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Song title:       Parihaka
Original Album:   Tim Finn
Bootleg Album:    Unplugged In The Byrdhouse

Words and Music by Tim Finn
Copyright © 1989 Capitol Records Inc.
Published by Capitol Records Inc.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
This was transcribed from the legendary MTV Unplugged session, 
recorded on 30 March 1990. 


INTRO:
F#m   D   E   
F#m   D   E   A


VERSE:
   F#m        D         E               F#m
My friend, My friend, I hate to see you suffer,
  F#m      D       E               A
Events conspire to bring us to our knees,
   F#m        D              E              F#m
My friend, my friend, you've taken this the wrong way,
     F#m    D             E          A
Rise up, defend yourself, never give in,

            C#m                   D
Look to the sky, the spirit of Te Whiti,
            C#m                   A
The endless tide is murmuring his name.
          C#m                 D
I know Te Whiti will never be defeated,
         E
And even at the darkest hour,

His presence will remain.
     F#m      D     E       A
I'll sing for you a song of Parihaka.
 

VERSE:
   F#m      D        E               F#m
Te Whiti he used the language of the spirit,
     F#m      D         E              A
Then stood accused, the madman and his dream,
   F#m     D        E                   F#m
He saw the train go roaring through the tunnel,
   F#m       D            E            A
He heard the voice travel on the magic wire,

       C#m                      D
But he loved the silence of the river,
               C#m                      A
He watched the dog piss on the cannon's wheel.
          C#m                 D
I know Te Whiti will never be defeated,
         E
And even at the darkest hour,

His presence will remain.
     F#m      D     E       A
I'll sing for you a song of Parihaka


BRIDGE:
A              C#m
One day you'll know the truth,
A               C#m
They can't pull out the roots,
E                F#m
Come and take me home,
                    D
To weep for my lost brother.
F#m A


VERSE:
     F#m    D          E             F#m
They gather still, the clouds of Taranaki,
    F#m        D        E                 A 
His children's children wearing the white plume,
   F#m     D       E                 F#m
So take me for the sins of these sad islands,
    F#m        D             E            A
The wave still breaks on the rock of Rouhotu.

             C#m                           D
And when you taste the salt that's on your pudding,
             C#m                     A
And when you taste the sugar in your soup,
            C#m                   D
Think of Te Whiti, he'll never be defeated,
     E
Even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain,
     F#m      D     E       A
I'll sing for you a song of Parihaka,


OUTRO:
D       A
Come to Parihaka,
D                 A
Weep for my lost brother,
D                A
The spirit of nonviolence,
D                    A
Has come to fill the silence,
D       A
Come to Parihaka.


CHORDS:
F#m     244222
D       x00232
E       022100
A       x02220 or 577655
C#m     x35543