Mahk Jchi

Mahk [Am]jchi tahm buooi yahm[D]pi gidi
Mahk [G]jchi taum buooi kan [Am]spewa ebi
Mahk [Am]jchi tahm buooi yahm[D]pi gidi
Mahk [G]jchi taum buooi kan [Am]spewa ebi

Mahmpi [C]wah hoka yee [D]nonk
Ta[F]hond ta[G]ni ki[E]yee tiyee
Gee we-[C]me eeti[D]yee
Nanka [F]yaht ya[G]moonieah wa[Am]jitse
Nanka [F]yaht ya[G]moonieah wa[Am]jitse

[Am]  Hey ya hey ya - ya
[D]  Hey ya away ya
[G]  hey ya hey ya hey ya
a[Am]way away away

[Am]  Hey ya hey ya - ya
[D]  Hey ya away ya
[G]  hey ya hey ya hey ya
a[Am]way away away

[as a round]
Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi
Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi

Mahmpi wah hoka yee nonk
Tahond tani kiyee tiyee
Gee we-me eetiyee
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse
[slowing]
Nanka yaht yamoon - ieah wa - jit - se

English Translation:
A hundred years have passed
Yet I hear the distant beat of my father's drums.
I hear his drums throughout the land.
His beat I feel within my heart.
The drum shall beat
so my heart shall beat.
And I shall live a hundred thousand years.