Biography:
Nahko “Bear” Parayn on the tip, is Oregon native Nahkohe Parayno. A sixth generation Apache/Mohawk this medicinal troubadour (his Cheyenne name given to him by his grandmother) didn’t grow up on his native land, with his Puerto Rican/Indian mother, or Filipino father.
Born, raised, and blessed in the suburbs by his adopted family, Nahko found roots in music and throughout his teens taught piano lessons and directed musical productions for local high schools.
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- Aloha Ke Akua
- Ancient Love
- Be Here Now
- Black As Night
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- Dear Brother
- Dinner Party
- Dragonfly
- Father Mountain
- Ghosts Embodied
- Great Spirit
- I Mua
- It All Can Be Done
- It Is Written
- Love Letters To God
- Make A Change
- Manifesto
- Manifesto Ii
- Manifiesto
- Mitakuye Oyasin
- Mr Washington
- My Country
- Nyepi
- Nyepi And Great Spirit
- Ocean As Well
- On The Verge
- Risk It
- Runner
- So Thankful
- Tus Pies
- Tus Pies Your Feet
- Vultures Of Culture
- Warrior People
- Wash It Away
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Risk It - Medicine for the People
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Tabbed by: Samuel Rede
Tuning: Standard
A E F#m D
Every cell is transforming and returning to original concepts to construct
A E F#m D
And then I started to shapeshift… and the animals within me grew tails and talons
A E F#m D
I hitched a ride on the back of a whale, to the darkest of the ocean and ate off the bottom
A E F#m D
And then I traveled dimensions… in the places I rode upon elephants and zebras…
A E F#m
D
Elephants and zebras…
A E
Well I dreamed of my future big time, yeah
F#m D
What it would be like to always have clean water
A E F#m D
And if you left the trees standing…and they filtered the air and we breathed it in deeply
A E F#m D
Well I traveled across Native America and saw the sickness taking form in all the small children
A E F#m D
Well if I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always…
A E F#m D
If I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always…
A E F#m
D
Be with you always…
D E D E
I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing
D E
So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music
D E
Then I sat and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance now give me the music
A E F#m D
And it definitely matters how you look at it and it definitely matters how you look at it
A E F#m D
So if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
Well if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
I heard, I heard yeah the wild horses were blazing trails through uncertain territory
A E F#m D
I run as fast as the cheetahs… and I catch a ride on the back of the great and mighty Condor
A E F#m D
And then I took my place in the choir, was singing the songs of freedom and progress
A E F#m D
And we’re delivering the babies yeah, and we’re birthing up the next generation
A E F#m D
Said we’re delivering the babies yeah, and we’re birthing up the next generation
D E D E
I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing
D E
So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music
D E
Then I sat and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance now give me the music
A E F#m D
And it definitely matters how you look at it and it definitely matters how you look at it
A E F#m D
So if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
Well if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
Every cell is transforming and returning to original concepts to construct
A E F#m D
And then I started to shapeshift… and the animals within me grew tails and talons
A E F#m D
I hitched a ride on the back of a whale, to the darkest of the ocean and ate off the bottom
A E F#m D
And then I traveled dimensions… in the places I rode upon elephants and zebras…
A E F#m
D
Elephants and zebras….
A E
Well I dreamed of my future big time, yeah
F#m D
What it would be like to always have clean water
A E F#m D
And if you left the trees standing…and they filtered the air and we breathed it in deeply
A E F#m D
Well I traveled across Native America and saw the sickness taking form in all the small children
A E F#m D
Well if I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always…
A E F#m D
If I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always…
A E F#m
D
Be with you always…
A E F#m
D
Be with you always…
D E D E
I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing
D E
So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music
D E
Then I sat and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance now give me the music
A E F#m D
And it definitely matters how you look at it and it definitely matters how you look at it
A E F#m D
So if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
Well if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
Risk It - Medicine for the People
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Tabbed by: Samuel Rede
Tuning: Standard
A E F#m D
Every cell is transforming and returning to original concepts to construct
A E F#m D
And then I started to shapeshift… and the animals within me grew tails and talons
A E F#m D
I hitched a ride on the back of a whale, to the darkest of the ocean and ate off the bottom
A E F#m D
And then I traveled dimensions… in the places I rode upon elephants and zebras…
A E F#m
D
Elephants and zebras…
A E
Well I dreamed of my future big time, yeah
F#m D
What it would be like to always have clean water
A E F#m D
And if you left the trees standing…and they filtered the air and we breathed it in deeply
A E F#m D
Well I traveled across Native America and saw the sickness taking form in all the small children
A E F#m D
Well if I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always…
A E F#m D
If I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always…
A E F#m
D
Be with you always…
D E D E
I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing
D E
So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music
D E
Then I sat and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance now give me the music
A E F#m D
And it definitely matters how you look at it and it definitely matters how you look at it
A E F#m D
So if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
Well if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
I heard, I heard yeah the wild horses were blazing trails through uncertain territory
A E F#m D
I run as fast as the cheetahs… and I catch a ride on the back of the great and mighty Condor
A E F#m D
And then I took my place in the choir, was singing the songs of freedom and progress
A E F#m D
And we’re delivering the babies yeah, and we’re birthing up the next generation
A E F#m D
Said we’re delivering the babies yeah, and we’re birthing up the next generation
D E D E
I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing
D E
So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music
D E
Then I sat and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance now give me the music
A E F#m D
And it definitely matters how you look at it and it definitely matters how you look at it
A E F#m D
So if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
Well if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
Every cell is transforming and returning to original concepts to construct
A E F#m D
And then I started to shapeshift… and the animals within me grew tails and talons
A E F#m D
I hitched a ride on the back of a whale, to the darkest of the ocean and ate off the bottom
A E F#m D
And then I traveled dimensions… in the places I rode upon elephants and zebras…
A E F#m
D
Elephants and zebras….
A E
Well I dreamed of my future big time, yeah
F#m D
What it would be like to always have clean water
A E F#m D
And if you left the trees standing…and they filtered the air and we breathed it in deeply
A E F#m D
Well I traveled across Native America and saw the sickness taking form in all the small children
A E F#m D
Well if I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always…
A E F#m D
If I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always…
A E F#m
D
Be with you always…
A E F#m
D
Be with you always…
D E D E
I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing
D E
So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music
D E
Then I sat and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it
D E
I prayed for guidance now give me the music
A E F#m D
And it definitely matters how you look at it and it definitely matters how you look at it
A E F#m D
So if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
A E F#m D
Well if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
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