C          Em/B
   Hark! listen to the sound
    F          C    
   Follow you all around
    F               C            G
   Rest your ears close to the ground
       C         Em/B
   Hear worldly advice then
       F               C
   Of men with brave voices
    F            C           G
   Buried here, somewhere around

             C   Em/B  F          G
   It's the same song playing all over
        C  Em/B   F       G      C
   The old song over and over again

    C           Em/B
   Hark! listen to your heart
    F            C
   Speak of the things
         F             C            G
   Your eyes were then too young to see
         C           Em/B
   Of a home in the wilderness
      F         C       F
   Nurtured by elderly people
       C           G
   So sinless and free

    C           Am          F            G
   Like the old woman with silver in her hair
      C       Em          F  G
   Preparing a wonderful meal
       C         Am           F           G
   Or old songs a barefooted grandfather sung
          C           Em          F
   As he perched on his favorite tree
             G
   Quite so free

   Am                    Em
   How is it then that we now come to be
     F                          C
   Homeless and forgotten in a land we've set free
   Dm                   C
   No grain to sow, no treasures to show
       F             G           C
   Is this the way life ought to be?

   Interlude: F-G-C-Em-F-G-

    C       Em/B       F          C
   Halina't pakinggan tinig ng kasaysayan
       F     C       G
   Nag-aanyayang balikan
        C       Em/B      F        C
   Panahong masagana sa biyaya at sa tuwa
    F          C          G
   Bawat tao'y pantay-pantay

       C      Am       F          G
   Ang magsasaka sa sariling lupa niya
      C       Em     F  G
   Nagtatanim ng payapa
    C        Am        F        G
   Palay at gulay, prutas na sariwa
     C         Em      F      G
   Ani'y sapat sa pamilya at bansa

   Am                Em
   Bakit ngayon laganap ang gutom
       F                 C
   At lupa'y pag-aari ng iilan lang
  Dm              C
   Sana'y bumalik sagana't tahimik
       F         G     C
   Ang buhay na nararapat

      C        Am      F      G 
   Pagsikat ng araw bukid kaulayaw
      C        Em      F  G
   Ni Tatay at ng kalabaw
       C      Am       F        G
   Sa bahay naman nagluluto si Nanay
       C      Em       F   G
   Naglilinis, nagbabantay

      C          Am     F         G
   Sa mga batang naglalaro ng taguan
      C       Em      F  G
   At habulan sa bakuran
      C         Am        F       G
   At sa dapit-hapon pagtunog ng orasyon
     C       Em        F  G
   Magpapasalamat sa poon
       F        G      C
   Sa buhay na pinagpala