll own is earth until e F
You can paint with all the color of the wind. a e F d C