Tears Of Wybalenna

| C | C | Em | Em | (2x) 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 | C | C | Em | Em | 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 | C | C | Em | Em | 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 | C | C | Em | Em | 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 | C | C | Em | Em | 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 | C | C | Em | Em | 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 | C | C | Em | Em | (2x)