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Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American singer-songwriter, teacher and social change activist. During her long career in folk and protest music, Holly Near has worked with a wide array of musicians, including Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Mercedes Sosa, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Meg (Shambhavi) Christian, Cris Williamson, Linda Tillery, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Harry Belafonte, and many others, as well as the Chilean exile group, Inti-Illimani.
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
[Intro]
C Am G C
[Chorus]
C G C
I am open and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange.
C Am G C
It dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change.
[Verse 1]
C G C
There is hurting in my family. There is sorrow in my town.
C Am G C
There is panic all across the nation, and there is wailing the whole world 'round.
[Chorus]
C G C
But I am open and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange.
C Am G C A7
It dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change.
[Verse 2]
A7 D A D
May the children see more clearly. May the elders be more wise.
D Bm A D
May the winds of change caress us, even though they burn our eyes.
[Chorus]
D A D
But I am open and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange.
D Bm A D
It dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change.
[Verse 3]
D A D
Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusion. Give me a desert to hold my fears.
D Bm A D
Give me a sunset to hold my wonder. Give me an ocean to hold my tears.
[Chorus]
D A D
For I am open and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange.
D Bm A D
It dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change.
C Am G C
[Chorus]
C G C
I am open and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange.
C Am G C
It dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change.
[Verse 1]
C G C
There is hurting in my family. There is sorrow in my town.
C Am G C
There is panic all across the nation, and there is wailing the whole world 'round.
[Chorus]
C G C
But I am open and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange.
C Am G C A7
It dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change.
[Verse 2]
A7 D A D
May the children see more clearly. May the elders be more wise.
D Bm A D
May the winds of change caress us, even though they burn our eyes.
[Chorus]
D A D
But I am open and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange.
D Bm A D
It dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change.
[Verse 3]
D A D
Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusion. Give me a desert to hold my fears.
D Bm A D
Give me a sunset to hold my wonder. Give me an ocean to hold my tears.
[Chorus]
D A D
For I am open and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange.
D Bm A D
It dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change.
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