Instrumental: C G Am F C G Am F C G C

[C]   Great great great grandmother
[F]   are these your hands guiding my hands
[C]holding this soft leather
showing [F]mine to stitch the mocca[C]sin [F]  
[C]Why is it so familiar
[F]when these arms beat the drum
or [C]   swimming in the river
close these [F]eyes and time it all but [C]gone. [F]  

[C]   Minds eye sees the [F]buffalo's silent silhou[C]ette against the open [F]skies
[C]   and the sleepy [F]bee filled vineyard [C]   heavy with r[F]ipe vin[C]es [F]   

[C]   What can the ancestors [G]teach
through time and space this body [Am]reach
connected by the blood in these [F]veins
What [C]qualities arise from biol[G]ogy
what tendencies tra[Am]vel the genetic [F]line
what recollections [C]sprin[G]g
from the roots of the famil[C]y tree

[C]   Why does this heart swell with [F]pride
when the piper plays
or the [C]   jade green grass grows
[F]right up to the ocean[C]s waves [F]  
[C]   Why does the bohrans beat
brin[F]g tears to these eyes
and [C]   why so familiar when it’s [F]tucked
at m-[C]y side [F]  

[C]   What's the truth in [F]its in your blood and whats the [C]deal with you’ve got it in your [F]veins.
[C]   Whats the part that [F]comes from the form and whats the [C]part that comes fro-[F]m me [C]   [F]   

[C]   What can the ancestors [G]teach
through time and space this body [Am]reach
connected by the blood in these [F]veins
What [C]qualities arise from biol[G]ogy
what tendencies tra[Am]vel the genetic [F]line
what recollections [C]sprin[G]g
from the roots of the famil[C]y tree

[C]   These hands they carved a statue
and [F]knew somehow just what to [C]do
like they had done it bef[F]ore
[C]   knowledge from [F]when I'm no-[C]t sure [F]  
[C]   It's so clear I must have [F]been there
the stone alcove on the [C]stair
she stood calmly in [F]prayer.
[C]   A candle lit memory gently [F]flickering from some[C]where [F]  

[C]   Are these memor[F]ies from another life [C]time [F]  
[C]   and if so are they [F]from someone elses [C]   or from [F]mi-[C]ne [F]   

Instrumental: C G Am F C G Am F C G C

[C]   What memories are [F]linked through the body
and what [C]memories are linked through the [F]soul
[C]   what is from [F]where we’ve been before
and [C]what is from where we are [F]goi-[C]ng [F]  

[C]   Oh this soul is my o[F]wn and for now this bo[C]dy is its [F]home
[C]   and what wisd[F]om do these c[C]ell hold [F]   
and..

[C]   What can the ancestors [G]teach
through time and space this body [Am]reach
connected by the blood in these [F]veins
What [C]qualities arise from biol[G]ogy
what tendencies tra[Am]vel the genetic [F]line
what recollections [C]sprin[G]g
from the roots of the famil[C]y tree