Willie Says

C-G-Am-F (with pinky playing G note on high E string on all four chords) FWillie says,C G Here's a Amstory that you F may not comprehend C__G But the Am parking lot will F crack and bloom C again G There's a Am world beneath the F pavement, that will C never end G The Am seeds are lying F dormant, it will C never end G__Am__F And Willie says If you listen you can hear the sound of birds Here their song above the chaos, hear their words Listen to their love song that will never end The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end If you listen you may hear Em And the old one Am sits with me F above the G city Em While I watch the Am madness of the F world below G Em Then she laughs and Am tells me that its F temporary G Em Underneath the wild garden F waits to G grow And Willie says When you say you are afraid I understand In a place where one can rarely smell the land But the ocean breeze still blows here, that will never end The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end And Willie says If you listen to this tree you'll hear its song Its the music that my people pass along Its a dream that keeps returning that will never end The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end If you listen you may hear And Willie says Here's a story that you may not comprehend But the forest here will rise and bloom again There's a world beneath the pavement, that will never end The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end Listen to their love song that will never end Its a dream that keeps returning that will never end Dana Lyons: guitar and vocal The late Willie Cooper was a respected elder of the Lummi Indian Nation who touched many people with her sense of humor and commitment to community -dana lyons -yeah yeah i know this is a tree hugger song but it's pretty cool anyway