capo 1 A thousand [G]years of Chinese reign. A hundred [D]years of French domain. Twenty [Am]years fighting brothers each [G]day, A mother's [Em]fate, left for her child, A mother's [D]fate, a land [G]defiled. A thousand [G]years of Chinese reign. A hundred [D]years of French domain. Twenty [Am]years fighting brothers each [G]day, A mother's [Em]fate, bones left to dry, And graves that [D]fill a mountain [G]high. Chorus : Teach your [G]children to speak their minds. Don't let [C]them forget their [G]kind [C]Never forget their [G]kind, from old Viet [D]land. Mother wait [G]for your kids to come home, Kids who [C]now so far away [G]roam. [C]Children of one [C]father, be reconciled. A thousand [G]years of Chinese reign. A hundred [D]years of French domain. Twenty [Am]years fighting brothers each [G]day, A mother's [Em]fate, our fields so dead, And rows of [D]homes in flames so [G]red. A thousand [G]years of Chinese reign. A hundred [D]years of French domain. Twenty [Am]years fighting brothers each [G]day, A mother's [Em]fate, her kids half-breeds Her kids filled [D]with disloyal [G]ty.